A quick looksee over at the two feature tables predictably finds a number of notables. Here's an update on how they are doing.
Among those at the secondary table are Gavin Smith, Dan Harrington, J.P. Kelly, and Jonathan Tamayo. Smith has chipped up a bit today and now sits with 116,000. Harrington has slipped some to 106,000. Tamayo has about 175,000. And Kelly is the big stack over there with 376,000.
At the feature table we find Brett Richey. He's had a good Day 4 thus far, moving up to 237,200. And Johnny Chan is there as well. Chan began the day with more than 630,000, though has lost a few during the first couple of hours and now sits with 501,000.
Poker is an easy game when you flop the nuts and your opponent moves all in. It's all going right for David Assouline at the moment as he's sent another opponent to the rail.
Assouline had flopped the straight, holding on a flop of as his opponent pushed with for top pair, top kicker. Assouline obviously called and the turn and river bricked out to leave Assouline now stacking up around 500,000 chips.
You likely won't have heard of Vince Burgio, and he won't have made too many people's chip counts, but check out his database entries and you'll see that he boasts a record longer than Mr. Tickle's arms.
With over two million in tournament winnings including a bracelet victory in 1994 and a final table finish in the Main Event of that same year, Burgio has certainly proved an ongoing presence on the scene, and must surely hold the record for consecutive years of cashes having successfully cashed every year since 1987.
Today, however, his Main Event venture has come to an abrupt end, and he'll be returning to his home state of California empty-handed. With the flop reading , Burgio found himself all in and in need of divine assistance with versus the of Evelyn Ng in the big blind.
The hand caused Ng to look up from her iPad, and after a blank turn and river, she took both the pot and the scalp. Burgio, meanwhile, shook Ng's hand and exited stage left, disappointed to have been unable to add a final chapter to his autobiography Pizza, Pasta and Poker: The Private & Public Life of a Professional Poker Player.
On the board of , Jason Lester checked to his opponent. The player checked behind in a pot that was worth about 50,000 in chips at the current time. The river completed the board with the and Lester checked again. His opponent fired 31,000 and Lester tank-called.
The player only held the for king high. Lester tabled the for sevens and deuces to win the hand. He's now back up to nearly 200,000 in chips.
Alfonso Cammarota just doubled back to nearly 130,000 after he got all the money in on a board of with two hearts. Cammarota held pocket jacks for a set and his opponent for top pair and a straight draw. The river bricked with a and Cammarota won the pot.
Angel Guillen and Getty Mattingsley were the two players involved for a flop that came . Mattingsley led out from the small blind for 24,400, with Guillen calling behind. Both players then checked the turn when it paired the board, . The river fell the and brought a bet of 39,600 from Mattingsley. Guillen tanked for more than a minute, drawing a small crowd of railbirds and press to the table. But after several minutes he flicked his cards into the muck.
ESPN cameras ran to cover Hank Azaria as he risked his last 40,000 chips in a coinflip. The actor's was up against . He held through the flop and the turn. "No ace or king," said the actor, rocking back and forth on his heels while the dealer waited for the go ahead from the camera crew. They nodded, and he burned and turned the last card - the . Azaria, one of the few non-poker celebrities to make it to Day 4, wished his table luck and left the room, followed by a trail of cameras.
I joined the fun on the flop, but judging by the pot and positions, it appeared as though Fabrice Soulier had raised from under the gun and his neighbor made the call.
Once the community cards hit the felt, Soulier led for 8,200, but was two-bet to 21,500. After a brief pause, the Frenchman made the call before checking down the turn and river. Soulier showed an , but his opponent had evaded the flush draw to scoop with .
on a flop of 
as his opponent pushed with 
, Burgio found himself all in and in need of divine assistance with 
versus the 
of Evelyn Ng in the big blind.
turn and 
river, she took both the pot and the scalp. Burgio, meanwhile, shook Ng's hand and exited stage left, disappointed to have been unable to add a final chapter to his autobiography Pizza, Pasta and Poker: The Private & Public Life of a Professional Poker Player.
, Jason Lester checked to his opponent. The player checked behind in a pot that was worth about 50,000 in chips at the current time. The river completed the board with the 
and Lester checked again. His opponent fired 31,000 and Lester tank-called.
for king high. Lester tabled the 
for sevens and deuces to win the hand. He's now back up to nearly 200,000 in chips.
with two hearts. Cammarota held pocket jacks for a set and his opponent 
and Cammarota won the pot.
and brought a bet of 39,600 from Mattingsley. Guillen tanked for more than a minute, drawing a small crowd of railbirds and press to the table. But after several minutes he flicked his cards into the muck.
was up against 
flop and the 
and Coimbra is no up to 402,000 chips.
flop, but judging by the pot and positions, it appeared as though Fabrice Soulier had raised from under the gun and his neighbor made the call.
