John Phan bet out on a 
flop, and Jennifer Tilly raised. The button called both bets, and Phan escaped. Tilly bet the 
turn, and her opponent flat called to get to the 
river. Tilly bet one more time, and the button called again. Jen showed 
for a flopped boat to crush her opponent's 
. She's got 7,000 at the moment.
Russell Rosenblum called a raise from the big blind and the dealer fanned 
.
Rosenblum check-raised his opponent, and his opponent called. Rosenblum check-called after the 
turned and the action went check-check after the 
rivered.
His opponent tabled 
for king-queen high and Rosenblum opened 
for a winning pair of threes.
"I was going to call his bet on the river," Rosenblum announced proudly.
He didn't have to make such a decision, and now sits with 14,500 chips.
Just five days ago, Matt Matros took down his first ever WSOP gold bracelet in the first Limit Hold'em event of the series. Today he is cruising, poised to make another deep run.
Matros did slip a bit after calling an opponent down on every street on a recent hand. The board read 
and his opponent tabled for a rivered pair of fours. Matros mucked and his opponent was awarded the stack.
No worries for Matros though, he still is strong with over 40,000 chips to his name.
Lex Velhuis raised from the cutoff, and both blinds called to see a 
flop. It checked to him, and RaSZi bet, of course. Erik Cajelais folded his small blind, and the big blind made the call. Mr. BB check-called again after the 
on the turn. He took the initiative and bet out when the 
on the river put another straight card on the board. Veldhuis called, but he could only muck when he saw his opponent's 
had rivered an eight-high straight. Veldhuis is down from over 25,000 to 14,700 and is really not happy about it.
Three bets went in preflop between Bryan Devonshire and an opponent at his table.
Multiple bets went in after the 
flop and after the 
turned. Things slowed down after the 
rivered and the hands were turned over:
Showdown
Devonshire: 
Opponent: 
Both players flopped a set but chopped the pot with a flush on board.
"Thanks for not having king-x off with a diamond in there," Devonshire joked to his opponent.
Even with the chop Devo is solid with 15,000 chips.
The blinds are up now and players are really starting to fly out over here. At least as close to flying as you're going to get in a limit tournament. Here are some recent casualties:
Justin Bonomo
Jerry Buss
Rafe Furst
Terrence Chan
Team PokerStars SportsStars didn't have any members in today's field, but Fatima Moreira de Melo is hanging out on the rail now. The Dutch field hockey star is studying Lex Veldhuis in action and cheering on the rest of the Stars team.
There were already two bets in by the time action got to Dwyte Pilgrim in the big blind. He made it three, and both other players called. The flop came out 
, and Pilgrim bet. The next player folded, and the cutoff raised. Pilgrim three-bet, then called when his opponent capped. He bet again after the on the turn, and the four-better just called. Pilgrim felt like getting one more bet in when the fell on the river. But Dwyte's 
was no good as his opponent showed down 
.
Pilgrim was left with just 400 chips, which were almost all in the middle already in the small blind the next hand. The cutoff raised, he called with , and the big blind called with . But Pilgrim flopped a seven, and that was enough to triple him to 1,200.
Fancy that, we always pick chips too :)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000
12,400
|
12,400 |
|
||
|
28,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
25,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
22,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
22,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
13,500
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
12,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
|
||
|
11,500
7,100
|
7,100 |
|
11,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
6,000
800
|
800 |
|
|
||
|
3,700
1,200
|
1,200 |
|
|
3,500
14,500
|
14,500 |
Eight levels down, two more to go.
Cya in 20 minutes!
