Welcome back to our continued coverage of Event #33 of the World Series of Poker. Twelve players return today for the Limit Hold'em World Championship with one goal in mind - the coveted WSOP gold bracelet and $460,836 in prize money.
Kenny Hsiung leads the way with a world-class final table lineup guaranteed. The players are taking their seats and unbagging their chips with the cards set to fly in a few minutes time. Stay tuned!
Jennifer Harman does not seem particularly bothered by her short stack status coming back today -- she's spent much of the morning blithely chatting away to Chad Brown at the next table, who is himself preoccupied with eating from a paper cup full of horrible beige gruel that turns out to be oatmeal.
Nevertheless she has got herself involved in one early pot with chip leader Kenny Hsiung. In a pot raised by Hsiung and either called or reraised; either way, they saw an flop heads up. Hsiung checked it -- and then insta-folded when Harman bet.
Chip leader Kenny Hsiung is not letting up any. He called a bet from Soheil Shamseddin on a flop and then, after both had checked the turn, bet out on the river. Shamseddin tanked for some time and eventually called -- but mucked when Hsiung turned over .
Jennifer Harman lost three pots in a row to bring an end to her run here in this event.
First she raised the big blind of Pat Pezzin who took down the pot with on a board of .
She then raised under the gun before Maria Ho reraised from middle position. Harman called and led at a flop. Ho reraised and Harman called. The turn brought the and Harman checked, Ho bet, and Harman gave it up.
Down to her last 50,000 chips she decided to commit them from the big blind preflop, after Greg Mueller had opened the action with a raise. Mueller called with as Harman held the lead with her .
The board fell cruelly for Harman when it arrived to spike a pair on the river for Mueller to end the tournament of fan-favorite Harman in 12th place for a pay day of $41,040
Kenny Hsiung has taken down another pot, boosting his stack to over that magical one million mark.
He and Soheil Shamseddin locked horns once more, and they made it all the way to the end of a board; Hsiung bet, and Shamseddin called. Hsiung turned over and again Shamseddin mucked. His position on the chip leader does not seem to be helping him any -- he was down to just 180,000 after that hand.
Shamseddin clawed a few chips back from Maria Ho, the player at the table who can least afford it. Shamseddin bet out on the flop and Ho called; he bet again on the turn, and this time, after a moment glancing impassively around her, Ho passed.
Chip leader Kenny Hsiung started the madness with a raise from the button. Soheil Shamseddin reraised from the small blind before Maria Ho made it four bets from the big blind. Hsiung deliberated before tossing out a call but Shamseddin then capped the action with both opponents making the call.
Shamseddin fired barrels on all three streets on the board of with both opponents calling all the way to showdown.
Shamseddin confidently tabled but Ho revealed for a rivered set as Hsiung mucked.
"Jesus Christ!" yelled Shamseddin, "I can't f*$#ing believe that!"
Ho's two-outer jumps her to 560,000 with Shamseddin now on the short stack with just 95,000 chips.