Shamus
"I'd love to stay and chat, but I've got places to be."
No-Limit
Like Chris Ferguson, Greg Mueller has been spending most of the afternoon away from his stack here in Event #44, and down the hall in the Amazon Room playing Day 2 of Event #43 (the $10K H.O.R.S.E.). He did just make a quick visit here to play a couple of hands, however.
One -- at the end of the no-limit round -- saw Andrew Feldman raising to 500 from middle position, then Mueller shoving all in for 2,625 from the small blind. Feldman thought a minute, then called, showing to Mueller's . The board came ... . Mueller backdoored a flush and doubled to 5,400.
Shortly after that hand, Mueller won another nice pot in the limit round, eliminating Tony Dunst with versus Dunst's . Mueller just took off back down the hall, leaving about 12,000 sitting here.
A couple more Team PokerStars Pros have hit the rail here as play proceeds through Level 5. John Duthie went out a short while ago, followed more recently by Bertrand Grospellier.
We've seen players eliminated at what seems an especially fast clip today. The field has already been cut by more than half, with just 234 players still with chips.
Roland de Wolfe had just 1,800 chips left when he called a fellow-short-stacked opponent's all in for 1,200. De Wolfe had a meager , just one over against his opponent's . The board ran out , and that loss knocked de Wolfe down to just 600.
He was all in for that amount on the next hand with , and he ran into an opponent's ace-king. De Wolfe was unable to improve on board, and he has been eliminated from the field.
Chris Moorman five-bet shoved his remaining stack preflop, and Valdemar Kwaysser snap-called with the slightly bigger stack to put his opponent at risk.
Showdown
Moorman:
Kwaysser:
The flop was good times for Moorman as it came to pull him into the lead with top pair. He had an extra four outs to sweat now, though, but the turn was a safe , one card away from a Moorman double up. The river, however, was the , and Moorman made his unfortunate two pair. That fills in Kwaysser's straight, earning him the knockout and a chip-up to 34,000 in the process.
Ryan Young had gotten to the flop in a hand against John Phan. With the board and about 5,000 in the middle, Young was talking to Phan in between sips of beer. "C'mon, John... double me up!" he grinned.
The turn brought the and a check from Phan. Young casually tossed out three (1,000) chips, and Phan didn't waste much time with a response. "I'm all in," he said. Young smiled and delivered his own rapid, brief rejoinder:
"F***!"
The table erupted in laughter. "Not talking so much now, huh?" said Phan. Young folded, preserving his remaining 9,000. "Cocktails!" he yelled. "I need some shots... these beers aren't working!"
Phil Ivey was down to about 6,000 when a hand came in which he opened for 1,000, got reraised by an opponent enough to put him all in, and Ivey made the call.
Ivey had , and was up against . The board came , and Ivey is out.
We didn't see the betting action that led to the shove, but we walked up to see Shaun Deeb all in on a flop. He had two very nice aces, but they were almost drawing dead as Aaron Steury called with the nuts, .
The on fourth street was Deeb's potential life saver, opening up a lot of potential outs. The river was a blank , though, and Deeb stormed away from the table after running out of chips.
to Mueller's 
. The board came 
... 
. Mueller backdoored a flush and doubled to 5,400.
versus Dunst's 
. Mueller just took off back down the hall, leaving about 12,000 sitting here.![[user66118]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, just one over against his opponent's 
. The board ran out 
, and he ran into an opponent's ace-king. De Wolfe was unable to improve on board, and he has been eliminated from the field.
to pull him into the lead with top pair. He had an extra four outs to sweat now, though, but the turn was a safe 
, one card away from a Moorman double up. The river, however, was the 
, and Pezzin doubled to 12,500.
and a check from Phan. Young casually tossed out three (1,000) chips, and Phan didn't waste much time with a response. "I'm all in," he said. Young smiled and delivered his own rapid, brief rejoinder:
. The board came 
, and Ivey is out.
flop. He had two very nice aces, but they were almost drawing dead as Aaron Steury called with the nuts, 