Brandon Cantu is down to 145,000 after being out-flopped by the player in the big blind. Cantu opened the action pre-flop with a raise that was called. When the flop came and his opponent checked, Cantu continued for 17,000. The big blind called.
Both players checked the turn. At the river , the big blind fired 40,000 chips into the pot. Cantu called and mucked when his opponent rolled over for trip sevens.
Ronnie Bardah was under the gun and raised to 13,000. The player to his immediate left called, and a player in middle position went all in. Bardah called but the other player folded and we were headed to the flop.
Bardah:
Opponent:
While Bardah picked up some outs with the flop, but failed to pull ahead as the turn came followed by the on the river.
After doubling up his opponent, Bardah is now down to 700,000 chips.
Max Casal opened with a raise from the cutoff seat, and it folded to Gavin Smith in the big blind who reraised all in for his last 29,500. Casal didn't take long to make the call.
Smith
Casal
The flop brought an ace -- -- and Smith was in tough shape. The on the turn looked close enough to a trey draw a reaction from the crowd here at the main feature table, but it didn't help Smith's cause. And the on the river sealed it. Smith is among the first to cash in the 2010 WSOP Main Event.
Meanwhile, Casal has hopes of being one of the last to cash. He has about 1.05 million right now.
We imagine there was some raising preflop, but by the time we arrived the flop read and Amit Makhija on the button was moving all in for around 150,000. His opponent in the small blind called.
Makhija: for an overpair
Small blind gent: for the nut flush draw
Turn: - no change there
River: bringing Makhija's opponent the flush
"It's the first big pot I've seen all day," said Makhija, as he headed for the payout desk.
When we arrived at his table, Isaac "westmenloAA" Baron was heads up with an opponent. The board read , and Baron's opponent checked. Baron fired 17,500 and his opponent called.
The on the river paired the board and Baron's opponent checked again. Baron slid out 41,500 and after a moment for thought, his opponent called.
Baron rolled over for trip queens, his opponent mucked and Baron is up to 310,000 chips.
Anthony Lellouche is up to 300,000 after taking out one of the legions of short stacks now making their way to the cage. The other player was all in with , a big favorite against Lellouche's . But Lellouche flopped the nuts, , and that was all she wrote.
It all started with the $50K Player's Championship, which featured both Michael and Robert at the final table, with the bracelet eventually going to Michael. Throughout the rest of the series the Mizrachis were a constant topic of conversation with Michael cashing in four events before the Main Event started and Robert cashing in five events leading up to today.
Yes, it's been a good summer to be a Mizrachi.
To top it all off, all four Mizrachi brothers cashed in today's main event. On a sad note, Eric Mizrachi is the first of them to be eliminated.
Mizrachi was riding a short stack and went all in with two other players shoving on top of him.
Mizrachi:
Seat 1:
Seat 4:
The player with the aces stayed ahead the entire way through the hand, as the board fell , eliminating Mizrachi and the player in Seat 1.
After busting, Eric went over to the main feature table where he visited a bit with his brother, Michael, showing him the ticket indicating the place he'd finished. The Grinder congratulated his brother, and the table all also congratulated the two of them. As Eric leaves, Michael continues his attempt at winning his second bracelet of the year.
Shannon Shorr raised from middle position and Andre Coimbra called from the next seat. The flop came down and Shorr fired a continuation bet worth 19,000. Coimbra called.
The turn brought the and Shorr fired 44,000. That was enough to make Coimbra give it up and drop back to 405,000. Shorr increased to about 500,000.
Jason DeWitt raised to 12,500 before Barbara Martinez moved all in for 66,500. DeWitt made the call. He held the for two suited overcards to Martinez's pocket nines. Her nines with of the heart and diamond variety.