Filippo Candio is currently sitting in second place as the field shrinks to 50 and below. Candio has had a dramatic run thus far through the WSOP Main Event. Probably the most drama-filled moment for the Italian came late last night -- a "coin flip" hand in which Candio came out on the right side.
Nearly even in chips, Candio and Manuel Davidian commenced a preflop raising war which saw Candio all in with against Davidian's pocket tens. A king flopped, and Candio's hand held, moving him up over 5 million.
He's nearly doubled that stack today, putting him only behind William Thorson at the moment.
Candio has a number of previous tourney cashes in Italy, but only one WSOP cash prior to this event, a modest score in Event #11 this summer, a $1,500 no-limit hold'em event. No matter how deep he goes in this one, he's adding significantly to his overall career tourney winnings.
Jacobo Fernandez was all in for his last 650,000 from the hijack seat. In the small blind, Adam Levy looked down at and reraised all in himself, and that isolated him against Fernandez and his with a chance at the knockout.
The board came out , and that's no help for Fernandez. He's been cut down in 49th place, good for nearly $170,000. Not too shabby.
David Assouline and Jason Senti got all the money in preflop. Senti was the player at risk for his 1.8 million. He had the best hand with the to Assouline's .
The flop crushed any chance of Assouline sucking out when it came down to give Senti quads. The turn and river completed the semantics of things with the and .
Senti doubled to 3.75 million while Assouline dropped to 4.1 million.
Damien Luis opened to 180,000 from under the gun and five players made the call; William Thorson, Corey Emery, Michael Mizrachi, Matt Affleck and Duy Le from the hi-jack onwards.
Thorson took the lead on the flop firing out 350,000 with only Le making the call.
Both players checked the on the turn and the on the river to see Le table his to scoop the pot and move over the 6 million chip mark.
Frank Kassela has just wondered into the arena to check out all the action on the feature table.
Maybe just a fan of poker, or maybe just interested in how Michael Mizrachi fairs over the course of the day as anything other than a victory will see Kassela lock up Player of the Year.
William Thorson opened to 210,000 from early position only to have Michael Mizrachi three-bet to 655,000.
With the action on John Racener in the big blind, he cut out a re-raise amounting to 1,280,000 to prompt a quick fold from Thorson as Mizrachi deliberated for a few minutes before folding.
Michiel Sijpkens raised the hijack position to 185,000 with Johnny Lodden making the call on the button.
They saw a flop of and Sijpkens led out for 225,000. Lodden made the call in position.
The turn was a repeat and Sijpkens fired again for 450,000 but Lodden responded by raising it up to 1.125 million. It was enough to see a fold from Sijpkens to give Lodden a nice pot without showdown. Lodden is up to 5.1 million with Sijpkens back to 3 million.
Preflop betting between James Fennell and Theo Jorgensen resulted in Fennell getting the last of his chips in with against Jorgensen's .
The flop was not great for Fennell -- -- giving Jorgensen two pair. The turn was the and the river the , and Fennell is out in 48th place, earning $168,556.
"Well, we have Theo back everyone!" chimed Brandon Steven, alluding to the fact that after that one Jorgensen moves back up to 10.4 million.
David Baker raised from late position, and he would end up with all 1.75 million of his chips in the middle. Evgeny Shnayder was the would-be knocker-out, but Baker was ahead and in dominating shape to double.
Showdown
Baker:
Shnayder:
There was no funny stuff on the board, and Baker secured his double as it ran . He's vaulted himself up to 3.75 million now, while Shnayder is left down around 390,000.
against Davidian's pocket tens. A king flopped, and Candio's hand held, moving him up over 5 million.
and reraised all in himself, and that isolated him against Fernandez and his 
with a chance at the knockout.
, and that's no help for Fernandez. He's been cut down in 49th place, good for nearly $170,000. Not too shabby.
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and 
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flop firing out 350,000 with only Le making the call.
on the turn and the 
to scoop the pot and move over the 6 million chip mark.
and Sijpkens led out for 225,000. Lodden made the call in position.
and Sijpkens fired again for 450,000 but Lodden responded by raising it up to 1.125 million. It was enough to see a fold from Sijpkens to give Lodden a nice pot without showdown. Lodden is up to 5.1 million with Sijpkens back to 3 million.
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-- giving Jorgensen two pair. The turn was the 
, and Fennell is out in 48th place, earning $168,556.
. He's vaulted himself up to 3.75 million now, while Shnayder is left down around 390,000.
