The only recent blogworthy moment came after a rather confusing hand between Alexis Belanger Lebel and Blake Kelso.
Action folded to Lebel in the small blind who announced "call" and slid out 12,000 to complete the bet. Kelso thought for a moment and surprisingly mucked his hand! The dealer mucked the cards and pushed the pot to Lebel who looked rather confused as he explained to Kelso that he had only called.
"You said call? I thought you said all in! The dealer said all in! Floor!" exclaimed an equally confused Kelso.
It appears that everyone at the table thought that Lebel had announced "all in", including the dealer, but since the hand was already over and the pot had been awarded the TD told the players to be more clear with their actions and ruled for the players to simply move on.
After losing most of his stack to Thanh dat Tran, John Tolbert had Anthony Damore all in and on the ropes. Tolbert's was ahead of Damore's , but the board came . Damore doubled up to 300,000, dropping Tolbert from over a million in chips 20 minutes ago to 190,000.
The flop came out , and John Tolbert checked. Thanh dat Tran bet 85,000 on the button, and Tolbert check-raised to 170,000. Tran called, and the turn brought the . This time, Tolbert bet out 200,000. Tran called again, leaving himself 400,000 behind. The river was another trey, the . Tolbert applied maximum pressure, moving all in to force Tran to risk his tournament life. And somehow, Tran made the call - will for second pair. Tolbert could only show for a missed flush draw. "Nice hand," he said as he doubled Tran to 1.585 million. Tolbert fell to 330,000.
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Alexis Belanger Lebel opened to 50,000 from under the gun with Greg Pohler making the call in the small blind.
The flop landed and Pohler checked to Lebel who bet 80,000. Pohler responded by moving all in and Lebel made the call.
Lebel:
Pholer:
Pohler held the overpair but it was the stone-cold nuts for Lebel. The turn was the and the river the and Pohler doubled to 900,000 with Lebel slipping back to 975,000.
Jaymes Rosenthal could not be stopped for much of yesterday. He was a one-man wrecking machine until the last few levels of the night, when he lost about half of his stack to start today fifth in chips. He was one of the shortest players returning from the last break and got his whole stack in with . Edgar "de la Torture" de la Torre called him with , not good news for Rosenthal. The board ran out missed both. Rosenthal was eliminated in 14th place, not bad for his first WSOP cash.
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board as Tolbert ended up with nines full of treys for the double.
was ahead of Damore's 
, but the board came 
. Damore doubled up to 300,000, dropping Tolbert from over a million in chips 20 minutes ago to 190,000.
, and John Tolbert checked. Thanh dat Tran bet 85,000 on the button, and Tolbert check-raised to 170,000. Tran called, and the turn brought the 
. Tolbert applied maximum pressure, moving all in to force Tran to risk his tournament life. And somehow, Tran made the call - will 
for second pair. Tolbert could only show 
and Gross finds running tens to double it up to 735,000 while Lebel slips to 601,000.
and the river the 
. Edgar "de la Torture" de la Torre called him with 
