Shane "shaniac" Schleger has just made a much needed double-up and we were there to catch all the action. Well, most of it. By the time we arrived at the table there was a flop showing and Schleger was involved in the hand against one opponent.
Schleger's opponent was first to act and threw out 1,050. It didn't take Schleger long to move all in. This didn't seem to please Schleger's opponent as he immediately asked for a count.
It was 1,675 to the player and he let out a deep sigh and splashed the call into the pot.
"A set," Schleger said as he turned over .
The player was not happy when he saw the fives, saying "So I'm drawing dead," as he flung onto the felt. He wasn't exactly drawing dead, but the on the turn and the on the river brought no help for the player and Schleger took down the nice pot.
Its hard not to be drawn to table #40 where Maria Ho, Faraz Jaka, and Carlos Mortensen are all seated. "Let me tell you, one of us is going to win this" said Maria Ho once she took her seat at this table of power houses.
It was inevitable that eventually these three would play a hand against one another, and the most recent interaction did not disappoint. With a board spread across the table we found heads up action commencing between Carlos Mortensen and Faraz Jaka. We don't know how the action went before the river, but what we do know is there was around 3,200 already in the pot when Mortensen pushed out a 3,000 bet.
Possessing a stack of around 6,500 this call would be for about half Jaka's chips. Knowing this, Jaka took his time pondering what the best move was. Jaka spent the first minute of being in the tank in silent contemplation. The second minute, he engaged Mortensen, asking "got anything Carlos?" Mortensen stood quite stoic with a slight smirk on his face, while Jaka playfully asked more telling questions about the contents of Mortensen's hand. The third minute of thinking was again silent, and eventually lead to Jaka depositing a call into the pot.
Mortensen flipped over for a set of threes which was good enough as Jaka threw his cards away face down.
The tournament clock currently tells us that 3,392 players have registered for Event 9. That means that today's field is sitting at 1,696 - precisely the number of entrants in yesterday's flight. Let's see if another player or two registers late.
The players have marched back into their seats and are back to play.
Blinds are 100-200 at the moment and with hundreds of players sitting with a short stack, expect this gigantic field to get a lot smaller during the next couple of levels.
Level five just commenced and while doing a walk through we found Eric Cajelais all in and at risk for around 7,500.
Cajelais:
Opponent:
The dealer then unleashed a board and Cajelais was sent packing as his pair of eights weren't up to snuff. Cajelais who boasts over $2,500,000 in tournament winnings was probably a happy sight for most as he walked out of the Brasilia Room.
While browsing the tables in the Brasilia room we found an empty seat that used to be occupied by bracelet holder Gavin Smith. We can only assume that Smith has hit the rail.
There is currently only a few tables left in the Pavilion Room and one of them happens to be one of the toughest in the tournament. Seated at the same table includes Mike Matusow, Vitaly Lunkin and Dan Shak. Between them they have more than $15 million in tournament winnings and are some of the toughest players in the poker world. Dan Shak is doing the best out of these three, seeing his stack rise to 16,000 this afternoon.
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and Schleger was involved in the hand against one opponent.
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onto the felt. He wasn't exactly drawing dead, but the 
on the turn and the 
on the river brought no help for the player and Schleger took down the nice pot.
board spread across the table we found heads up action commencing between Carlos Mortensen and Faraz Jaka. We don't know how the action went before the river, but what we do know is there was around 3,200 already in the pot when Mortensen pushed out a 3,000 bet.
for a set of threes which was good enough as Jaka threw his cards away face down.
