Jun 14, 2010
With the board reading , Faraz Jaka led for 900 and his opponent called.
The turned and Jaka led for 2,400. His opponent again called.
The fell on the river and Jaka led for a huge bet; 15,000. His opponent called for a third time but mucked when Jaka tabled for a rivered full house.
There's no stopping Jaka right now, he's up to 80,000 chips.
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Faraz Jaka
Jun 14, 2010
The board read when Tommy Vedes led for 1,550. A player in middle position called and Vedes opened . His opponent had better though, , and Vedes lost the pot slipping to 28,500 chips.
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Tommy Vedes
Jun 14, 2010
Daniel Negreanu opened and a player moved all in over the top of him. Negreanu called and the hands were tabled:
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Negreanu:
Opponent:
The flop all but ended the hand and it was official after the turned. The river was but a formality and Negreanu doubled to 15,000 chips.
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Daniel Negreanu
Jun 14, 2010
The board read when Steve Billirakis led for 1,400. His opponent Matt Hawrilenko called and the dealer burned a card before dealing the on the river.
Billirakis led again - this time for 3,500. Hawrilenko called and mucked when Billirakis showed for a straight.
Hawrilenko slipped to 12,400 chips while Billirakis chipped up to 29,000.
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Matt Hawrilenko Steve BIllirakis
Jun 14, 2010
Here are the updated chip counts following dinner break.
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Jun 14, 2010
How many Main Events have you won?
The remaining 414 players are now heading on their 90-minute dinner break with Jerry Yang leading the charge with 83,700 in chips.
See you back here at 8:20 pm PST.
Jun 14, 2010
The 1,245 players that took the felt have formed a prizepool of $2,863,500 with 126 players being guaranteed $4,782 with the final table payouts as follows.
1st - $630,031
2nd - $391,068
3rd - $248,265
4th - $163,649
5th - $110,903
6th - $77,228
Jun 14, 2010
Mark Seif opened to 800 only to have Jerry Yang three-ball him to 3,300.
Seif made the call before jamming his last 1,500 when the flop fell down with Yang snap-calling.
Seif:
Yang:
The turn and river landed the and to see Seif hit the rail as Yang soars to over 83,000 in chips.
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Mark Seif Jerry Yang
Jun 14, 2010
Walking past Lex 'RaSZi' Veldhuis' table we noticed that his chair was vacant.
Veldhuis held Kings and Jeremy Ausmus ace-king with all the money going in preflop.
Unfortunately for Veldhuis, the river would fall an ace to send him to the rail.
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Lex Veldhuis