Jameson Painter 1,150,000
Kyle Ray 1,135,000
Daniel Idema 875,000
Matt Keikoan 635,000
Brock Parker 530,000
Zvi Groysman 285,000
Michael Mizrachi 195,000
Simon Morris 145,000
2010 World Series of Poker
Daniel Idema raised to open the pot, and both Michael Mizrachi and Simon Morris called to see a flop.
It came out , and Idema made a bet. Mizrachi called, but Morris ducked out to let them go heads up the rest of the way.
The turn came the , and Mizrachi called a full bet from Idema, bringing them to the river. Idema fired again, and The Grinder double-checked his cards before sending them into the muck with a shake of the head.
Mizrachi is down to about 80,000 now.
Simon Morris raised from the button, Michael Mizrachi three-bet all-in for 65,000 and Morris called.
The Grinder was in great shape pre-flop, his up against Morris' . The flop, however, gave everyone pause as it came down , Morris hitting an open-ended straight draw. He filled it on the turn with the and to add insult to injury, the fell on the river to make him a set.
With his finish here, Mizrachi adds another 35 Player of the Year points to his total and is now atop the leaderboard again, tied with James "Flushy" Dempsey for first place.
Brock Parker raised in early position, and both Zvi Groysman and Simon Morris put in the calls, Morris coming along from his big blind.
The flop came out , and Morris check-folded to a Parker bet, but Groysman came right along with the call.
That put them heads up to the turn , and Parker fired out another bet. Groysman stared at the ceiling for about 15 seconds before raising to two bets, and a sour look crossed Parker's face. He took about a minute of deliberation before deciding to put in the extra bet for the call.
The river came the , and this time Parker checked and quickly folded to one last bet from Groysman.
Parker is down under 400,000 now, while Groysman moves just over that mark.
That's the end of the level, and that's going to cue our dinner break. The players have agreed to extend their chow time to 75 minutes, so we'll be back at 9:00 p.m. to play this thing out.
Daniel Idema 1,163,000
Kyle Ray 982,000
Jameson Painter 953,000
Matt Keikoan 921,000
Zvi Groysman 600,000
Brock Parker 402,000
Simon Morris 110,000
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 0
The players are back in their chairs -- well, all except Brock Parker, and the cards are back in the air.
Here's Parker now, and he's just in time to fold. "Nine o'clock, right?" he says, looking at his imaginary wristwatch.
"Yeah, and it's 9:02," the T.D. says back.
In any event, we've got everyone now, and we're off to the bracelet.
Simon Morris and Matt Keikoan engaged in a pre-flop raising war which ended with Morris' remaining 110,000 chips in the pot.
Morris
Keikoan
The board brought no help to Morris, who exited the stage in seventh place.
Down to six.
Brock Parker raised to open the pot, and Kyle Ray defended his big blind.
Heads up, they took a flop of , and Ray check-raised Parker's continuation bet.
The turn came the , Ray bet, and Parker raised it right back. Ray smooth-called the extra bet, and the saw him check-call one final bet from Parker.
Parker tabled , and Ray sat still for fifteen or twenty seconds, studying the cards in front of him. Finally, he shook his head and threw his cards into the muck. That moves Parker up over the 700,000-chip mark, knocking Ray down to about that same level.
Any pot played to the river nowadays is going to represent a significant chunk of a player's stack.