Every table in this stacked 10k field is full of recognizable faces and difficult opponents. A few are particularly intimidating. Table 323 includes Michael Binger, Steve Sung, James Mackey, Chris Reslock, Chris Tryba, and Scotty Ngyen. The other two seats are filled by Daniel Negreanu and you guessed it...Annie Duke. That's going to be an entertaining one to watch.
The feature table is no picnic either. Joe Hachem, Brandon Adams, Todd Brunson, and Kirill Gerasimov are all sitting in a row.
Daniel Negreanu raised it up from late position with James Mackey making the call in the small blind. They saw a flop of and Mackey led with a bet. Negreanu put in a raised and Mackey made the call.
The turn was the and Mackey checked and then called the bet from Negreanu to see the complete the board on the river. Mackey checked, Negreanu bet and Mackey check-raised for the last of his chips. Negreanu made the call but mucked when Mackey tabled for the straight.
Negreanu is at 53,000 with Mackey moving up to 33,000.
Jennifer Harman called a bet on third street and moved all in for her last 200 chips on fourth in a three-way pot. Her other two opponents checked it down the rest of the way, and Harman tabled for the nuts and tripled up to 21,000.
John Hennigan has chipped up through Scott Seiver in a recent razz hand. We caught the action on fifth street with Hennigan leading the betting. Seiver made the call, and again on sixth, before both players checked it down on the river.
Hennigan: () /
Seiver: (X-X-X) /
Hennigan made an eight-six to take it down to move up to 53,000. Seiver slips to 72,000.
Catching the action on fourth street, with four players still in the pot, Matt Glantz was the aggressor with David Oppenheim and Sergey Altbregin making the call, before Abe Mosseri raised it up. His opponents made the call and Mosseri continued the aggression on fifth street. Glantz folded, Oppeneheim called and Altbregin stepped aside.
On sixth Mosseri fired again Oppenheim called before he folded to a bet on seventh as Mosseri collected the pot without showdown.
Tom Koral won't be picking up his first cash of the summer or his 13th career WSOP check. Instead, he's on the rail while Brett Richey is stacking his chips.
Richey picked up an ace on fourth street. "I paired," he said. "But I'm going to gamble." Koral was all in the next round of betting, and it took until the final card for Richey's gamble to pay off. He turned over / for an eight-six. Koral showed / for an eight-seven and was eliminated in cruel fashion. Koral will have to settle for sweating his good friend, Scott Bohlman, now.
Team PokerStars have been reduced by two with Chad Brown and Jason Mercier both hitting the rail recently, much to the delight of Jean-Robert Bellande who pocketed a couple of last longer bets.
At the other end of the spectrum for Team PokerStars, Greg Raymer is having a good tournament so far with 108,000 chips to be in our top ten. It's been a rough 2010 WSOP campaign for the 2004 World Champ, so he'll be keen for a very deep run here today.
Other Team PokerStars Pros still alive include Daniel Negreanu, Joe Hachem, Ville Wahlbeck, Jose Barbero, Victor Ramdin and friend of PokerStars Bill Chen.
A few minutes after stacking Tom Koral, Brett Richey found himself involved in a huge pot with Men Nguyen. The Master got all of his chips in the middle on seventh street, and Richey called. He showed / for tens full. On his way out, Men angrily flipped up to show he'd been dealt rolled up nines. After knocking out another one, Richey has 100,000.
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and Mackey led with a bet. Negreanu put in a raised and Mackey made the call.
and Mackey checked and then called the bet from Negreanu to see the 
complete the board on the river. Mackey checked, Negreanu bet and Mackey check-raised for the last of his chips. Negreanu made the call but mucked when Mackey tabled 
for the straight.
/ (X)
/ (X)
for the nuts and tripled up to 21,000.
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/ (X)
/ (X)
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for tens full. On his way out, Men angrily flipped up