With over 100,000 in the middle and the board reading , Neil Mcfayden moved all in against Patrik Antonius. Antonius folded.
The very next had Antonius opened to 14,000 in the cutoff, Mcfayden three-bet to 42,500 and Antonius went deep into the tank. Finally, after three or four minutes, Antonius called.
The flop fell and Mcfayden instantly moved all in for effectively 125,000. Antonius folded even quicker.
Mcfayden is abusing the bubble and is up to 990,000 chips while Antonius is struggling, 125,000.
I don't know if she limped or raised preflop, but one lady found in middle position and ended up checking down a board, each time tapping the table with a subliminal nod. Much to her relief, her opponent mucked her hand and she picked up the pot without having to risk any chips.
"I folded kings," declared another player with a look of relief on his face.
Jason Ramirez was down to 4,000 chips after posting his big blind and ante. The table gave him a walk and Ramirez picked up some chips to survive for another hand.
Tony Dunst commented after that if he knew the table was going to fold, he'd have played.
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Angel Guillen watches his elimination hand play out.
We're on the exact money bubble now after the elimination of Angel Guillen two off the money. Guillen got it in as good as you can get it in -- he moved 135,000 in pre-flop through a series of raises holding . Javier Martinez took him on with .
Guillen was standing on his feet as the media materialized four deep and two ESPN cameras positioned themselves. When the flop came , he turned to someone at a different table and crooked his finger into the shape of a "J", signifying that the dreaded jack had come. No ace on the turn. No ace on the river. Guillen goes home having come ever so close.
With the board reading , Allen Cunningham led into John Ambrust for 40,000. Ambust called. The turn brought a and Cunningham slowed down, checking to Ambrust who put out a bet. Cunningham folded and Ambrust showed for just eight-high.
"Why did you do that?" Cunningham asked with a smile.
"I didn't think you had an ace," Ambrust responded.
Ambrust chipped up to 890,000 while Cunningham slipped to 210,000.
Under the gun, Dan Chambers raised to 12,000, and he found two calls, one from a middle-position player and another from Chris Tipper in the small blind.
The three men took a flop of , and Tipper checked to see Chambers continued out with a bet of 24,500. That folded the monkey in the middle, but it drew an all-in check-raise from Tipper. Chambers quickly called, and Tipper was at risk as the cards were turned up:
Chambers:
Tipper:
It was an action flop, and Tipper was two cards from elimination. the turn did nothing to help his cause, and the on the river was a brick as well. A set of fives is no good, and that's not good news for Tipper. He's out in 750th place, and the remaining field is now two eliminations from merriment.
On one table, a monster stack had raised it up and the decision was left on the big blind. The big blind was just casually riffling his chips, smiling, and allowing the clock to tick down with a knowing glance to his opponents.
It was obvious that he didn't have a hand of any kind and most of the tables in the room had seen their latest hand completed, so it seemed unusual for said player to be stalling during hand-for-hand when it provided him with no added benefit.
This is the Main Event bubble, so perhaps he was thinking 'better safe than sorry', but if two players bust on the same hand, then it matters not who met their demise first. They would both share 747th place money.
Over here at the feature tables, they actually swapped the two -- the main and secondary -- during the break.
That means we now have the table with Jean-Robert Bellande, Vince Van Patten, and Karina Jett over on the secondary stage.
Meanwhile, the main feature table has a very short-stacked Gavin Smith (currently sitting with 33,000), Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, Chris Bjorin, Frank Kassela, and Max Casal. Casal is by far the chip leader of the bunch with just about 1 million now. He's also won all four hands played over here thus far, taking three with preflop raises, and the fourth with a raise after the flop.
Interestingly, Mizrachi does mathematically have a shot at overtaking Kassela for the 2010 World Series of Poker Player of the Year, as the two were just discussing. But very soon that may no longer be the case.
For Mizrachi to win the WSOP POY, he would have to win the Main Event, and Kassela would have to go out here in the next couple of hands -- i.e., not cash. If Kassela cashes, then busts shy of the top 27, Mizrachi could only tie him with a WSOP ME victory.
Kassela is currently sitting with 109,000, by the way. Mizrachi has 112,000.
There was a lot of angst amongst some players and media alike over the decision to take the dinner break when we did.
However just a small stat to those people to ease their pain...
Since dinner, we've played twenty-five minutes and a grand total of three hands. That's an average of about eight minutes per hand or roughly seven and a bit hands per hour. Not exactly high-action stuff. We also still have two more eliminations to go, and you'd have to think that the final elimination will be the most excruciating of them all.
We're certain there would have be some tummies rumbling about this time, if we didn't take the break when we did.
Thomas Declerck opened for 12,000 from middle position and 2008 $10K 8-Game bracelet winner Anthony Rivera (one of the shortest stacks remaining in the orange section), moved all-in for 55,000 from the button. Declerck made the call.
Rivera
Declerck
"All in and a call on 332!" shouted the dealer as ESPN's camera moved in to place, followed by a trio of producers and several media reps.
"How many people do we need over here?" Rivera said with a laugh.
Rivera's queens remained in front on the flop, but Declerck hit top pair when the fell on the turn. Rivera, however picked up a flush draw. He filled it on the river with the and let out a huge sigh of relief as he doubled up to 123,000.
"That was a sick sweat right there," Rivera said as he stacked up his chips.
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, Neil Mcfayden moved all in against Patrik Antonius. Antonius folded.
and Mcfayden instantly moved all in for effectively 125,000. Antonius folded even quicker.
in middle position and ended up checking down a 
board, each time tapping the table with a subliminal nod. Much to her relief, her opponent mucked her hand and she picked up the pot without having to risk any chips.
. Javier Martinez took him on with 
.
, he turned to someone at a different table and crooked his finger into the shape of a "J", signifying that the dreaded jack had come. No ace on the 
river. Guillen goes home having come ever so close.
and Cunningham slowed down, checking to Ambrust who put out a bet. Cunningham folded and Ambrust showed 
for just eight-high.
on the river was a brick as well. A set of fives is no good, and that's not good news for Tipper. He's out in 750th place, and the remaining field is now two eliminations from merriment.
flop, but Declerck hit top pair when the 
fell on the turn. Rivera, however picked up a flush draw. He filled it on the river with the 
and let out a huge sigh of relief as he doubled up to 123,000.