"Wow, I won a pot!" said Adam Levy. Indeed, we had almost forgotten Levy was sitting at the table, it's been that long since chips were pushed to him. It took a walk for Levy to win those chips.
Our current estimate of his stack is about 3.7 million.
When action folded to John Dolan's small blind, he did what most big stacks would do against a short stack in the big blind. He moved all in with 
. Le quickly called with 
, taking the outer table to yet another all-in showdown. This one did not go in Le's favor. His hand was out-flopped when Dolan paired kings, 
. Le would need a ten or an ace to take the lead. Instead he bricked the turn, 
, and bricked the river, 
.
Le stood up, shook each remaining player's hand, and then headed off to be paid. His Main Event ends four spots shy of the November Nine.
Michael Mizrachi raised to 500,000 before the flop and John Racener came along to the flop.
It brought 
, and Mizrachi moved all in for what looked like about 2.02 million. Racener called, and Mizrachi was at risk once again! He was in front:
Mizrachi: 
Racener: 
Mizrachi's overpair had him in fine shape to double up with two cards to come. The turn 
was safe, and Racener was looking for a jack to spoil Mizrachi's run. The river was awfully scary paint -- at least to us -- but it was a safe 
and it signaled The Grinder's double. He's back over 5 million now and back in the game.
That walk Adam Levy got a few minutes ago proved to be the last pot he'd win at the 2010 WSOP Main Event. From the under-the-gun position, Levy moved all in for 3,945,000. Chip leader Jonathan Duhamel was next to act and called. Show them down, gents!
Levy: 
Duhamel: 
Levy had assembled quite a following on the rail, and they were dismayed to see what bad shape their man was in. Levy had a look on his face that seemed to say, "Well that figures," as he waited for ESPN to give the ok for a flop. When the flop finally did come, it didn't make things any better for Levy. 
was about as bad as they could come.
The crowd started pleading for a heart, knowing that card would give Levy the best chance on the river. The turn instead came , giving Levy a pair of kings and one last shot at cracking Duhamel's aces. But when the river blanked 
, another fan favorite was off to get paid.
Duhamel is back up to about 48 million in chips.
With the tournament now just one elimination off of the "last" table of 10 players, and two eliminations off of the November Nine, play has become tight as a drum. Pascal LeFrancois limped into a recent pot from the small blind, then called a small raise from Joseph Cheong in the big blind. Both players checked an all-Broadway flop, 
. LeFrancois also checked the 
turn, then folded to a bet of 820,000 from Cheong.
John Racener raised to open the pot, and Matthew Jarvis three-bet to 1.45 million next door. Racener made the call, and the two men went heads-up the rest of the way.
They both checked the 
flop, and Racener took the lead on the turn. He made it 1.8 million to see a river card, and Jarvis obliged him with the call. The river filled out the board, and Racener wasn't slowing down now. He made one last bet of 3.7 million, and that sent his opponent deep into the tank. Racener sat still, shuffling a stack of chips over and over and over again as Jarvis sat deep in the tank for at least five minutes or more.
Jarvis eventually turned and glared at Racener, trying to pick up any useful tidbit of a tell. From what we could see, Racener was giving away nothing, and Jarvis eventually broke the deadlock and turned away with a smirk. He mumbled something at his opponent and then stood from his chair to lean over the rail and get a better look. He was clearly toying with a brutal decision, and after staring down at the board for another couple minutes, he finally surrendered.
Total hand time: ~13 minutes
Tight, tight, tight. We're still seeing flops at the outer table but one bet is taking down the pot. Joseph Cheong seems to be trying to use the bubble to his advantage. First he led into pre-flop raiser John Dolan on a board of 
and took down the pot. Then a few hands later Cheong raised the small blind and was called by big blind Filippo Candio. Both players checked the 
flop, but Cheong took down the pot on the 
turn with a bet of 625,000.
Cheong now has about 25.2 million.
It might just be Jonathan Duhamel's day. He was in the big blind and called a pre-flop raise to 560,000 made by small blind Filippo Candio. Candio led out for 1.35 million of a queen-high flop, , and was called by Duhamel. The turn was the exact opposite of a blank, and earned a check from both players. Things got even more connected when the river fell . After Candio checked. Duhamel bet 3,675,000. Candio called with a Broadway straight, but Duhamel had gone runner-runner for a bigger hand, a diamond flush, with 
.
Duhamel now has about 59.5 million. Candio is down to about 12.5 million.
One raise pre-flop. One bet on the flop or turn. That's been the story at the outer table this hour. Jonathan Duhamel opened each of the last two pots pre-flop, once from the button and once from the cutoff. Each time the small blind called -- first John Dolan, then Pascal LeFrancois. Dolan check-called a bet on a 6-high flop, immediately causing Duhamel to shut down on a turn and river. Dolan's 
took the pot.
LeFrancois took a different tack. He led into Duhamel on a flop of 
and immediately earned a fold from Duhamel.
Soi Nguyen made his standard raise to 525,000 to open the pot, and Michael Mizrachi called next door to go heads up to the flop.
It came 
, and Nguyen continued out with a bet of 700,000. Without much delay, Mizrachi two-fisted a raise -- 2.070 million into the pot. Nguyen thought it over for just a half minute or so before making the call, and the was the next card off the deck. When Nguyen checked, Mizrachi instantly made a small bet of 1 million straight, one again using both hands to plunk in the towers of green chips. Nguyen tanked but was ultimately unable to call; an eruption of noise came from Camp Mizrachi the instant Nguyen's cards hit the muck.
"Let's go baby! Team Mizrachi!"
"All we do is win, win, win. No matter what!"
The cameras were rolling for a long while as the gallery went nuts, and it took maybe a minute for the commotion to die down and emcee Robbie to get a word in on the mic:
"As you might have figured out, The Grinder will win that pot." Another eruption of noise followed.
Grinder has been busy win, win, winning pots lately indeed. That latest one moves him back to about 8 million after being the short stack just a couple orbits ago.
