He's currently punching above the average chip count at the moment though, he has 56,500.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1d
Players Left 9 / 6,494
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He's currently punching above the average chip count at the moment though, he has 56,500.
with Rousso making the call down.Her opponent tabled
for the unmistakable quad jacks to collect the pot and the bounty of the $100 Jack's Links prize pack.Meanwhile after a promising start to the day, Rousso is down to 21,600.
With just under an hour remaining in the day, you would expect Marafioti to quiet down and try and keep fairly reserved so as to win the bet.
However Marafioti has sparked up even more, chatting more and more to the table and especially Tom Dwan . . . even calling him a fish at one point.
"Fish, fish, fish, nit, fish, fish" he stated as he pointed from seat one (Dwan) around the table back to him.
Marafioti is handling himself in the poker department fairly well at the moment with 61,500 in chips in comparison to Dwan's 21,600 - hopefully he can hold onto them . . . and the Patron as we wind up play for the night.
, Darden had made a straight to double to 13,500.On a nearby table Doug Kim has doubled with
versus 
to get himself back to 20,000.
The last chips of Clements were in the middle on the turn on a board of
with Clements holding 
but he found himself drawing dead against his opponent's 
.The meaningless river was the
and Clements hits the rail late on Day 1d.
for his last 15,800. The third player in the hand made the call with but Benyamine flipped 
for top set.Fischman exclaimed, "I have backdoor outs!" turning over
.The turn was the
and the river the 
, which caused Benyamine to stir a little. However he's now up to 100,000 now and chip leader on his table.
In evidence:
He raised in early position and received no fewer than four callers. Interesting. "Flop me the nuts!" he said to the dealer.
Flop:
It checked around to Tran who bet 2,700. Everyone folded. He showed them all an ace, and is up to 113,000.
One Tournament Director came over and expressed his concern at the potential of Marafioti being sick on the floor and resulting in a table move and a very substantial disturbance to play in the Miranda Room.
Tom Dwan however comforted the Tournament Director a little when he confirmed that he would donate $5,000 to the charity of the Tournament Director's choice, and in his name, if Marafioti happens to be . . . sick.
The score board at the moment . . . 7 shots down, 3 to go, and all done in just 4 minutes so far!
and found himself up against a player holding .Medic's heart sunk as the
appeared as the first card on the flop. But the dealer slid his hand to reveal the and 
, and Medic felt better. The turn was the and the river the 
, and Medic is now back to 8,500.
Currently in the second hour of a massage, Dwan started ordering drinks once returning from the break . . . and hasn't stopped.
Recently he challenged fellow high stakes online player Matthew Marafioti to a drinking prop bet that revolved around Marafioti putting down ten shots of Patron in 15 minutes without throwing up.
If he succeeds then Dwan will pay him $5,000, but if he doesn't then he owes Dwan the same amount.
The shots have been ordered, delivered and are now waiting patiently on an adjacent table.
Stay tuned for the result . . .
