Amir Vahedi raised all-in to 18.5 from the cutoff. He was called by Patrik Antonius on the button and the player in the small blind. The flop came , it was checked around. The turn was , it was checked around again. The river brought . Antonius lead out for 20,000 and the other player folded. Antonius showed and Vahedi showed which was not good enough to beat Antonius's boat, and Vahedi was sent home.
Wroblewski calls Mercier's all in
In a three-way pot, with the board showing on the turn, Isabelle Mercier moved all in from the BB for 78K. Anna Wroblewski thought for a while and called. Johan Storakers mucked. Mercier showed K-4 while Wroblewski flipped over Q-9 for the nut straight. Mercier was drawing dead and headed to the rail. Wroblewski is up to 682K.
Chip Reese moved all in with a short stack holding A-J. Raymond Davis called with 8-8. It was a classic race and Davis' pair held up. The WSOP $50K HORSE champion is out.
Phil Hellmuth's pocket queens held up on a potentially scary flop of three hearts, all low cards. His opponent bet on the flop, turn and river, Phil just smooth-called each time. When the betting was done he proudly announced "Queens", taking down over 100k in the pot. His opponent did not show.
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The unscheduled 15-minute break has ironically finished on schedule. The players are back in action with about 47 minutes left in the current level, with blinds at 2,000-4,000, and a 500 ante.
The tournament clock shows 138 players remaining, and the Fontana Lounge is a little over half full. The average chip count is about 231,500.