Yesterday 750 players ponied up $2,500 in an attempt to become the first ever World Series of Poker Four-Max champion. Today only 88 remain in the hunt. Leading the way is Steven Weiss with 171,000 in chips.
Having already made one final table this year in Event 9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry, Brian Rast is looking for yet another deep run. Rast is currently sitting on the second largest stack in the room with 168,000. Rounding out the top three is Tony Dunst who finished Day 1 with 162,800.
Day 1 play saw a slew of notable players vie for the chance of winning the first ever four-handed WSOP bracelet. That being said, a wide majority of the field was sent home yesterday, their hopes of attaining that ever-elusive bracelet dashed. Among those to hit the rail during Day 1 were Sean Getzwiller, Barry Greenstein, Eugene Katchalov, Matt Jarvis, Viktor Blom, JP Kelly, and Bertrand Grospellier.
While a majority of the field made a walk to the exit before the day's conclusion, other notable names were able to best their competition and make play on Day 2. Gavin Smith, Humberto Brenes, Joe Tehan, David Singer, Isaac Haxton, and Annette Obrestad are just some of the names who are still in the hunt.
We're mere moments from cards hitting the air here in the Amazon room and only six eliminations away from the money. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the latest updates as we inch closer to one player making WSOP history.
With the board reading we found Mickey Petersen pushing out a bet of 10,300. His opponent called rather quickly and we were off to fifth.
The came on the river and paired the board. Petersen waited a moment before shoving out 17,600 in chips. His opponent announced "Call" and Petersen showed . His opponent shook his head and shot his hand at the muck while Petersen dragged in the nice sized pot.
Alex Hering opened with a raise to 3,200 and Lex Velduis moved all in from the button. The other two players at the table folded and Hering snap called, tabling which was dominating Veldhuis'
The board ran out and Veldhuis' tournament life came to an end. Hering, on the other hand, is now sitting on 130,000 in chips.
As the field is winding down here in this four-handed event, the action seems to be getting crazier and crazier. We found quite the hand over at Table 418. Tony Dunst opened to 5,000 from the button only to have Sam Stein three-bet to 12,500.
Eric Froehlich peeked down at his cards in the big blind and pushed out a four-bet to 27,000. Dunst opted to get out of the way and Stein pushed out a five-bet to an unknown amount. After about a minute, Froehlich announced that he was all in and Stein snap called tabling . Froehlich meekly flipped over the and was behind.
A third ace came for Stein when the flop fell and now Froehlich was looking for a ten to take the pot. The on the turn meant Froehlich was one card away from elimination. The dealer pounded the table and burned a card.
He turned up the river:
The .
Stein shot away from the table in a shocked fervor as Froehlich was able to simultaneously river Broadway and double up.
"Wow," said an astounded Tony Dunst commenting on the hand. "I folded nines!" he would later tell us.
Froehlich is now sitting pretty on 290,000 while Stein is crippled at 32,000.
Froehlich would take to Twitter immediately afterwards to comment on the hand:
efropoker eric froehlichJust got a huge setup vs Sam Stein, JJ vs AA aipf. AKQ flop. Ten on river. So lucky, so gross, so sick etc. Unreal in every way.June 15 2012
Tony Dunst opened for 7,000 and Toan Trinh popped it to 20,000 behind him. Action folded back to Dunst and he went all in. Trinh called and the cards were tabled.
Eric Froehlich raised to 8,000 from the button and Anthony Gregg three-bet to 19,000. Sam Stein tanked in the big blind before calling. Froehlich took quite some time to ponder but ended up pushing out a call as well.
The flop came and Gregg continued out with 24,000. Stein pushed out a raise to 51,000 and Froehlich quickly got out of the way. Gregg announced that he was all in and Stein called.
Gregg:
Stein:
Stein was looking for another heart but found a pair on the turn. The came on fifth street but it was of no help to Stein and he was sent to the rail in 16th place.
Ronit Chamani got the rest of her stack all in preflop against Josh Gattesman. The two were about even in chips with Gattesman only having Chamani covered by 2,000 with his 97,000 to her 95,000.
Chamani:
Gattesman:
The flop was pairing Gattesman but giving Chamani clubs or an ace as outs. The on the turned paired Chamani, giving her the two remaining sevens as outs as well going to fifth.
The bricked out for her on the river, however, and she was sent to the rail in 13th place.
Anthony Gregg and Brendon Rubie played a pot heads up with Gregg on the button. The board showed , Rubie bet 39,000 and Gregg raised to 125,000. Rubie called and the river came .
Both players checked and Rubie tabled . Gregg mucked and Rubie overtook Gregg as the chip leader.