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Allen Kessler found himself all in for his last 9,300 with an opponent making the call to put 'Chainsaw' at risk.
Kessler: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
to see Kessler snatch a double to roughly 19,000 in chips.
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Picking the action up on the river, Charles Moore's 53,000 remaining chips were nicely stacked over the betting line in front of him and his opponent Brent Keller was paining over an all-in decision for his remaining 46,000.
With about 33,500 in the pot on a 
board, Keller went deep into the tank and was visibly going back and forth about the decision. After about six or seven minutes Moore leaned back and said, "I just figured out I'm ahead."
Confused, Keller responded, "I've been tanking for this long and you now just figured it out? That just means I'm ahead." After some more chatter, the dealer asked them not to talk about the hand and Keller made note that the more Moore talked, the more he was leaning towards folding. A few minutes later the clock was called and Keller eventually released his hand.
Moore has moved up to over 86,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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80,000
-6,500
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-6,500 |
|
55,000 | |
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40,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
38,000 | |
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35,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
14,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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In middle position Drazen Ilich opened to 2,300 and found a call from Casey Hayes in the small blind.
The flop came down 
and Hayes checked to Ilich who bet 2,900. Hayes opted for a check raise to 7,300, Ilich moved Hayes all in and Hayes called. Hayes flopped top pair with but was well behind the 
of Ilich.
The turn was the 
and the river was the 
sending Hayes to the rail and moving Ilich into the top five with 78,000 chips.
The 2010/2011 World Series of Poker Circuit has produced its fair share of characters. A great example of one, who unfortunately didn't qualify for the National Championship, was Sam Rose, who we met in the Main Event in Hammond. It was there that Rose asked us to cover him, which we did when he was short stacked and in need of a double. In that hand, Rose was down to 7,400 when man to his right opened to 7,000, and Rose counted down his stack before deciding to just flat-call.
As the dealer was making the pot right, Rose started chatting. He was already standing up from his chair, and he asked us for a pen. "Here. I'm like Barry Greenstein," he said, pulling a non-descript square of white paper from his pocket. It was a voucher for a buffet comp. "I'm gonna sign this and give it to the guy who knocks me out!" Rose announced. He scrawled his John Hancock across the back, but as it turned out, Rose doubled on the hand.
Whether or not he gave away that voucher when he eventually busted is beyond us!
After a player on the button raised to 2,300, Kevin Calenzo moved all in from the small blind for his last 7,600. Josh Evans then moved all in from the big blind for around 25,000, which forced the button out.
Calenzo: 
Evans: 
It was a coinflip as the dealer burned and began to deal the flop. "Ohhhh, not in the door," Calenzo sarcastically moaned as he saw the 
, which was followed by the 
and 
. The 
turn changed nothing and neither did the 
river. Evans took down the pot to increase his stack to 35,000 while Calenzo hit the rail.
Jonathon Poche defended his big blind after an under the gun raise of 2,300 to see a flop fall.
Both players checked before Poche took the lead with a 3,600-chip bet when the turn landed the 
. The original raiser made the call as the completed the board with Poche opting for a check.
Poche however would kick his cards to the muck following a bet of 8,300 from his opponent as he slipped to 118,000 in chips.
La Sengphet opened to 2,700 from middle position only to be encountered with a 6,800-chip three-bet from Peter Mavro.
Sengphet made the call, but when she was greeted by a 7,000-chip continuation-bet on the 
flop, she tossed her face up into the muck.
Mavro slid his cards towards the muck to move to over double his starting stack as Senghet slipped below the 90,000-chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
88,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
41,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
Shiva Dudani opened to 2,200 and was called by James Anderson to see a 
flop.
Dudani continued for 3,000 only to have Anderson bump it up to 9,000. Dudani made the call before check-calling 14,500 when the turn landed the .
The river of the 
went check, check and Dudani tabled his 
to collect the pot and move to just shy of 100,000 in chips.
