Jonathan Duhamel bet 1,500 and Olivier Busquet popped it to 4,000. A third player in the hand folded and Duhamel called, leading to the turn card. Duhamel checked again and Busquet fired 8,300. After a few moments Duhamel called, checking the river card. Busquet announced all in, having Duhamel well covered.
Nearly five minutes passed before Duhamel called all in for 27,775, seeing Busquet table . When Duhamel showed for a set Busquet was visibly upset, clearly feeling Duhamel should have called much sooner with that hand.
Duhamel: Up to about 84,000
Busquet: Down to about 27,000
Action folded around to Steven Levy in the cutoff seat. He raised to 525 before play was on Jason Mercier on the button. Mercier reraised to 1,450. Fellow Team [url=http://www.pokerstars.com/]PokerStars[/url Pro Joe Hachem was in the small blind and four-bet to 5,150. The big blind and Levy folded, but Mercier didn't go away so easily. He five-bet to 11,825. Hachem mucked his hand and Mercier won the pot.
Two Team PokerStars Pros are at the same table. Although that's not that big of a deal as is the case at many tables in this event, both of that have won the WSOP Main Event. Joe Cada, the 2009 champion, and Jonathan Duhamel, the 2010 champion, are seated at the same table.
McLean Karr just came rolling into the $25,000 High Roller area and announced that there are 120 players signed up for this event when he just finished registering. That's a big increase from last year's 84-player field and an amazing turnout.
From middle position, Brett Richey raised to 550. Joseph Cheong called from the cutoff seat and John Racener called from the big blind. All three of these players to see this flop cashed in the 2010 WSOP Main Event, with the latter two making the November Nine.
The flop came down and action checked around to Cheong. He bet 1,225 and Racener called. Richey folded.
The turn card was the and Racener check-folded to a bet of 3,000 fro Cheong.
With the board reading , Shannon Shorr fired 2,575. Lex Veldhuis called and the third player in the hand folded. The river completed the board with the and Shorr tanked for bit before checking. Veldhuis also thought for a bit and then checked behind. Shorr tabled the and Veldhuis the for the winner.
On the next hand, Veldhuis was in action against two players on the board of . He was first up and fired 400. The next player raised to 1,500 and the third player folded. Veldhuis thought for a few moments and then released his hand, losing this pot.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier was on the button and saw a flop with two opponents.
Action was checked to Grospellier and he bet 775, forcing one opponent out,. The other popped it to 2,100 and Grospellier called, landing the turn card. Once again action was checked to Grospellier and he bet 2,550, quickly getting called. Both players checked the river and Grospellier turned over , good enough to win the pot and up his stack to about 53,000.
Sandra Naujoks
Erik Seidel
Chino Rheem
David Peters
David "Bakes" Baker
Juan Maceiras
Ty Reiman
David Paredes
Alex Kravchenko
Jordan Young
Brett Richey
David Benyamine
John Racener
Eugene Katchalov
Anthony Gregg
Dmitriy Stelmak
Justin Smith
Viktor Blom
Matt Marafioti
Ryan Fair
Daniel Cates
Alex Gomes
Leo Fernandez
Frank Calo
Steve O'Dwyer
Jonathan Duhamel
Nick Mitchell
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Tobias Reinkemeier
Govert Metaal
Lex Veldhuis
Paul Berende
Max Lykov
Ryan Julius
flop.
turn card. Duhamel checked again and Busquet fired 8,300. After a few moments Duhamel called, checking the 
river card. Busquet announced all in, having Duhamel well covered.
. When Duhamel showed 
for a set Busquet was visibly upset, clearly feeling Duhamel should have called much sooner with that hand.
and Timoshenko checked. Collins stayed aggressive and bet 800. Timoshenko called.
and Timoshenko checked. Collins pushed harder this time with a bet of 2,200. Timoshenko gave it up and Collins won the pot.
and action checked around to Cheong. He bet 1,225 and Racener called. Richey folded.
and Racener check-folded to a bet of 3,000 fro Cheong.
, Shannon Shorr fired 2,575. Lex Veldhuis called and the third player in the hand folded. The river completed the board with the 
and Shorr tanked for bit before checking. Veldhuis also thought for a bit and then checked behind. Shorr tabled the 
and Veldhuis the 
for the winner.
flop with two opponents.
turn card. Once again action was checked to Grospellier and he bet 2,550, quickly getting called. Both players checked the