Three players, including Adam Levy and Brian Rast, saw a flop of . Rast and Levy checked, the third player bet 2,725, Rast called, then Levy pushed all in for 16,000. The original bettor called, and Rast got out.
Levy showed for a straight draw while his opponent tabled for top two. The turn was the and the river the , and Levy hits the rail just as we go to break.
Tommy Vedes just swung by our desk to ask if this was the "Bad Beat Booth". Well, yes, and no, but we'll listen to your bad beat anyway!
Vedes recalled to us how he three-bet preflop with pocket aces, and fired bets on all three streets on a nine-high board, only to have his opponent check-raise on the river to put Vedes all in. Vedes made the call but was showed a running flush with to send him to the exit.
Players are taking their final 20-minute break of the night. There will be a color-up of chips here as well, which may add a minute or three to the break. When they return, they will be playing two more one-hour levels tonight.
Soon after the level began, we saw the last moments of a big hand between five-time WSOP bracelet winner Chris "Jesus" Ferguson and seven-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Ivey.
The board showed , and Ivey's had been good enough to take the pot. (Ferguson's hand had already been scooped up by the dealer.) With that one Ivey moves up to 38,000, while Ferguson slips to 35,000.
With an early position player moving all in the action folded around to Barry Greenstein in the big blind who tossed out his last 8,200 chips to make the call.
Greenstein:
Opponent:
Greenstein would need to connect with the board but it wasn't to be as it fell . After a count down of stacks, Greenstein was covered as he gave away another signed copy of his book and exited the Rio.
A player in early position raised to 1,900, and the table folded around to Tony G in the big blind who made the call.
The flop came . Tony G checked, his opponent continued for 2,300, and Guoga made the call. The turn brought checks from both players. The river brought the , and again both checked.
Tony G turned over for two pair, and his opponent mucked. The G moves up to 35,000.
David Williams raised to 2,000 from the cutoff but was then faced with a three-bet to 5,500 from the small blind. The big blind folded but Williams moved all in. His opponent made the call.
Williams:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Williams couldn't find a lucky seven and was sent to the rail.
There was about 5,000 in the middle and the flop had come when Jennifer Tilly shoved her stack of 18,300 in from the big blind. Her opponent, sitting UTG, made the call, turning over for nines and an open-ender. Tilly meanwhile had .
The turn and river came , giving Tilly's opponent quads and sending the 2005 Ladies Event champ to the rail.
About halfway through Level 9, the big board is showing we're down to 306 players.