Ludovic Lacay raised to 130,000 from the cutoff, and got a caller in Christopher Bach from the big blind.
The flop came . Bach checked, Lacay bet 175,000, and Bach called. The turn was the . This time Bach fired out a bet of 300,000, and Lacay responded with a raise to 950,000. Bach made the call.
The river was the . Bach bet 680,000, and Lacay reraised all in. Bach tanked for two minutes, then let it go.
After that one, Bach slips to just over 1 million. Lacay, meanwhile, chips up to 7.3 million.
With the action folded to him in the small blind, Jeff Duvall raised to 150,000. Michael Jansen shoved from the big blind and Duvall made the call.
Jansen
Duvall
The flop gave both players a sweat, coming down . Jansen flopped top pair, but Duvall picked up both a straight draw and a flush draw. Jansen maintained his lead when the hit the turn, but Duvall rivered an ace to send Jansen to the rail in 62nd place.
"QUEEN! QUEEEEEEEN!" shouted Craig Boyd's supporters from the rail. Their horse was all in preflop with . He had been called by Miika Puumalainen, who showed down . Boyd's friend were overjoyed when a queen but no ace flopped, . There was a mild sweat when the turn came to give Puumalainen a pair of jacks, but the river safely bricked to allow Boyd to double up from 515,000 to about 1.15 million. Puumalainen is down to 2.3 million.
Tom "DonkeyBomber" Schneider, supported on the rail today by his wife Julie, opened a recent pot to 125,000. He was called from the button by Luis Nargentino. They took an all-heart flop of . Schneider's continuation bet of 175,000 was called by Nargentino.
On the turn , Schneider checked, giving Nargentino an opening to fire 265,000. That bet induced a fold from Schneider, who saw his count fall to 2.45 million after the hand. Nargentino is up to 4.15 million.
Manuel Labandeira shoved his stack of 720,000 all in from late position, and Tommy Vedes called him from the cutoff. The blinds folded, Vedes turned over , and Labandeira tabled .
The board ran out , and Labandeira won the race. He's at 1.5 million now, while Vedes still has more than 8 million.
Last year at the November Nine, several hundred of Dennis Phillips' closest friends showed up to support him, dressed in identical white-button down shirts and red St. Louis Cardinals' caps. Those soldiers in the Dennis Phillips Army were present again at various points during the Main Event. Six of them are on the rail today.
Joe Sebok, who is playing on the same table as Phillips today, is the CEO of PokerRoad, the poker media site that during the 2009 WSOP brought us the "PokerRoad Nation". Four members of the PokerRoad Nation are keeping an eye on Sebok today.
Donnie Peters
Jeff Shulman raised and Jason Brice called from a later position. The flop came down . Shulman checked and Brice fired 160,000. Shulman made the call.
The turn brought the and both players checked. The river brought the and both players checked again.
The main featured table was the first to break today, so we have a fresh batch of nine players here under the lights.
Seat 1: Steven Begleiter (6,315,000) was in fourth place overall coming into Day 7. Begleiter is from Chappaqua, New York and is a relative newcomer to the game, and this will be his first meaningful cash.
Seat 2: Antonio Esfandiari (5,610,000) is by far the most accomplished player at this table, having more than $3,000,000 in career winnings under his belt. The Magician already owns one bracelet, and he has his eyes set on adding another one to his collection.
Seat 3: Ryan Fair (2,940,000) has four career WSOP cashes under his belt, but this showing in the final event will be his first payday this year. He has just about 150,000 in earnings over the past three years.
Seat 4: Ian Tavelli (1,985,000) is going to make his first WSOP cash a good one here today. Tavelli comes in with no tournament results, but he will walk away with at least six figures from this event.
Seat 5: James Akenhead (1,655,000) is a force to be reckoned with for the rest of the table. The Brit has two career WSOP cashes along with a host of good showings all around the world. He will likely crest the $1,000,000 mark for career tournament earnings when he picks up his payout for this event.
Seat 6: Hung Pham (1,006,000) has just over $10,000 in career earnings, and nothing since 2004. He'll have a bankroll to work with after he takes home at least six-figure money following this first WSOP cash.
Seat 7: Mark Ader (1,610,000) is another man who will more than double up his career tournament cashes after this event. Ader has one small WPT cash under his belt, but this payday will be his first at the WSOP.
Seat 8: Warren Zackey (1,400,000) has no tournament record as far as we can tell, but he certainly will after today.
Seat 9: Adam York (3,515,000) is from Bristol, England, and he's working on his second WSOP cash. His first came last year in the Main Event where he took 114th place, and he's already improved upon that this year.
Jamie Robbins opened for 135,000 and Jeff Duvall reraised to 270,000 total. Robbins made the call.
The flop came down and both players checked. The on the turn brought two more checks. Robbins checked the on the river, Duvall took a stab at the pot for 400,000 and Robbins folded.
Donnie Peters
Jeff Shulman raised preflop from the hijack seat and Jonathan Tamayo called from the button. The flop came down and Shulman led with a bet of 225,000. Tamayo made the call.
The turn brought the and Shulman checked. Tamayo checked behind.
The river was the and Shulman fired a bet of what looked like 450,000. Tamayo quickly said, "I call." and tabled for the king-high straight. Shulman mucked.
. Bach checked, Lacay bet 175,000, and Bach called. The turn was the 
. This time Bach fired out a bet of 300,000, and Lacay responded with a raise to 950,000. Bach made the call.
. Bach bet 680,000, and Lacay reraised all in. Bach tanked for two minutes, then let it go.
. Jansen flopped top pair, but Duvall picked up both a straight draw and a flush draw. Jansen maintained his lead when the 
hit the turn, but Duvall rivered an ace to send Jansen to the rail in 62nd place. 
. There was a mild sweat when the turn came 
to allow Boyd to double up from 515,000 to about 1.15 million. Puumalainen is down to 2.3 million.
. Schneider's continuation bet of 175,000 was called by Nargentino.
, Schneider checked, giving Nargentino an opening to fire 265,000. That bet induced a fold from Schneider, who saw his count fall to 2.45 million after the hand. Nargentino is up to 4.15 million.
, and Labandeira tabled 
and both players checked again.
and both players checked. The 
on the turn brought two more checks. Robbins checked the 
on the river, Duvall took a stab at the pot for 400,000 and Robbins folded. 
and Shulman led with a bet of 225,000. Tamayo made the call.
and Shulman fired a bet of what looked like 450,000. Tamayo quickly said, "I call." and tabled 
