Over on the table of death, Helen Ellis has been giving the pros a hard time. She has Todd Terry, James Akenhead, and Phil Ivey on her left and George Danzer and Eugene Todd on her right, but she doesn't seem phased by them or the rail that follows Ivey wherever he goes.
Ellis raised to 4,000 from the cutoff, and Todd Terry called on the button. Phil Ivey joined them from the big blind. The flop came out , and Ivey checked. Ellis bet 9,000, and only Terry called. Ellis checked the turn, and Terry checked behind. The fell on the river, completing the flush draw, and Ellis bet 15,000. Terry declined to make the call, and Ellis scooped the pot. She's up to 102,000 now. Terry's still cruising along with 155,000.
David Singer raised from early position, and Isaac Haxton shoved from the small blind for 51,000 total. Singer snapped with . Haxton was going to need help with , and help is what he got on the flop. Haxton jumped way out in front with a set, and the turn and river secured his double up. Ike is up to 104,000 now while Singer was knocked back to 42,000.
Jeffrey "jpapola" Papola final tabled the last six handed event here at the 2010 World Series of Poker finishing second in Event #26 for $391,068. He is trying to put together a repeat performance here in Event #32, but hands like this don't help.
Paul Sheng opened to 3,200 from middle position and Michael Ferrell three-bet all in for 35,000 from the cutoff. Papola re-shoved for over 100,000 from the small blind and Sheng released.
Showdown
Ferrell:
Papola:
The flop was a good sweat, and the on the turn completed Ferrell's flush. The on the river was but a formality and Ferrell doubled to 75,000 chips. Papola had a chance to eclipse 200,000, but is still strong with 135,000 chips.
Eric Baldwin raised to 3,100, and on the button, James Routos three-bet to 10,000. Basebaldy called, then checked the flop. Routos checked behind. The turn brought the , and Baldwin check-called 12,000. On the river, Baldwin bet 28,200, leaving himself about 20,000 behind. Routos moved all in, covering Baldwin and sending him into the tank.
Basebaldy spent a good four minutes thinking about the decision, talking about his thought process the whole time. "It's not a slowroll, I promise," he said. And finally, "I think you got me, but I can't fold." And it's a good thing he didn't, because with , Baldwin had runner-runnered two pair for the win. His opponent, down to 12,000 now, showed , meaning Baldwin had been ahead the whole time. Baldy is up to 128,000.
Todd Terry and Qinghai Pan saw a flop heads up. From the big blind, Terry shoved for 50,000, about the size of the pot. After a moment, Pan called all in for only 400 chips less. He held but immediately saw the bad news when Terry showed for flopped trips. the on the turn was irrelevant, and the on the river gave Terry quads just for fun. Pan made his exit while Terry chipped up to 150,000.
Alan Sass got his last 45,600 in the middle preflop against Ilya Gorodetskiy, editor of PokerNews UK magazine. Sass was ahead with to Gorodetskiy's . The board ran out , and the kings held to double Sass to around 100,000. Moments after doubling himself, Gorodetskiy is now back to 47,000.
Action folded to Peter Traply in the small blind who shoved for his remaining 9800. Dmitry Motorov called from the big blind and the hands were tabled:
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, and Ivey checked. Ellis bet 9,000, and only Terry called. Ellis checked the 
turn, and Terry checked behind. The 
fell on the river, completing the flush draw, and Ellis bet 15,000. Terry declined to make the call, and Ellis scooped the pot. She's up to 102,000 now. Terry's still cruising along with 155,000.
. Haxton was going to need help with 
, and help is what he got on the 
turn and 
river secured his double up. Ike is up to 104,000 now while Singer was knocked back to 42,000.
flop was a good sweat, and the 
on the turn completed Ferrell's flush. The 
on the river was but a formality and Ferrell doubled to 75,000 chips. Papola had a chance to eclipse 200,000, but is still strong with 135,000 chips.
flop. Routos checked behind. The turn brought the 
, and Baldwin check-called 12,000. On the 
river, Baldwin bet 28,200, leaving himself about 20,000 behind. Routos moved all in, covering Baldwin and sending him into the tank.
, meaning Baldwin had been ahead the whole time. Baldy is up to 128,000.
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, Darus Suharto and Matt Graham got all the chips in the middle.
flop heads up. From the big blind, Terry shoved for 50,000, about the size of the pot. After a moment, Pan called all in for only 400 chips less. He held 
but immediately saw the bad news when Terry showed 
for flopped trips. the 
on the turn was irrelevant, and the 
to Gorodetskiy's 
and Traply was eliminated.