Kevin "BeL0WaB0Ve" Saul
After a series of preflop raises, Brian Shapiro was all in from late position against Kevin "BeL0WaB0Ve" Saul from the small blind.
Saul:
Shapiro:
With ESPN recording the hand, Shapiro felt the need to ham it up for the camera's, standing from the table and screaming "Please don't put a king, please, please don't put a king"
Flop: giving Saul his set.
Shapiro got his backpack on and prepared to leave, however he got a glimmer of hope when the landed on the felt.
The river then brought the giving Shapiro runner-runner straight to stay alive.
Several "Whooo's" came screaming from the mouth of Shapiro. After the string of excessive celebratory exclamations, Shapiro stuck an index finger in Saul's direction and proclaimed "Do that to me one more time...double me up again! Whooo!"
Saul sat staring at Shapiro in silent disbelief of the act of unsportsmanlike conduct.
Tournament director Jack Effel came over to the table and offered Shapiro a stern warning and a one hand penalty.
Chip counts after the hand:
Brian Shapiro: 167,500
Kevin Saul: 685,000
Andreas Flakstad has doubled up after his chips were in the middle on a flop of . Flakstad was in strong shape with his up against the of Kia Hamadani.
The turn was the and river the and Flakstad pads his stack to over 220,000 to leave Hamadani short with just 42,000 chips.
Team PokerStars Pro Benjamin Kang
Benjamin Kang has doubled up after his chips were in the middle on a flop of . Kang was in great shape with against his opponent's .
When the turn fell the Kang let out a roar of "Yes!!!" as he picked up quads to leave his opponent drawing dead.
The river bricked the and Kang is alive with over 160,000 chips.
Michael Jansen has been busy at work on Table 30. First he faded Dmitri Lesnoy's 15-card draw on a flop of . Lesnoy's failed to improve against Jansen's top pair, , after all the chips went in. The board bricked out running threes to eliminate Lesnoy.
A few minutes later Jansen's pocket nines, , went to war on the flop against short-stacked Roberto Machado's . Each player caught a piece of the flop. Machado had a combination straight-and-flush draw against Jansen's middle set. Again Jansen faded all the cards he needed to fade, with harmless and on theturn and river.
Brian Lemke
2009 WSOP bracelet winner Brian Lemke was first crippled and then recently eliminated from the Main Event.
In the first hand he pushed with for just a gutshot on a flop but his opponent made the call with for two pair. Lemke missed his gutshot and was down to just 50,000.
A moment or two later he committed those chips with but Fernando Gordo woke up with .