Earlier Steve Wong won a pot with by making a wheel. Perhaps feeling that wasn't enough of a challenge, he just took down a pot with . Wong raised to 1,500 on the turn, , after an opponent led out for 500. That player called, then check-called 3,250 more on the river. He couldn't beat trip deuces.
Dewey Tomko is up to 41,000 thanks to a draw that came in. Tomko was out of position for a flop of and check-called a bet of 1,500 from his lone opponent. When the turn paired the board , Tomko led out for 2,500 and was called. He tried the same bet on the river and was called again. Tomko turned over , a combination draw that had come in on the turn to give him a diamond flush. He's now up to 41,000.
We joined in the rush of ESPN cameramen to the table of Chris Moneymaker after the familiar cry of "All in! Call!" was heard.
Moneymaker wasn't the one at risk but a fair chunk of his change was in the middle on a board of .
Moneymaker opened for two pair which was ahead of his opponent's , but both had to nervously wait for the cameras to get into position before the river was dealt.
In a moment that probably won't make the TV cut, the river anti-climatically landed the and Moneymaker's two pair held to eliminate his opponent. Moneymaker is back up to 44,000.
On a flop of Tyler Smith fired out 2,200 and found a caller next to speak before an opponent in late position check-raised all in for 12,925.
Smith made the call only to have the smooth-caller move all in for an additional 21,675 to Smith.
After doing some calculations and thinking, Smith eventually made the call to put both opponents at risk.
Smith:
Smooth-Caller:
Short Stack:
The landed on the turn to give Smith a straight draw to go along with his flush draw, and when the landed on the river, Smith was preparing himself to collect the pot.
"Yeah! F**k yeah!" screamed the smooth-caller thinking that his top set had held up.
Smith cheekily pushed his a little closer to both the board and his opponent to signify the straight, as the embarrassed smooth-caller made a quick to the exit.
Smith is now our chip leader with 156,000 in chips.
Isaac Haxton's dinner probably isn't going to taste quite as good as it would have if the field went to dinner five minutes ago. He was one of four players who paid 800 chips each for a flop of . Two players checked to Haxton, who led out for 2,400. Jonathan Tare behind him called as did a player in front.
The turn was the . Action again checked to Haxton. His bet of 7,400 was then raised all in by Tare for a total of 34,400. That raise induced a quick fold from the third player in the hand but put Haxton in a tough spot. He tanked for several minutes before calling the all in with , a set of sevens. Tare turned up for a made straight with an irrelevant-for-this-hand club draw. Haxton needed a board pair to eliminate his opponent, but the river blanked .
After doubling Tare up to about 74,000, Haxton was left with 9,000.
Another level is in the books and for all those left in the 2010 WSOP Main Event, you've officially made it to the dinner break. Over the last level, even more players hit the rail including Al Barbieri, Jameson Painter and Jimmy Fricke.
Shooting to the top of the leaderboard were Kevin McGowan and Tyler Smith. Smith got his money in with a flush draw against a pair and a lower flush draw and also against top set. He wound up backing into a straight for a massive pot to move over 150,000 in chips. McGowan is right up there with him.
In other action during this level, Johan "busto_soon" van Til couldn't push Thomas Bichon off a flush draw and wound up losing a pretty big pot. You can read about that action here.
The cards will be back in the air in 90 minutes time. Eat well and we'll see you right back here for the next level of the Main Event.