We haven't heard too much from Alex Jacob this year, but despite his lower-than-usual profile (the hair certainly has less volume this year), he's deep in this Main Event and the recent recipient of a double through.
With the flop reading 
, Jacob got it all in with 
in the big blind, only to be met by a hand he didn't want to see: 
. But despite the possibility of pain, the 
turn and 
were both safe, and Jacob was rewarded with a newly refurbished stack of 162,000.
What does Johnny Lodden think? He's thinks it's pretty good to be Johnny Lodden right now after he's just raked in another nice pot to add to his blossoming stack of chips.
Lodden check-called for 24,000 on the turn before leading for 45,000 on the river on a board of 
. His opponent quickly called but Lodden showed 
for the nut flush, as his opponent flashed pocket queens.
We estimate Lodden's towers of chips to now be somewhere in the vicinity of 750,000 chips.
Adam "Roothlus" Levy started the day with 323,400 chips. He's been on the attack over the first 90 minutes and has managed to increase his count to by about a third to 450,000. He was in the small blind for a recent hand which saw Levy heads up against the big blind on the turn, 
. Levy bet 8,500 and was called. He did not slow down when the board paired with a river 
. He bet another 18,000 and took the pot without showdown after his opponent folded.
Barry Shulman is been sent crashing to the rail after he committed his last chips on a flop of 
.
Shulman opened 
and was trailing his opponent's 
. The turn was the 
and river the to bring no help to Shulman and end his tournament short of the money.
As expected, Johnny Lodden has been playing multiple pots during these opening levels, and recently three-bet an early open of 6,300 to 15,000 in the small blind. After the big tank-folded, the initial raiser made the call.
On the 
flop, Lodden continuation bet 17,750, but immediately folded after his opponent deep reached for a stack of orange chips. Despite this setback, Lodden is still in the upper echelons of the chip count page with 600,000.
A brief raising war between Humberto "The Shark" Brenes and the gentleman to his immediate left resulted in said gentleman moving all in to cover Brenes.
The Costa Rican thought about it for some time, assessing the 60,000 he'd be left with if he folded, a dejected expression on his face. Eventually he did make the fold, and didn't look any happier about it after the event.
We wish we'd seen more of the context of this hand, but here's what we got:
There was a board of 
spread out and about 200,000 in the pot. Jeremy Cate moved all in for 123,000, and that send Marlon Shirley deep into the think tank. "Dude..." he said rhetorically, confounded by the shove. Eventually, he open-mucked his 
.
Cate showed, whether Shirley wanted to see it or not: 
.
"God. You're sick!" Shirley said.
"I think I'm a sociopath," Cates said. "Im pretty sure."
Shirley's only response was, "Wow. Wow, wow, wow." He's down to 220,000 now after a good start to his day.
The 2010 World Series of Poker is over for Rob Perelman. He moved all in for 41,600 after an early-position player opened for 6,400. That player called with pocket queens. Perelman showed down Big Slick, 
. Perelman's opponent flopped a set of queens, 
, and when the turn blanked Perelman was drawing dead.
Only at the World Series of Poker do you get to celebrate making the final room, but that's the milestone that the current field has reached as the final table broke from the Pavillion Room. Next objective: beat the bubble.
Dave "El Blondie" Colclough opened for a raise and the big blind made the call. The flop came down 
and the action was checked over to Colclough, who bet 12,000. The big blind min-raised to 24,000 and Colclough set him all-in. He made the call for 61,600 total.
Colclough turned over 
for top pair while the big blind tabled for an open-ended straight draw. The on the turn was a good card for Colclough, but the 
on the river was a disaster. The big blind made a seven-high straight and Colclough was forced to surrender all but 37,000 of his chips.
A few hands later, Colclough got the rest of his chips in before the flop, holding in the big blind against the small blind's 
. Foul luck, however intervened again, as his opponent flopped a king and turned trips, sending the Englishman to the rail.
