Dinner
The players are now on a one-hour dinner break. While you wait, check out the October 13th update video from our very own Kristy Arnett. See you in a bit.
The players are now on a one-hour dinner break. While you wait, check out the October 13th update video from our very own Kristy Arnett. See you in a bit.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Our final 29 are back in their seats, and the cards are in the air for the after-dinner session.
We picked up the action on the flop in a hand between Matt Waxman and Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi. Waxman was first and checked. Mizrachi bet 7,000 and Waxman made the call.
The turn was the and Waxman checked. Mizrachi checked behind.
The river landed with the and Waxman bet 8,500. "Show me queen-jack," said Mizrachi as he tossed in the call.
Waxman rolled over a , but it was paired with the and he had a straight. Mizrachi mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Matt Waxman
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193,000
37,000
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37,000 |
Michael Mizrachi |
115,000
-33,000
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-33,000 |
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Dan Shak was all in preflop with and up against Erik Seidel's . The flop, turn and river ran out to give Seidel a full house and bust Shak.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Erik Seidel |
291,000
39,000
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39,000 |
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Dan Shak | Busted |
The table folded around to the blinds, and Jon Aguiar shoved in to put the pressure on the short stack to his left. It was Carlos "The Matador" Mortensen, the 1999 WSOP Champion. He squeezed out and quickly called off his last ~10,000, and Aguiar was drawing live for the knockout with .
And the knockout he'd get. The board ran , and eights up send Mortensen off to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jonathan Aguiar |
48,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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Carlos Mortensen | Busted | |
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Action folded to Dmitry Motorov in the small blind and he raised to 5,000. Two-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Jason Mercier called from the big blind and the flop came down . Motorov fired 5,600 and Mercier called.
The turn was the and Motorov kept pressing. He bet 13,000 this time. Mercier gave his cards one last look and then tossed them in.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Dmitry Motorov |
145,000
61,000
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61,000 |
Jason Mercier |
112,000
-4,000
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-4,000 |
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Bruno Fitoussi raised from middle position to 5,000. Dmitry Motorov called from the cutoff seat, Massimiliano Martinez called from the small blind and Noah Schwartz called from the big blind.
The four players took a flop of and action checked around to Motorov. He bet 12,000 and Martinez folded. Schwartz check-raised all in for 59,100 and that forced out Fitoussi. Motorov called.
Motorov:
Schwartz:
The turn was the to pair the board and now Motorov had more outs to a better two pair than Schwartz if he could hit on the river. He also still had his flush draw.
The river landed with the and missed Motorov, giving Schwartz the double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Noah Schwartz |
140,000
102,000
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102,000 |
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Dmitry Motorov |
91,000
-54,000
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-54,000 |
Just the tail end of a pot here, but another glimpse at the big-stacked battle going on at Table 77 between Erik Seidel and Brian Powell.
They were heads up on the river of a board when we approached, and Powell was the leading bettor from the small blind. He put out 17,800 -- a little more than half the pot -- and Seidel would spend a good long while thinking it over. He leaned back in his chair and stared up at the ceiling for a bit, then slipped his headphones off and took another good look. Finally, he splashed the call into the pot.
Powell tabled like it was the nuts, and it may as well have been. Seidel quietly finished paying off the bet, then slipped his cards loose and sent them into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Brian Powell |
280,000
7,000
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7,000 |
Erik Seidel |
240,000
-51,000
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-51,000 |
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We missed the exact preflop action, but we can infer that Jonathan Duhamel opened the pot into Michael Mizrachi's big blind, then four-bet jammed with . It was just less than 50,000 total, and Mizrachi's was plenty good enough to call any amount.
Duhamel was drawing dead one card early as the board ran to end his day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jonathan Duhamel | Busted | |
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