Elio Fox opened to 17,000 under the gun, and Denys Drobyna stuck in a three-bet to 41,000 in position. Fox asked him how much his opponent was playing (~500,000 to start the hand), and he made another raise to 86,000 straight. Drobyna sat like a statue for a couple minutes before making the call.
The flop came , and Fox took pause before tapping the table. Drobyna made it 85,000 to go, and Fox surrendered without incident.
Despite that hit, the newly crowned WSOPE Main Event champion is still just about where he started the day, right about 650,000 in chips.
PokerStars and PokerNews have come together to offer you an exclusive poker league where PokerNews players will fight it out for cash prizes, league points and those all-important bragging rights.
The league is open for all Pokerstars players. Just check the League Page for passwords!
There are also Regional Leagues. Please check which league is open for you.
If you don’t already have an account, download PokerStars now. Remember to use the marketing code "POKERNEWS.COM" and special bonus code "TIME" to get an additional tournament ticket worth $5.50 if you deposit $30 or more until October 28, 2011.
Under the gun, Daniele Vesco open-shoved his last 126,000 chips -- he must have doubled up already today --, and the table slowly folded around. In the big blind, though, Dmitry Vitkind quickly called, turning up . Vesco tabled for his tournament life, and the race was on.
Vesco found the flop, and the board has doubled him again, this time putting him back into contention.
Johan Christopher Williamsson raised to 22,000 from middle position and Chris McClung reraised to 51,000 from the button. Play folded back to Williamsson and he reraised all in for 199,000. McClung called.
Williamsson:
McClung:
The flop, turn and river ran out and Williamsson doubled up.
From middle position, Chris McClung raised to 23,000. David Bach three-bet from the cutoff seat to 58,000. Action folded back to McClung and he reraised to 125,000. Bach gave it some thought, but then folded his hand.
We're down to 56 players left, and we've just broken the first table of the day. Four more to go.
Johnny Lodden was one of the players on the move, and he's gotten pretty unlucky with his seat card. He's joined Table 1, and there's now a murderers' row in the last four seats, including three of the four remaining Team PokerStars Pros:
When we walked up to Table 1, there was a three-way all in going down. David Bach was showing up , Johan Christopher Williamsson the , and Jesus Cortes the .
No sweat, Jesus. The drilled the flop, and the board gives Cortes the unlikely triple.
From middle position, Andrey Pateychuk raised to an unknown amount and Pedro Piazuelo three-bet to 53,000 from the cutoff seat. Pateychuk made it 91,000 with a four-bet and then Piazuelo reraised all in. Pateychuk called and put himself at risk for 360,000 with the . His opponent, Piazuelo, held the for two overcards.
The board ran out and Pateychuk's queens held up. His full house, tens full of queens, was good enough to double up to over 700,000 in chips.
![[user66118]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, and Fox took pause before tapping the table. Drobyna made it 85,000 to go, and Fox surrendered without incident.
. Vesco tabled 
board has doubled him again, this time putting him back into contention.
and Williamsson doubled up.
flop before Mustapha Kanit fired 33,000. Joseph Cheong called and Tikhonov folded after some time in the tank.
landed on the turn and Kanit bet 71,000. Cheong gave it up and Kanit won the pot.
, Johan Christopher Williamsson the 
.
drilled the flop, and the 
board gives Cortes the unlikely triple.
and Pateychuk's queens held up. His full house, tens full of queens, was good enough to double up to over 700,000 in chips.
