Team PokerStars Pro and 2008 WSOP finalist Dennis Phillips has hit the rail. All we know is that is his kings came a cropper to someone else's aces; the board was queen-high but the chips could have gone in at any point.
We suspect we'll be seeing more of Mr. Phillips this week, though. We particularly look forward to seeing him the £20,000 High Roller event, in which he took seventh place last year for £60,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
56,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
47,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
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46,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
43,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
|
|
42,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
41,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
39,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
38,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
37,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
34,000 | |
|
33,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
32,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
||
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
29,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
29,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
28,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
26,000 | |
|
25,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
24,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
23,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
||
|
21,000
13,300
|
13,300 |
|
20,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
The flop read 
when we arrived, and Dan Heimiller had bet out 2,525 from early position. Across the table in the hijack, Allen Bari made it 7,050 to go.
Our attention was briefly distracted (with this ridiculously large field, we're attempting to multitask and get chip counts from nearby tables while watching hands) and when we refocused Bari was folding - so we deduce that Heimiller had reraised, possibly all in.
Heimiller showed him first the 
and then the 
for a flush draw and overcards. He increased to 45,000. Bari is on 45,000 too, but moving in the opposite direction.
Jami Juutila raised preflop to 525 from the cutoff and Max Silver made the call on the button before Chris Moneymaker reraised to 2,100 from the small blind with both the others calling.
The flop came 
and Moneymaker checked across to Juutila who bet 4,000. Silver folded but Moneymaker called.
The turn went check-check, as did the 
river.
"Ace-high," declared Moneymaker showing 
, but Juutila flipped over 
for a better ace-high to win the pot.
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
For your enjoyment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
75,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
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|
65,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
50,000 | |
|
45,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
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|
42,000 | |
|
|
40,000 | |
|
38,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
34,000 | |
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
26,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
24,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
24,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
7,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
We found Max Pescatori all in for 15,775 on a flop of 
, up against Dan Heimiller. The two men exchanged a few quick words as the cameras were called over, ending with Pescatori asking, "You got a flush draw??"
Heimiller nodded, and Pescatori flipped up his , needing to hold against his opponent's 
to stay afloat.
The turn 
and river 
were both frighteningly red but the wrong shade to do any damage. That double pushed Pescatori all the way up to 41,000, leaving Heimiller with a still-very-healthy 47,000.
William Reynolds had fired 2,200 on the turn of a 
board with Nikolay Evdakov check-calling from the big blind.
The river was the 
and Evdakov checked once more and Reynolds bet 6,500 which was instantly called by the Russian.
Reynolds flipped but then Evdakov turned over 
which had missed the flush but hit running two pair.
"Oh," said Reynolds, "well, that works..."
An early position raise to 800 was called by Nicolas Levi only with everyone else running for cover. Levi called a continuation bet of 1,100 on the 
flop before both players checked the turn. The river was the and the original raiser checked a third time, Levi bet 1,500 and was rewarded with an instant muck.
It's so hard to get around in this room that we're just now noticing a few things for the first time.
We went over to snap a photo of Matt Affleck after spotting his familiar blue-and-yellow Mariners retro jersey. When we got there, lo and behold, we see that Jonathan Duhamel is sitting to his direct right.
The last time these two men played together, they tangled up in a pot worth 42 million chips, significantly more than are in play in this entire room right now. You may remember the hand from our WSOP coverage, the brutal cracking of Affleck's aces that eliminated him in 15th place. It was an emotional moment for Affleck after running deep with big chips in the Main Event for two consecutive years.
Affleck's got a shot at revenge here today, and he once again has a big stack of about 75,000.
