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It was a pretty gross end for Pat Pezzin. He was all in on a flop of 
with 
, a set of kings. John Cernuto called with 
and needed one of the two remaining jacks for a Broadway straight. Cernuto promptly binked his card with the 
turn; the board did not pair on the river to improve Pezzin to a full house.
Pezzin leaves with a small cash worth $17,138. Cernuto is up to 370,000 in chips.
A battle of the blinds ended badly for Yuegi Zhu. Sitting in the big blind, he called a raise from small blind Tony Merksick. Merksick bet all three streets on a board of 
. Zhu called behind each time. At showdown, Merksick's 
made a low and a small flush. Each was the winner.
Zhu has only 13,000 chips left.
Chino Rheem raised from middle position and Eugene Katchalov called from the small blind. The flop came down 
and Katchalov check-called a bet from Rheem. The turn added the to the board and Katchalov led out this round. Rheem called. The river was checked by both players after the fell.
Katchalov mucked his hand after Rheem showed the 
and scooped the pot. He's back up to 225,000 in chips while Katchlov dropped to 70,000.
Sam Farha's in a great mood. He has 375,000 and is joking around with his table.
"I'm playing so bad," he said. "I'm going to play any four cards and if I hit a pair you can't get me out."
Farha played the next hand along with michael Chow and John D'Agostino. On a flop of 
, Farha checked to Chow. His bet was called in turn by D'Agostino and Farha.
The hit the turn. Farha and Chow both checked to D'Agostino, then called his bet. All three players checked the river. Chow won the low with 
; Farha, true to his word, won the high with 
, two pair, kings and fives.
"Don't write that hand down," Farha told our reporter.
On the flop of 
, Sammy Farha checked and then Dan Heimiller bet. Jean-Robert bellande called, John D'Agostino called and then Farha also called.
The turn was the and Farha bet out. Heimiller called all in, Bellande called and then D'Agostino called.
The river card completed the board with the 
. Farha checked, Bellande checked, D'Agostino bet, Farha called and Bellande called. D'Agostino tabled the 
to win the low half of the side pot. Farha won the high half with the 
. Both of those hands were also good to chop up the main pot and chop out Heimiller.
Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 0
Red 368
Seat 1: Mike Sexton
Seat 2: Oleg Shamardin
Seat 3: Sam Farha
Seat 4: Michael Chow
Seat 5: Dan Heimiller
Seat 6: Jean Robert Bellande
Seat 7: David Baker
Seat 8: Sergey Altbregin
Seat 9: John D'Agostino
Red 369
Seat 1: Jeffrey Lisandro
Seat 2: Eric Baldwin
Seat 3: James Dempsey
Seat 4: Barry Hartheimer
Seat 5: Michael Watson
Seat 6: Huck Seed
Seat 7: Steve Wong
Seat 8: Tai Nguyen
Seat 9: Abe Mosseri
Red 372
Seat 1: Yuegi Zhu
Seat 2: Mikael Thuritz
Seat 3: John Cernuto
Seat 4: Chino Rheem
Seat 5: Steve Zolotow
Seat 6: Jose de Paz
Seat 7: Eugene Katchalov
Seat 8: Pat Pezzin
Seat 9: Tony Merksick
Here's a few of the stacks as we enter the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
498,000 | 148,000 |
|
465,000 | 70,000 |
|
288,000 | 48,000 |
|
239,000 | 214,000 |
|
|
165,000 | -20,000 |
|
60,000 | -30,000 |
|
50,000 | -15,000 |
We have our bubble boy. Dale Phillips was all in pre-flop for his last 16,000 and called by Eugene Katchalov and Jean Robert Bellande. They both checked a 
flop. Bellande bet the turn and the river. Katchalov called the turn bet but folded to the river bet.
At showdown for the main pot, Bellande showed 
, a full house, jacks full of sevens. It was way good against Phillips' 
.
The clock, having reached the end of the level a short time, has been paused while hand-for-hand play continued. Now that the bubble has burst, the field is re-drawing and the clock will be re-started. We'll have the new draw momentarily.
