Carlos Mortensen
An early position player opened with a raise to 750, before Carlos Mortensen raised it up to 2,000 from late position. The player on the button made the call, as did the EP player.
They took a flop , and the action checked to Mortensen who fired out a bet of 4,000. The player on the button moved all in for a total of 6,200. The EP player folded and Mortensen called.
Mortensen:
Button:
The turn and river blanked , and Mortensen jumps back up to 25,000 chips.
Preflop, Henrik Lennholm made it 800 to go and was called by a player in the big blind. The flop ran and Henrik fired 1,300 into the pot after his opponent checked. His opponent called and the fell on the turn. Both players checked and saw the hit on the river. Henrik led out for 2,200 and his opponent called.
Richie Smith raised to 3,000 before the flop and was called by Wendy Weissman. The flop came . Smith checked, Weissman pushed all in for about 25,000, and after a period of contemplation Smith made the call.
Weissman had , but Smith had . The turn and river didn't change things, and Weissman is out. Smith is up to 70,000.
Smith tells us he won his entry via a satellite hosted by 2005 WSOP Main Event runner-up Steve Dannenmann. Looks like Smith currently has about twice what Dannenmann does, as Dannenmann has 36,000.
Cristobal Hidalgo got the rest of his chips in on a flop of vs. Johnny Chan. Hidalgo was looking for an ace, holding against Chan's . The turn was the , the river was the and Hidalgo was eliminated. Chan is now up to 43,000.
"Johnny Motherf*ckin' Chan!" exclaimed a fan on the rail as Chan raked in the pot.
Mike Halioua made a raise from middle position that Mike Sica called before a player in the small blind moved all in for 4,500. Both the Mikes called before the flop came .
Both players checked, so the turn came . This time Halioua bet 3,000 but Sica folded. Good job, too, as Halioua showed for quads. The all-in player could only muster and was eliminated.
A player under the gun opened the betting with a raise to 800. Action passed around to Todd Breyfogle, and he made the call from middle position.
The heads-up flop came out . The unknown player bet out 2,000, and Breyfogle moved all in for a total of 9,000. His opponent called, and the hands were shown down:
Breyfogle:
Opponent:
Fourth and fifth streets brought the and respectively. Breyfogle's set of sevens holds up, and he doubles up to 21,000.
The players in the Blue Section of the Amazon Room must think they're in a library. They are hardly talking at all. Even when someone does have something to say, it's generally whispered at a low level to a nearby player.
The loudest comments we've heard all day are the staccato "All in and call on Table #__" that punctuate the chirping of shuffled poker chips at regular intervals.
Cyndy Violette
Cyndy Violette took a hit earlier, but she was able to double up after running pocket kings into pocket jacks. Cyndy flopped a set and her opponent was drawing thin. After the hand, Cyndy is now up to 23,000.
After heavy betting on all streets on a board of , Scott Flansburg insta-called the all-in shove of his opponent, when the spiked on the river.
His opponent flipped for a flopped set, but Flansburg had rivered a bigger set holding . The miracle river eliminates his opponent as Flansburg jumps up to 43,000.
Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi was short-stacked earlier, down to just 3,300, and was able to double up after calling a raise preflop of 1,200. The flop ran and Mizrachi moved all in for his remaining 1,425. His opponent called and showed for ace-high while Mizrachi had . The turn and river ran low and Mizrcahi was able to double up. After the hand, he's back to 5,700.
, and the action checked to Mortensen who fired out a bet of 4,000. The player on the button moved all in for a total of 6,200. The EP player folded and Mortensen called.
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and Mortensen jumps back up to 25,000 chips.
fell on the turn. Both players checked and saw the 
.
. Smith checked, Weissman pushed all in for about 25,000, and after a period of contemplation Smith made the call.
, but Smith had 
didn't change things, and Weissman is out. Smith is up to 70,000.
against Chan's 
. The turn was the 
, the river was the 
and Hidalgo was eliminated. Chan is now up to 43,000. 
for quads. The all-in player could only muster 
. The unknown player bet out 2,000, and Breyfogle moved all in for a total of 9,000. His opponent called, and the hands were shown down:
and 
, Scott Flansburg insta-called the all-in shove of his opponent, when the 
for a flopped set, but Flansburg had rivered a bigger set holding 
. The miracle river eliminates his opponent as Flansburg jumps up to 43,000.
and Mizrachi moved all in for his remaining 1,425. His opponent called and showed 
