The bracelet ceremony is currently being conducted in the Pavilion Room. Praz Bansi is being awarded his second gold bracelet for his victory in a $1,500 no-limit hold'em event.
In addition, Pascal LeFrancois, who won Event #8 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, is also being presented for his victory.
Play will resume after the ceremony in just a few minutes.
On a board reading , both the player in the cut off and Steve Gross checked. When the hit the river, the cut off checked and Gross bet 825. The the cut off made the call and mucked after seeing Gross's .
The flop showed and the player in the big blind checked. Jan van Halle bet 1,400 and left about 3,400 behind. The player in the big blind made the call.
The turn brought the .
The big blind checked again and van Halle threw in a 3,000 bet. The big blind made the call and the two checked the river.
Van Halle showed and his opponent mucked his cards.
We picked up the action on the turn with the board reading board. There was about 1,625 in the pot when Paul Wasicka bet out 700. The player in Seat 7 made the call as the hit on the river.
Wasicka pushed all in for his remaining 1,125 and Seat 7 called. Wasicka turned over for a rivered pair, which caused his opponent to muck. Wasicka is up to 5,275.
Vinnie Procopio was all in with against Tim West's on a board reading . Procopio cracked West's ace with a flush and doubled to 4,000. West is down to 1,000.
There was 1,750 in the middle with a flop of when Adam Levy bet 800. The player in Seat 3 moved all in for 1,500 and Levy made the call.
Seat 3 was behind with to Levy's and didn't receive help on the turn or river. Not only did Levy eliminate an opponent, he managed to increase his stack to 7,000.
Team PokerStars is thoroughly represented in today's tournament. Some members of PokerStars that have been spotted at the tables include: Victor Ramdin, Katja Thater, Bill Chen, John-Paul Kelly, Gavin Griffin, Richard Toth, Hevad Khan, and Tom McEvoy.
A couple of famous pros have been seated together today.
"Miami" John Cernuto is seated next to Kathy Liebert. Meanwhile, 1983 World Champ Tom McEvoy is seated at the same table as James McManus. McManus is best known as the author of Positively Fifth Street, which chronicles his unprobable run to the final table of the 2000 Main Event and is considered a classic in poker literature.
As players bust and tables are broken, new and interesting table combinations are sure to emerge.