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We caught up with 2013 WSOP Main Event champion Ryan Riess on the first break, and he discusses a hand he played against Ryan Eriquezzo, his rough start to 2014, and his plans for the 2014 WSOP.
According to Riess, he is two-to-one to play in the $1 Million Big One for One Drop.
After seeing a flop of 
three ways against Paul Volpe in the small blind and an unidentified player in the cutoff, Anthony Zinno saw Volpe tap the table.
He decided on a bet of 3,200 and only the cutoff called, bringing the 
to the table on the turn. Zinno then slowed down with a check, before jamming all in over the top of the cutoff's 6,200 wager. Zinno's raise was for 13,000 more, and after asking the dealer to separate the stacks for counting purposes, the cutoff decided discretion was the better part of valor.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,700
-36,300
|
-36,300 |
|
||
With the dinner break fast approaching, here are a few updated counts from around the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
136,000
100,200
|
100,200 |
|
||
|
129,975
25,975
|
25,975 |
|
||
|
123,500
-6,500
|
-6,500 |
|
107,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
||
|
73,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
||
|
69,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
66,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
||
|
64,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
|
||
|
61,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
||
|
53,500
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
48,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
||
|
|
36,000
5,300
|
5,300 |
|
|
||
|
29,400
-23,600
|
-23,600 |
|
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
212,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
||
|
115,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
||
|
103,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
||
|
75,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
75,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
||
|
68,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
68,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
65,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
55,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
48,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
27,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
|
||
|
23,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
17,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
Here are the chip counts from four of the tables remaining in the Signature Room (majority of players, but not all):
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
132,000 | |
|
120,000
50,500
|
50,500 |
|
|
||
|
115,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
105,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
|
||
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
|
85,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
|
||
|
85,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
83,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
75,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
75,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
65,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
65,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
65,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
60,000
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
|
||
|
60,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
60,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
60,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
||
|
55,000
-16,800
|
-16,800 |
|
|
||
|
54,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
|
||
|
51,000
-6,500
|
-6,500 |
|
|
||
|
43,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
25,000
-4,600
|
-4,600 |
|
|
||
|
23,000
-29,000
|
-29,000 |
|
12,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
||
Justin Young raised to 1,300 from under the gun, Brandon Steven called on his direct left, and Kevin Song three-bet to 3,600 from the hijack. Both Young and Steven called.
The flop fell 
, both Young and Steven checked, and Song continued for 7,000. Young folded, and Steven called.
Steven check-called another 15,000 on the turn (
), and the river was a third spade - the 
. Steven checked, Song fired out 21,000, and Steven moved all in for an additional 19,175. Song called, then mucked when Steven showed 
for a rivered flush.
Song dropped down to 122,000 chips, while Steven chipped up to 136,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
136,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
122,000
-58,000
|
-58,000 |
|
|
||
Level 6 is in the books, and the players are now on a 75-minute dinner break.
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
A pot of 6,000 was already up for grabs when Chris Moorman and Tony Gregg saw the flop fall 
.
Acting from the hijack, Moorman led out for 3,300, only to see the "End Boss" coolly push out a raise to 9,000 from the cutoff.
The only player with more than $10 million in lifetime earnings on the virtual felt let his time bank tick down from 30 seconds to zero, before silently sliding his cards to the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
133,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
|
57,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
|
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Thirteen-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth just took his seat in the $15,000 buy-in WPT World Championship, fashionably late as always. Hellmuth is sandwiched between Brian Lemke and fellow Wisconsinite Joe Kuether, and is directly across from Jeff Gross. Like the name-dropper he is, he immediately mentioned 18-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps.
Hellmuth has nearly $18 million in career live tournament earnings to go along with his collection of gold, but his highest finish in a World Poker Tour event was a third place finish at the WPT World Poker Finals in 2003 for $281,700.
According to the self-proclaimed "Poker Brat," this is the first time he's been in Atlantic City, New Jersey in seven years. The last time he cashed here was also 2003 - he finished third in the U.S. Poker Championships, earning $116,424.
Hellmuth said on Twitter that this is the only event he wants to win as much as a WSOP bracelet:
Now playing in #WPTourChampionship in Atlantic City. The ONLY Tourn I want to win as much as a WSOP Bracelet #BigOne #PokerHistory @WPTFollow @phil_hellmuth
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | |
|
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