Hal Lubarsky and his helper
Hal Lubarsky raised it up from the hijack to 1,150, an opponent in the big blind then made it 3,200 total, Lubarsky called.
The flop brought , the big blind would check call a bet of 1,800 from Lubarsky. The turn came the , both players checked. The river was the pairing the board for the second time. The big blind led out 4,000 and Lubarsky folded.
But don't worry about ole Hal, he's still sitting fine with 37,000 in chips.
Angel Guillen
Angel Guillen is thankful to still have his Main Event campaign in tact after his opponent was freerolling to eliminate him from the tournament.
On a flop of Guillen fired out 2,500 before the button raised to 7,500. The player in the big blind folded as Guillen made the call.
The turn brought the and Guillen checked and then called for the remainder of his chips.
Guillen tabled for two pair but his opponent flipped for the same hand plus the flush draw!
A heart would spell the end for his tournament, but Guillen was saved by the river. Never has he been so happy to chop up a pot!
Some more action over at Table #8 for you. Jordan Farmar just had Michael Mizrachi all in following a flop. Mizrachi had , but Farmar had pocket deuces for a set.
The turn was the , but the river brought the , saving Mizrachi.
Another player came over shortly afterwards. "I heard you got lucky," he said to Mizrachi. Farmer jumped in. "Have you seen The Matrix?" He waved his arms, Keanu Reeves-style. "Dude was dodging 'em like that." The table laughed.
The Grinder doubles to 38,000 on that one, while Farmar still has about 68,000.
Null-y for Sully
Mr. Sully Erna, heavy metallist with popular beat combo Godsmack, is busto.
He put another gentleman all in on the turn of a board, but mucked as soon as he'd seen his opponent's . The river, for the sake of completeness, was the .
Down to just 1,150 after that, Erna wasted no time in shipping it in, and when it shipped out again it went to someone else.
Jordan Farmar
With a limper in middle position, Michael Mizrachi popped it up to 2,000. Jordan Farmar flat-called in the cutoff and the MP player came along for the ride.
The flop landed and the action checked to Farmar who tossed out 2,000. The MP player made the call as Mizrachi stepped aside.
The turn was checked by both players before the fell on the river. The MP player tossed out 3,100 but Farmar insta-called.
The MP player flashed the but Farmar took it down with . He's up to 82,000 chips.
Donnie Peters
Joe Reitman raised to 15,000 on the board of after his opponent bet 4,000. The player then moved all in and Reitman called, holding . His opponent held pocket queens. The river was the and Reitman was able to double up to the tune of 65,000 chips.
On the next hand though, Reitman doubled up the opponent that just doubled up him, costing him about 12,000 chips. Reitman held against his opponent's . The board ran out to give the player the double up.
Borge Dypvik raised his small blind only for the gentleman in the big blind to go all in. A call, and a showdown.
Dypvik:
Mr. All In:
Board: entirely devoid of outdraws
Mr. All In had just announced all in rather than actually putting his chips in the middle, so Dypvik unceremoniously reached over and appropriated Mr. All In's stack for himself. He's up to 81,000.
Donnie Peters
Now over 100K
There was about 5,000 chips in the pot on the flop of . Phil Ivey tossed out a bet of 2,500 from middle position and his opponent on the button raised to 6,000. Ivey then jacked the action back up to 20,000 and his opponent called.
The turn brought the and Ivey moved all in, putting the pressure on the other player. After over four minutes under the microscope of the ESPN cameras, members of the media, and that piercing Ivey staredown, the player folded.
Valerie Ross
With 3,000 in the pot and a flop of , Valerie Ross bet 2,400 and was called by her opponent. The turn brought the and again Ross led out for 4,000, her opponent folded.
Ross has been holding firm for most of the day and is at 48,000.
, the big blind would check call a bet of 1,800 from Lubarsky. The turn came the 
, both players checked. The river was the 
pairing the board for the second time. The big blind led out 4,000 and Lubarsky folded. 
Guillen fired out 2,500 before the button raised to 7,500. The player in the big blind folded as Guillen made the call.
and Guillen checked and then called for the remainder of his chips.
for two pair but his opponent flipped 
for the same hand plus the flush draw!
river. Never has he been so happy to chop up a pot!
flop. Mizrachi had 
, but Farmar had pocket deuces for a set.
, but the river brought the 
, saving Mizrachi.
board, but mucked as soon as he'd seen his opponent's 
.
and the action checked to Farmar who tossed out 2,000. The MP player made the call as Mizrachi stepped aside.
turn was checked by both players before the 
but Farmar took it down with 
, Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott check-raised a 1,000 bet to 3,750 against the button before firing out a further 6,000 on the 
.
after his opponent bet 4,000. The player then moved all in and Reitman called, holding 
. His opponent held pocket queens. The river was the 
against his opponent's 
. The board ran out 
