Fans of "High Stakes Poker' know that Antonio Esfandiari has had bad, bad luck with pocket aces during the first two seasons of that show. Well, Gabe Kaplan brought the evil mojo out of the broadcast booth down to the table. The flop of gave Antonio a set, but gave Kaplan a flush draw. All the chips ended up in the middle, and the on the river added another entry to the long ledger of tough beats Esfandiari has suffered with pocket rockets. Kaplan is now up around 17,000 and Antonio is down to around 8K.
Mizrachi raised 250, and both Greg "FossilMan" Raymer in the small blind and the big blind called. Mizrachi led out 750 after an ace-high flop, and both players checked after an eight fell on the turn. FossilMan bet 1,300 after a Queen fell on the river and was called by Mizrachi, who turned over A-Q and took the pot.
On a flop of , Jesse Jones raised 2500 and one player moved all for 3825 more. Jones called with while his opponent showed for a set. After that hand he was down to 6K.
We have an unofficial number of entrants in today's field... 452. As soon as we can verify the number we will let you know. The prize pool will be worth over $2 million. Stay tuned for official numbers and payouts.
Tournament Director Jack Effel just made an announcement that affected everyone in the room. Regarding the controversy over the playing cards, Effel announced that U.S. Playing Card (the official card of the WSOP) will be providing new setups. We're not sure when the new cards will arrive, but Effel promises they will be here.
gave Antonio a set, but gave Kaplan a flush draw. All the chips ended up in the middle, and the 
on the river added another entry to the long ledger of tough beats Esfandiari has suffered with pocket rockets. Kaplan is now up around 17,000 and Antonio is down to around 8K.
, Devilfish bet 1300. Chad Layne stood up to see the cards.
while his opponent showed 
