Donnie Peters
Grayson Ramage opened the pot with a raise to 125,000 from early position. Andrew Lichtenberger called from the next spot and then action folded around to Leo Margets in the big blind. The lone woman left standing also made the call.
The flop came down . Margets checked and then Ramage bet 200,000. Lichtenberger folded and action went back over to Margets. She raised to 600,000 total. Ramage then moved all in and Margets made the call.
Margets tabled , but was way behind Ramage's .
The turn was the and the river the . Margets sent over the chips to Ramage for the double up.
Tommy Vedes limped from early position, and it folded to George Saca who raised to 250,000 from late position. The table folded back to Vedes who made the call.
The flop came . Vedes checked, Saca continued with a bet of 460,000, and Vedes called. The turn was the . Vedes again checked, and Saca again bet -- this time 440,000. Vedes then check-raised to 1.3 million. Saca reraised all in, and Vedes, who had Saca covered, made the call.
Vedes
Saca
Saca had top pair, but Vedes had the set of fives. The river was the , and Saca is out in 63rd place.
John Martin recently joined Table 5 after a table break to collapse to seven tables. Sitting in the hijack position, he declared a raise to 300,000 and then put 150,000 chips n front of his hand.
The table was confused. Several asked Martin what those chips were. Martin replied it was a raise to 150,000, but everyone (including the dealer) had heard his verbal declaration of a raise to 300,000. He was forced to put 300,000 chips out.
Action folded to the action-prone Hieu Luu on the button. He reraised to 900,000, folding all other players in the hand -- including Martin.
Not surprisingly, Barry Greenstein is here on the rail sweating his son, Joe Sebok, who enters today with a below average stack of one million. Sebok has already gotten up once today between hands to converse with Greenstein.
On one of the first hands of the day, Joseph Cada raised to 125,000 from under the gun. He was called by Miika Puumalainen and Dennis Phillips in the big blind. The flop was very coordinated, . Phillips checked to Cada, who made a strong lead of 325,000. That was enough to fold Puumalainen, but not Phillips. He stuck around until the turn , where he check-folded to a bet of 475,000 from Cada.
Cada is now sitting behind about 4.1 million chips. Phillips is down to 1.9 million.
Donnie Peters
A shot of Buchman from yesterday's play
Eric Buchman just got moved to the secondary feature table and is occupying the nine seat. Buchman has nearly $1 million in career tournament earnings. He also has nine previous WSOP cashes. His best finish came back in 2006 when he placed second in the $ 1,500 Limit Hold'em event for nearly $175,000. Buchman also regularly plays in some of the biggest cash games on the east coast.
Tommy Vedes raised to 130,000 from middle position, Phil Ivey called from the cutoff, and Ludovic Lacay called as well from the button. The blinds got out of the way, and the flop came . It checked to Lacay who bet 300,000, Vedes called, and Ivey folded.
The turn brought the , and both players checked. The river came the . Vedes fired out a bet of 440,000, and Lacay let it go.
Prahlad Friedman - 64th Place
Prahlad Friedman moved all in for 840,000 from the cutoff and Bradley Craig snap-called from the big blind, standing up from his chair and tabling . Friedman showed , his hand dominated.
Friedman could not improve on the board and he hit the rail in 64th place.
. Margets checked and then Ramage bet 200,000. Lichtenberger folded and action went back over to Margets. She raised to 600,000 total. Ramage then moved all in and Margets made the call.
, but was way behind Ramage's 
.
and the river the 
. Margets sent over the chips to Ramage for the double up.
. Vedes again checked, and Saca again bet -- this time 440,000. Vedes then check-raised to 1.3 million. Saca reraised all in, and Vedes, who had Saca covered, made the call.
, and Saca is out in 63rd place.
. Phillips checked to Cada, who made a strong lead of 325,000. That was enough to fold Puumalainen, but not Phillips. He stuck around until the turn 
, and both players checked. The river came the 
. Friedman showed 
, his hand dominated. 
board and he hit the rail in 64th place.
as he did.
