Julian Powell is now up to 78,000, thanks to a well-timed bluff. Holding Powell flopped a flush draw on a seven-high board and called the bet of his opponent. The turn was a repeat seven, and Powell raised his opponent's bet on a semi-bluff. His opponent made the call.
The river was a blank and Powell shoved all in, forcing his opponent to fold pocket nines face up as Powell's ten-high took down the pot.
Ricardo Sousa decided to take his chances with a one-overcard flush draw. On a flop of , Sousa bet 2,600. His lone opponent raised to 7,500, but Sousa was undeterred and fired back another raise of his own, to 14,500. His opponent put in the fourth raise; when Sousa called, he was all in.
Sousa:
Opponent:
Sousa didn't have to sweat long -- the popped on the turn. The river completed the board. After the hand, Sousa is up to about 60,000.
Darrell Dicken has had a rough day. After repeated skirmishes with opponents at his table, including Wayne Brown, Dicken was down to roughly 3,900 in chips. Dicken could have very easily just given up, picked a random hand to push in his chips, and left the Amazon Room after his "inevitable" bust. Instead, he never gave up, and after a recent hand in which Dicken made the second-nut flush on a board of with in the hole, he is now up to 53,000.
Darrell Dicken -- the latest example of "a chip, a chair and a prayer."
Adam Friedman raised to 2,300 under the gun. Alex Balandin reraised to 6,300. Jose Jaraiz called and Friedman called as well.
The flop was all puppy feet, . Friedman shoved all in and then Balandin raised to 45,000. Jaraiz tanked for a few minutes before Friedman called the clock on him. He then folded.
Friedman:
Balandin:
The turn was the and the river the . It gave Friedman a flush, but Balandin made a full house.
On a flop of , Sverre Sundbo bet 3,000 and Brian Schaedlich called. The turn was the . Sundbo fired out another 6,000 and Schaedlich called. The river was the . Sundbo bet another 15,000 and Schaedlich called.
Sundbo turned up for the straight and Schaedlich mucked. The pot took Sundbo's stack up to 140,000.
Matt Glantz is doing above average at the moment with 80,000 in chips.
Matt says he flew all the way back to the East Coast to see family between day 1a and today and flew back yesterday. He lamented how long it takes to get from Pennsylvania to Las Vegas and back quickly.
We asked him if he's pleased with his WSOP performance this year (third in the $10K mixed, fourth in the $50K HORSE).
"Yeah, I only played in a few events," he said, "so that's a great batting average!"
Hasan Habib, Pat Pezzin, and two other players took a flop of . The big blind checked to Habib and he bet 4,000. Pezzin was next to act and he pushed all in for just under 20,000. The cutoff and the big blind folded but Habib made the call. The players showed:
Pezzin:
Habib:
Despite a monster draw for Habib, he finished second best when the turn and river came the and respectively. Pezzin stacked the pot and now sits on a stack of approximately 46,000.
Andrew Martinez was short-stacked and needed to make a move and he decided was the hand to do it with. If you get called you're hoping to see over cards at worst. Dan Lu was the only caller and he was holding , not the hand Martinez was hoping for.
The board ran . No two outer for Martinez and he wanders off to wonder what might have been.