Greg "FBT" Mueller, winner of Event No. 33 (the $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em event), raised from the button, and James Massar called from the small blind. The flop came , and Massar check-called Mueller's bet. Massar would likewise call Mueller's bets on both the turn -- -- and river -- .
"King-high," said Mueller when the betting was done. Massar turned over for aces. "Ah, why'd that card have to come?" asked Mueller with a smile.
Those two are leading their four-handed table at the moment, with Massar at 14,000 and Mueller at 11,000.
Brock Parker is one of three left at his table. The same can be said of Marcus Naalden, David Williams, Jean-Robert Bellande, and Berry Johnston.
Gavin Griffin is still alive at his table which is currently four-handed. Jerrod Ankenman, Kathy Liebert, David Baker, and Humberto Brenes are also all each playing four-handed at their respective tables.
Table #235 is also four-handed at the moment: Evelyn Ng, Dennis Phillips, Ray Kyle, and Jeff Williams.
David Plastik and Claudio Rinaldi have reached heads up on their table. That was the table that still had nine players at the start of level 5, but Plastik and Rinaldi have quickly dispatched of the other seven over the last hour and 20 minutes.
Rinaldi has about a 3-to-2 chip advantage over Plastik at the moment.
Nick Binger just won his table. Binger had and his short-stacked opponent had to go all in before the flop with . The board came , and Binger advances to Round 2.
With 10 minutes remaining in Level 6, the majority of our 60 tables are now down to two or three players. We expect to be reporting a number of winners here soon.
One of those heads-up matches is between 2007 WSOP Player of the Year Tom Schneider and Eric Crain. Schneider owns two WSOP bracelets, and just last week Crain finished sixth in Event No. 42, the $2,500 Mixed Event.
Right now Crain enjoys about a 3-to-1 chip advantage over Schneider