We caught Mark Schmid entangled in a large pot on the flop of . There was a player all in for 8,375 and Schmid and another player already had 8,400 in front of them while another player thought. Eventually, he folded creating heads up action with 50 chips in the side-pot.
When turn and river were both checked twice and it was the of Schmid that took it down. The other player with action showed for a missed strait draw before mucking it.
Dave Bertrand limped in middle position, the player in the small blind completed before the player in the big blind big blind decided to raise. The small blind folded, prompting the raiser to show the not realizing that Bertrand was still in the hand and had called.
The floor came over and ruled that the hand would play out. The flop was . The preflop raiser checked to Bertrand and he fired 6,000 with 12,300 more behind. After some thought and questioning, Bertrand's opponent moved him all in and found a call from Bertrand.
Bertrand:
Opponent:
The turn and river, and respectively, both bricked and allowed Bertrand to double up.
Poker pro James Carroll has been on top of the chip count list for most of the day, but we just saw that Allen Carter has him and the rest of the room trounced, sitting on a ridiculous 147,000 in chips! We will be sure to keep an eye on him as his mountain grows or shrinks from here.
Big name pros have been slowly making their way into the event all day, taking full advantage of the lax registration for this tournament. The latest to do so is David "Bakes" Baker, who has just taken his seat during the level before the dinner break.
Fresh off his final table finish in Event 9, Scott Clements is off to a good start today in the Main Event. After two limps and a fold from the small blind, Scott Clements checked his option out of the big blind.
The flop was and Clements led for 1,400. One player called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river encouraged Clements to lead out again for 2,000 and his opponent quickly mucked.
We will be taking a 60-minute dinner break after level 9, followed by six more levels when we get back. The exception to that schedule would be if we get down to 15% of today's starting field. Right now, there have been just over 300 entrants and over half of them still remain so it is unlikely that we will be finishing early.
Don't forget that anyone eliminated in today's action will be allowed to re-enter the tournament tomorrow so the action late will likely be aggressive as players with deeper pockets will try and accumulate chips or get a fresh start tomorrow.
Dan O'Brien was heads up with his opponent when we caught the action on the turn with the board reading . O'Brien bet out 2,800 into a pot of 3,500. His opponent on the button thought for about 20 seconds before calling. The river came the , and O'Brien assembled a bet of 7,200 and threw it in. His opponent tanked for about 90 seconds before tossing in the call, then quickly mucked when O'Brien showed for the second nut flush. O'Brien took the pot, and is now over 50,000.
We walked by the table of Jeff Zigulis as he was raking in an enormous pot. He was still stacking his chips as people left for dinner break but it appears he has about 140,000 in chips and appears he is our dinner break chip leader.
. There was a player all in for 8,375 and Schmid and another player already had 8,400 in front of them while another player thought. Eventually, he folded creating heads up action with 50 chips in the side-pot.
and river 
were both checked twice and it was the 
of Schmid that took it down. The other player with action showed 
for a missed strait draw before mucking it.
not realizing that Bertrand was still in the hand and had called.
. The preflop raiser checked to Bertrand and he fired 6,000 with 12,300 more behind. After some thought and questioning, Bertrand's opponent moved him all in and found a call from Bertrand.
and 
respectively, both bricked and allowed Bertrand to double up.
and Clements led for 1,400. One player called. The turn was the 
and both players checked. The river 
encouraged Clements to lead out again for 2,000 and his opponent quickly mucked.
. O'Brien bet out 2,800 into a pot of 3,500. His opponent on the button thought for about 20 seconds before calling. The river came the 
, and O'Brien assembled a bet of 7,200 and threw it in. His opponent tanked for about 90 seconds before tossing in the call, then quickly mucked when O'Brien showed 
