PokerStars Team Pro Humberto Brenes was down to just over 10 big blinds when he shoved on the button and got called by two opponents.
Brenes:
Opponent 1:
Opponent 2:
Humberto was ahead but had some sweating to do. The board came down and Humberto was quick to throw his hands in the air and proclaim his victory. Players who didn't know if Brenes was still alive sure do now.
With a lot limpers in the hand Brandon Cantu, short stacked, decided to raise about half of the stack on the small blind. A player on the button put him all in and the limpers eventually folded.
Mario Ho got it all in preflop with and was up against the of her opponent. Not only did she miss aces and kings, but her opponent hit a set when the board came .
Maria Ho was eliminated and will have to wait another day to try her luck at a 2010 WSOP bracelet
Anthony Yea put his last 5,800 chips in the middle on a flop of and was called by an opponent who tabled. Yeh flipped over and was ahead of his opponent's . The came on the turn and Yeh's opponent made a flush when the came on the river.
Lauren Kling has been playing aggressively, recently knocking out two players at her table.
In the first hand, there were four callers to a hand with a raise coming from the player acting under the gun. When the flop came the original raiser bet out 3,100 and Kling re-raised to 7,000. Action folded to the original raiser who four-bet putting himself all in and Kling called.
Kling:
Opponent:
Kling made a straight when the turn came . The river was and was of no help to her opponent.
Not long afterwards Kling called an opponent's all in on a flop reading . Kling showed and her opponent mucked before the turn and river could fall.
On a flop that read Antonio Esfandiari ended up all in against a player holding . We didn't see the exact hand, but Esfandiari was on a club draw and bricked when the turn card, the , sealed it for his opponent.