When we reached the table the board was complete: .
Alex Kostritsyn paused for a moment before betting 6,400, sending opponent Antonio Esfandiari deep in the tank. Esfandiari cut out enough chips to make the call, but hesitated before finally plopping them on the felt. Kostritsyn turned over for top two pair and Esfandiari unhappily mucked.
"There's always next year!" Sorel Mizzi joked to Esfandiari. "I know you're my friend and everything, but I love to see you in pain."
The Magician is short with just 20,200 chips while Kostritsyn is up to 71,000.
At the moment, the biggest stack in the room belongs to Bruno De Oliveira Severino with about 170,000.
Right before the dinner break, he took down a small pot where Eugene Katchalov opened the action with a raise to 1,000 from early position. A player in middle position called and De Oliveira Severino popped it to 4,500 in the cutoff. The player in the big blind called, Katchalov folded, and the middle-position player called.
The flop came down and it was check to De Oliveira Severino. He bet 6,500 and only the middle-position player called. The hit the turn and both checked. When the fell on the river, the middle-position player bet a measly 2,500. De Oliveira Severino called instantly, with his besting his opponent's .
A player in late position opened and another flatted near the button before Barry Greenstein shoved for 21,350 more in the big blind. Both players folded and Greenstein chipped up to 28,000.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier opened to 1,325 from early position and the player in the hijack popped it to 3,100. Action folded back to Grospellier and he four-bet to 6,600. His opponent was not backing down, five-betting to 14,600. Grospellier ended the shenanigans and put in the rest of his stack, quickly seeing his opponent call for the rest of his stack (roughly 13,000).
Grospellier:
Opponent:
The board ran out a safe for Grospellier and he is now sitting on a stack of about 79,000.
When we reached 2010 WSOP Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel's table the board read . Duhamel's opponent checked prompting the Canadian to bet 5,000. After mulling the decision over for about a minute, his opponent called and Duhamel unhappilly tabled for nine-high. His opponent opened up for bottom pair and shipped the pot.
On a board of , Marcel Luske checked to his sole opponent on the button, who then bet 5,200. Luske quickly called as the peeled off on the river. Again Luske checked, the button bet 9,200, and Luske snap-called.
"Nice call," said the button as he showed . Luske tabled for a pair of kings and it was good enough for the pot. He is up to 42,000.
A player in middle position raised to 1,500 and 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Greg Raymer called from the cutoff. It was heads-up action to the flop, which came down . The original raiser continuation bet 2,200 and Raymer picked up his cards and tossed them in the muck. It was nothing special, just an opportunity to mention the "Fossil Man" is sitting with around 68,000.
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for top two pair and Esfandiari unhappily mucked.
and it was check to De Oliveira Severino. He bet 6,500 and only the middle-position player called. The 
hit the turn and both checked. When the 
fell on the river, the middle-position player bet a measly 2,500. De Oliveira Severino called instantly, with his 
besting his opponent's 
.
. Duhamel's opponent checked prompting the Canadian to bet 5,000. After mulling the decision over for about a minute, his opponent called and Duhamel unhappilly tabled 
peeled off on the river. Again Luske checked, the button bet 9,200, and Luske snap-called.
. Luske tabled 
for a pair of kings and it was good enough for the pot. He is up to 42,000.
