Derric Haynie raised to the minimum, 1,200, under the gun, and Erik Seidel called. Nick Binger joined them from the big blind and drew three. Haynie and Seidel both took one. Binger checked, and after peaking at his new card, Haynie checked too. Seidel bet 3,000, and Binger called while Haynie gave up. Seidel showed 
to take the pot and move up to 27,000. Binger has slipped a bit to 39,600.
Chris Viox opened to 2,000 form the cutoff and Dario Minieri made it 7,700 to go. Viox moved all in for 12,625 and Minieri immediately made the call.
Viox stood pat and Minieri stated to the table, "sorry guys, I don't want to be drawing dead"
Minieri deliberated for a few more minutes before drawing two and announcing he was breaking a ten-eight low.
Viox tabled his 
to be against Minieri's draw.
Minieri found a to still be alive, but unfortunately could only manage to squeeze out a 
to gift Viox the double to 32,000 as he slipped to 22,000 in chips.
Craig Hartman raised to 2,000 from early position, and Joseph Marchal moved all in from the cutoff for his last 2,400. Hartman called the extra 400 and stood pat with a -. Marchal drew one to a 
. Unfortunately for him, he picked up another and was sent packing. Harman chipped up to 42,000.
Tom Dwan who is currently chip leader of Event #12 ran over to play a few hands of lowball as his stack was getting severely short. There was no showdowns that we saw, but he was able to double his stack back above the 10k mark.
Dwan should probably buy a bigger monitor to handle all these tables.
Here are a few notable chip counts from around the room:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
86,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
||
|
72,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
59,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
53,000
1,300
|
1,300 |
|
52,000 | |
|
||
|
49,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
38,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
||
|
37,000 | |
|
|
||
|
25,000
1,475
|
1,475 |
|
|
||
|
22,000
2,700
|
2,700 |
|
||
|
21,000
10,550
|
10,550 |
|
||
|
15,000
7,550
|
7,550 |
|
||
|
10,300
4,800
|
4,800 |
|
||
The action folded round to Dario Minieri in the small blind and he bumped it to 2,500 only to have Nick Schulman move all in for an additional 11,700.
Minieri made the call standing pat tabling his as Schulman tossed in a 
to draw with his .
"Two across would be nice" stated Schulman indicating his want for a four or five.
Unfortunately he was unable to squeeze out a card to improve his hand and consequently hit the rail as Minieri climbed to 37,000 in chips.
Team PokerStars Pro started with three representatives today. Chad Brown made an early exit, and Dario Minieri has been on the decline. He's down to 20,000. But Team PokerStars Pro Russia member Alex Kravchenko is crushing his table so far.
In a recent hand, Joseph Marchal opened to 1,200 from the cutoff, and on the button, Kravchenko reraised to 3,800. After a moment, Marchal called, and both players took a card. Then Marchal checked, and Kravchenko slid out a big bet. Marchal sighed and threw down , sending the pot to Kravchenko. He is up to 52,000 while Marchal is on life support with under 4,000.
Level: 10
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 150
Sean Snyder raised to 1,300 in the small blind, and Nick Binger called in the big. Snyder stood pat while Binger traded in one card. Both players checked after the draw, and Snyder turned up . Binger's jack-eight was enough to best Snyder and take the small pot.
David 'Chino' Rheem opened to 1,500 from the hijack and Peter Gelencser made the call from the button before Michael Binger moved all in for 9,500 total.
Rheem contemplated a decision for nearly three minutes before folding as Gelencser took nearly the same time before calling.
Binger stood pat and tabled his as Gelencser drew one tabling his .
"That's going to be brutal. Good game guys" stated Binger as he stood up already believing his fate was sealed with an elimination.
Gelencser reached for his draw card and instantly flipped it over revealing the to take the lead from Binger.
"F**k! How do you f**king call that!" screamed Binger as he packed his belongings.
As Gelencser stacked his chips to amount to over 32,000, Binger continued to utter expletives as he made his way from the tournament floor and to the rail.
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