Poker players love to complain. Everyone knows that. But when it comes to the chairs at the Rio Convention Center, the complaint has at least a little merit. Many of the chairs are un-level and all are probably a little too low for the poker tables. Andy Bloch took matters into his own hands upon returning from the last break. He swiped a dealer chair from one of the empty tables in the Blue section and swapped it out for his "standard" chair.
Jeffrey Lisandro completed on third street. Simultaenously he started telling the table the story of how the Horseshoe used to charge 3% juice and players would tip 3% for a total 6% vig on WSOP events, and how that vig has increased over time. While doing so, Ralph Perry raised and David Oppenheim three-bet. Lisandro folded, allowing Perry to get the rest of his chips in the middle. Oppenheim called with three Broadway cards and was up against Perry's split nines. By the river, Perry needed an ace or a nine to win. Oppenheim squeezed first, opening one of Perry's nines. Perry then squeezed but pulled only a jack.
David Benyamine was another of our pre-break bustouts, we didn't catch the action as it came down, but saw how the cards fell, which needless to say, weren't in Mr. B's favor.
Benyamine: / / (X)
Opponent: / /
Benyamine didn't reveal his last card, but it clearly wasn't an ace.
Bronstein called his opponent through fourth and fifth streets before they checked on sixth street. The player in Seat 2 made one last bet on seventh street and Bronstein took a while to make a call before mucking upon the sight of his opponent's two pair.
Jen Harman completed third street and was called by David "Devilfish" Ulliott.
"Boy, Devilfish, you're really mad at me huh?" Devilfish said nothing as they went to fourth street. He check-called a bet there, then check-called again on fifth street. By sixth street, Harman had the led and fired a bet into the pot.
"You're getting all the good cards and I'm getting sh*t," said Devilfish. He called anyway, which prompted Harman to bet again on the river.
"Ok, you can have it," Devilfish said. "I started off with a pretty good pair."
Harman mucked her hand and collected the pot to climb to 72,000.
We picked up a hand involving former Main Event champion Greg Raymer on fourth street. Raymer called a bet from his lone opponent, then called another on fifth street. With Raymer's board looking very connected on sixth street, his opponent slowed down and checked. Raymer bet, then bet when checked to again on the river. His opponent folded, but that didn't stop Raymer from showing his hole cards -- .
All the chips were in the middle and the cards were flying when we caught George Lind doubling through an opponent. We didn't see the cards, but we did see Lind stacking some chips, though he still only has a few to work with.