It's safe to say that Martin Kabrhel is playing a little aggressive today.
After a player in the cutoff raised to 300 (with just 650 behind) Kabrhel moved all in for 6,200 (effectively 3,000). The action folded back to the player in the cutoff who called and the hands were tabled:
Showdown
Kabrhel:
Cutoff:
The board ran and Kabrhel doubled his opponent dropping him to 5,100 chips.
The very next hand Kabrhel shoved over another late-position raiser. He wasn't called though, and moved back up to 5,600 chips.
As we mentioned earlier, Maria Ho has been playing a lot of pots lately. Her aggressive table image may have just paid off for her.
Ho was in the big blind when she called a raise from the player on the button. The flop came . Ho checked, and then called a bet of 300 from her opponent.
The turn was the . This time Ho took the opportunity to lead off with a bet of 1,500, leaving only about 400 behind. Her opponent raised, and Ho called, putting herself all in.
Ho:
Opponent:
The river came down and Ho's two pair held. She's now up to about 4,400.
Chad "lilholdem954" Batista is mixing it up at his table. In one hand we just caught, he went all in for 2,525 when his opponent bet 500 into a flop reading .
Batista's opponent folded face up. Batista in turn flipped up the .
Maria Ho opened to 250 from early position and a player near the button shoved for 1,850. Action folded back to Ho who though for a moment before tossing in the call.
Showdown
Ho:
Opponent:
The flop was no good for Ho and she couldn't find an ace or a jack on either the turn or the river doubling her opponent up. Ho has had an up and down level and has slipped back below starting stack with 2,550 chips.
With the board reading a player in the big blind checked to Matt Waxman who moved all in for 3,550. His opponent called and then mucked when Waxman tabled for a rivered straight.
PokerStars Team Pro Brazil member Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck is sporting some new bling today, but it's not hers.
Her current significant other, David "Bakes" Bakes, is letting her borrow his new WSOP bracelet for the day. Maybe it will bring her luck, maybe it will not. Maridu was kind enough and let one of our tournament reporters look at it as well.
"It's the closest you'll ever get to one," she joked.
PokerStars Team Online Pro George Lind just sat next to Maridu at Table 76. Lind has already cashed at this World Series finishing 10th in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 Championships for $43,833.
With registration now closed we are able to tell you that 1,358 people signed up to play today. Put them in a room with yesterday's crowd of 1,931 and we have a total field of 3,289.
So far we are down to 708 in today's field. We can expect that number to continue to fall as the blinds keep rising.
As for prize pools, first place is going to pay a whopping $503,389. How's that for a return on investment? In total, 342 people are going to take home a piece of the $2,960,100 prize pool.
Recent bracelet winner Jason DeWitt has been eliminated from todays action. We unfortunately missed the hand but he was kind enough to recap it for us.
DeWitt was all in with on flop and his opponent held . He couldn't find a jack on the turn or river and was busted.
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and Kabrhel doubled his opponent dropping him to 5,100 chips.
. Ho checked, and then called a bet of 300 from her opponent.
. This time Ho took the opportunity to lead off with a bet of 1,500, leaving only about 400 behind. Her opponent raised, and Ho called, putting herself all in.
and Ho's two pair held. She's now up to about 4,400.
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face up. Batista in turn flipped up the 
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flop was no good for Ho and she couldn't find an ace or a jack on either the turn or the river doubling her opponent up. Ho has had an up and down level and has slipped back below starting stack with 2,550 chips.
a player in the big blind checked to Matt Waxman who moved all in for 3,550. His opponent called and then mucked when Waxman tabled 
for a rivered straight.
flop and his opponent held 