| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
127,000 | |
|
102,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
81,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
We've just broken another table (Table Dennis Phillips), and we're down to just nine tables left in play. That leaves us with 81 players, if our monkey math is correct.
Phillips' relocation finds him joining Table Phil Hellmuth now.
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Phil Hellmuth and the gentleman two seats to his right got it all in preflop. From the positions, we're guessing that the unknown player either raised (or limped), Hellmuth raised back, and the gentleman moved all in over the top. However it went, Hellmuth called down nearly 22,000 chips to put his man at risk.
Showdown
Hellmuth: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
, and Hellmuth is forced to grant a big double up. It's cost him more than half his chips, knocking him back to about 19,000.
"See? I shouldn't have turned this way in my chair," Hellmuth said cryptically after he paid his debt. He may have been referring to the fact that he's been watching a bit of basketball up on the big screen in between hands. "I'm not even paying attention," he added.
On the paired flop of 
, one player checked to Chris Farmer and he checked behind. The turn brought the 
and the first player bet 14,500. Farmer raised all in for 60,700. After a minute or two in the tank, his opponent folded and Farmer won the pot to move to about 100,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
96,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
88,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
88,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
|
72,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
46,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
||
|
|
38,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
37,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
30,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
25,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
24,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
19,000 | |
|
||
|
18,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
From middle position, Andrew Moreno raised to 2,700 and was called by one player, the man in the cutoff seat. The flop came down 
and Moreno bet 3,600. His opponent called to see the come on the turn. Moreno checked and his opponent checked.
The river card was the 
and Moreno bet 5,000. HIs opponent folded and Moreno won the pot to increase his stack to 37,000 in chips.
When the table folded around to his button, Garry Gates moved all in for about 19,000. Right next door, one of the few remaining ladies, Lisa Parsons called all in for just less than Gates' amount, and the two were heads up for their stacks.
Gates: 
Parsons: 
The 
flop was fairly safe for the lady, but the mean she'd also need to sweat the straight and the flush draws with one card to come. Gates would not make his straight or his flush...
River: 
...but that ace of diamonds will do rather nicely. Spiking his better pair on the end, Gates earns the knockout and the near-double-up to about 37,000. Parsons' day is done.
We've got another three levels in the books (12 total), and we're off for another quick break.
While everyone else left the room, Garry Gates was busy calling a raise made by the player in the hijack seat out of the cutoff seat. The flop came down 
and the preflop raiser bet 4,600. Gates raised to 10,000 and his opponent moved all in. Gates mucked and was left with 21,000 in chips.
