There was about 10,000 in the pot when the river came out on a board of 
. Vladimir Shchemelev was first to go, and he got himself all in for 13,275. His opponent made the call, and Shchemelev tabled 
for aces up. It was the best hand; his opponent mucked, and Shchemelev has doubled his way up to 36,500.
Alex Keating just called a 10,000 chip bet when involved heads up on a board reading 
. His opponent showed 
and Keating mucked. Keating was up to over 50,000 for a short time, but is now down to 36,000.
With the board reading 
, a player in the big blind checked to Jon "PearlJammer" Turner who bet 625. His opponent called.
The turn brought the and Turner's opponent check-called a bet of 1,600.
Turner was checked to a third time after the 
rivered, and he fired a third bullet worth 5,100. His opponent called.
Turner rolled over 
for a set of threes and his opponent quickly mucked. Turner is now up to 48,200 chips.
With the board reading 
, Darus Suharto and one opponent put 600 each before the 
fell on the river. The first player checked to Suharto and he fired 1,500. His opponent tank-called before Suharto turned up the for trip eights.
Suharto's opponent mucked and the Canadian pro moved back up to 20,000 chips.
Ronnie Bardah raised from the hijack seat to 450 and the small blind made the call. The flop came down 
and the small blind checked to Bardah. He checked behind.
The turn brought the 
and the small blind fired 750. Bardah tossed in the call before the dealer placed the down on the river. The small blind checked and Bardah fired 2,200. His opponent folded the 
claiming, "These aren't good anymore," and Bardah won the pot.
Bardah is a Brockton, Massachusetts native who cut his teeth in poker along the East Coast in cardrooms such as Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods along with Atlantic City. Bardah's got nearly $115,000 in career tournament winnings, mostly from small buy-in events in states that border the Atlantic Ocean. His largest flat out win came back in August of 2007 when he won the $500 No-Limit Hold'em event at the Empire State Hold'em Championships. Bardah has played the WSOP Main Event a few times, but has never made it to the money. He'll surely be looking to get that monkey off his back this year and is off to a nice start, up to 41,000 in chips.
Liv Boeree has been very short ever since running into a set of kings early. Just recently she moved all in from early position and received a call from one player; Chuck Kelley.
Boeree: 
Kelley:
Media members stormed the table, much to the chagrin of Boeree.
"It's not that big of a pot people," she chuckled. "Really."
The flop was clean, 
, but Boeree knows this is a seven card game.
"I've got a long way to go," she announced.
Perhaps she's psychic, because when the dealer was directed to burn and turn a card he delivered the .
"Ooooooooohhhhhhhh!" the table boomed.
The river was a meaningless and Boeree hit the exit.
"So sick," said Michael Martin as he rose from his seat. "My table's so good, and it looks like they've stopped breaking the tables in here."
"Every single player at my table knows what they're doing," he claimed. "It's ridiculous."
Judging by Martin's reaction, the standard here in the Main Event has dramatically improved from last year. Of course, my sample size is small, but only yesterday Steve Jelinek was echoing the same sentiment. Is the WSOP getting tougher?
Despite the opposition, Martin is still in adequate shape with 29,000.
Jamie Gold was all in preflop for his last 2,950 chips and a gentleman by the name of Yan Hua had him at risk.
Gold: 
Hua: 
ESPN cameras swarmed the feature table here in the Red Section to capture the all in situation.
"I could get lucky," Gold said with that familiar, $12 million grin.
The 
flop was not so good for Gold however.
"Hearts are no good," he professed.
"How about the ace of hearts?" Kevin Saul chirped in. "That'd be a good sweat."
The on the turn was yet another brick, and only one card separated Gold from either a double up or elimination.
Once instructed by the ESPN production crew, the dealer burned one card and delivered yet another brick; the . Gold shook Hua's hand and headed towards the rail.
"It's ok," the 2006 champ told the camera. "My mom is going to take this down."
Jane Gold is indeed in the field today, sitting with 32,500 chips over in the Orange Section.
We're not sure what exactly is going on, but Jane Gold - illustrious matriarch of the Gold family, whose progeny include exactly one Main Event champion - had both arms fully outstretched when we strolled by her table, and was making very small curious motions with her hands. We watched her for a while, but she neither stopped doing it nor gave any suggestion that she knew she was doing something not perfectly natural and run-of-the-mill for an average day at the WSOP Main Event.
Nevertheless she must be doing something right - she's doing somewhat better than her son, on 32,500.
