Bill Perkins just played his third 300k+ pot this level and unfortunately for him, he's only won once.
Action folded to Perkins in the cutoff and he raised to 7,000. Jonathan Duhamel re-raised to 21,000 on the button, getting folds from the blinds. Perkins four-bet to 82,000 and after a few moments, Duhamel five-bet shoved for 190,700.
Perkins called and revealed , racing with Duhamel's . The flop was no help to Duhamel, but the turn gave him the lead. The river further improved Duhamel's hand, leaving Perkins with less than six figures.
Mike McDonald raised to 5,600 to open the pot, and David Benefield flatted from the big blind to go heads up.
The two of them took a flop, and Benefield checked to the raiser. When McDonald bet a rainbow 6,600, though, Benefield snuck in a check-raise to 18,000 straight, and McDonald didn't waste much time calling.
The turn came the , and McDonald called another 31,000 to see the double-pair the board on the river. Benefield eyed up his remaining stack (~177,000), then quickly made a bet of 76,000. McDonald tanked and folded, dropping back under the 400,000-chip mark.
When we reached Table 3, the board read . The action checked to Bill Perkins, who fired 25,000 into a pot of around 22,000. Dan Shak folded, and Sam Stein grabbed a stack of green T25,000, plopping them in front of him to put Perkins all in. Perkins immediately called.
Showdown
Perkins:
Stein:
Perkins was ahead, and held when the turn and river came , respectively.
"I'm playing any two f***ing cards," Perkins announced.
The dealer counted down Perkins' stack, and it came out to 159,700. Stein paid that man his money, and the stacks now look like this:
We arrived at the table and found a massive pot brewing between Viktor "Isildur1" Blom and Bill Perkins. There was about 173,000 already in the middle and Blom was all in for another 110,000-ish. Perkins was hesitant to call, but opted to do so telling Blom, "You're ahead."
Blom:
Perkins:
Perkins found no help from the board that ran out , giving Blom's stack a huge boost.
We're halfway through this Day 1, and our 29 remaining players are taking their midday break. Them and us will be back in a few minutes with some fresh chip counts and a hankering for another two levels of action.
David "Doc" Sands opened to 4,700 from the cutoff seat, and Galen Hall (button) and Chance Kornuth (big blind) both called. The dealer fanned , Kornuth checked, and Sands continued for 7,700. Hall released, and Kornuth went into the tank before raising to 24,500. Sands, who is known for taking his time, sat stone-like for nearly two minutes before calling.
The turn was the , Kornuth thought for a moment, then led for 60,500. Sands folded, and Kornuth added to his chip lead.
From under the gun, Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov raised to 4,000. Justin Smith called in the next seat, Masa Kagawa called from the button, Scott Seiver called from the small blind and fellow Team Pro Jason Mercier called from the big blind.
All five players took the flop and action checked to Kagawa. He fired all in for approximately 80,000, which was just about four times the size of the pot. Seiver folded, Mercier called and then Katchalov and Smith folded.
Mercier tabled the having flopped middle pair and a spade flush draw. Kagawa held the for an open-ended straight draw.
The turn was the and river the , keeping Mercier's pair of sevens in the lead and winning him the pot. Kagawa was eliminated.
From early position, Philipp Gruissem raised to 5,100. Viktor Blom reraised from the hijack seat to 14,100 and Bill Perkins called from the big blind. Gruissem four-bet to 39,500, winning the pot after both Blom and Perkins folded.
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. The 
flop was no help to Duhamel, but the 
turn gave him the lead. The 
river further improved Duhamel's hand, leaving Perkins with less than six figures.
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flop, and Benefield checked to the raiser. When McDonald bet a rainbow 6,600, though, Benefield snuck in a check-raise to 18,000 straight, and McDonald didn't waste much time calling.
double-pair the board on the river. Benefield eyed up his remaining stack (~177,000), then quickly made a bet of 76,000. McDonald tanked and folded, dropping back under the 400,000-chip mark.
, 
respectively.
, giving Blom's stack a huge boost.
, Kornuth checked, and Sands continued for 7,700. Hall released, and Kornuth went into the tank before raising to 24,500. Sands, who is known for taking his time, sat stone-like for nearly two minutes before calling.
flop and action checked to Kagawa. He fired all in for approximately 80,000, which was just about four times the size of the pot. Seiver folded, Mercier called and then Katchalov and Smith folded.
having flopped middle pair and a spade flush draw. Kagawa held the 
for an open-ended straight draw.
and river the 