Christine Pietsch: (XXX) /
Dan Heimiller: /
Brian Johnson: (XXX) /
All three player made it to seventh street and the action went like so:
Third - Pietsch brought in, Heimiller completed, Johnson called, Pietsch called
Fourth - Pietsch checked, Heimiller bet, both called
Fifth - Pietsch checked, Heimiller bet, both called
Sixth - Johnson checked, Pietsch checked, Heimiller bet, both called
Seventh - checks all round
Heimiller turned over three pairs, the best two of which were kings and eights, and upped his stack to 255,000. Pietsch and Johnson were left with 62,000 and 20,000 respectively.
Curiousness on the floor as Darren Shebell took exception to the presence of well-known WSOP presenter and producer Joy Miller behind him as he played.
"Can you leave the room, I'm trying to protect my hand," said Shebell.
This was not the right thing to say to Joy Miller.
We rather lost track of the argument that ensued, although we do know that the phrase, "If you ever went deeper than top 12 you'd know who I am," left Miller's mouth. Eventually Owais Ahmed got involved as well somehow, albeit briefly.
Anyway, after a while Miller did in fact leave and peace returned to the tournament floor.
Eric Friedman led the betting until sixth street when Dan Heimiller paired up and fired out. Friedman made the call for all of his chips.
Friedman: ()
Heimiller: ()
Heimiller flipped a on the river so Friedman had plenty of outs to better the pair of tens. He squeezed but could only find a to leave his pair of sevens short. He's out in 12th for a $7,942 payday.
Dan Heimiller was the bring in three hands in a row. The first two times he folded to completion; the third time (Christine Pietsch completed) he called.
Pietsch check-called on fourth street before betting out and then calling Heimiller's raise on fifth. Pietsch reverted to check-calling on sixth street, but on seventh she check-raised.
"Wow," said Heimiller.
"You think I was bluffing?" laughed Pietsch.
"Possible bluff," Heimiller continued. He waved his down cards - for two pair - in the air for a while, and then he folded.
Pietsch told him she rivered a straight as she raked in her new 220,000 stack.
"Well, I can't win them all," said the philosophical Heimiller. "I thought I was going to win them all..."
Dan Heimiller completed the betting before Vorakboth Eam put in a raise. Heimiller made the call, and again on fourth before Eam was all in on fifth street. Here's how the boards ran out:
Heimiller: () / / ()
Eam: () / / ()
Three pair for Heimiller with tens and sixes counting as Eam couldn't improve on his kings. Eam is out in 11th place for $7,942 in prize money.
Raymond Walter was all in on fourth street and the rest of the cards were dealt.
Ashby took a moment to turn over his last down card - and once Walter had seen that it brought in the flush he stood up to leave without even looking at his last down card. Someone pointed out that he already had two pair and maybe he should take a peek and suddenly there was some excitement at the table. Unfortunately for Walter, though, the final card didn't make him a full house, and he became our 10th place finisher.
The remaining nine players have now squashed on to a single table to play out the rest of the level, or just until one of them busts.
The players are now redrawing for our final table of nine. Of course, we require one more elimination before our official WSOP final table of eight is reached and we can bag up for the night.
Here's how they lineup:
Seat 1: Christine Pietsch - 183,000
Seat 2: Richard Ashby - 200,000
Seat 3: Pat Pezzen - 250,000
Seat 4: Dan Heimiller - 285,000
Seat 5: Jon Turner - 85,000
Seat 6: Alex Kravchenko - 55,000
Seat 7: Sorel Mizzi - 465,000
Seat 8: Darren Shebell - 200,000
Seat 9: Owais Ahmed - 85,000
There's twenty minutes left on the clock in this level.
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