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Mike Sexton limped in, Phil Hellmuth raised to 950, Scotty Nguyen called from the big blind and Sexton called, making it a three-way pot.
The flop was 
and the action was checked around. The turn came the 
and the action was checked to Sexton, who bet 3,500. Hellmuth folded and Nguyen raised enough to set Sexton all-in. Sexton conceded the pot to Nguyen, who showed pocket kings.
Sexton is down to around 10,000 in chips.
Antonio Esfandiari raised to 1,050, and when Joe Hachem reraised to 3,050, Esfandiari folded. Antonio's brother, walking by on his way to play in the 1:00 p.m. deep stack, stopped to cheer for Hachem.
Two hands later, Esfandiari again raised preflop. On the button, Howard Lederer three-bet to 3,000. This time, Antonio wasn't going to back down. He made it 8,500 to go. Lederer paused for a minute and studied Esfandiari. He motioned like he was going to put his whole stack in the middle a few times, but instead, Lederer opted to fold. He's down to 18,700.
Chris Ferguson raised to 1,000 under the gun and Andrew Barton made it 3,500 to go from the cutoff. Action folded around to Ferguson and he called, leading to a 
flop.
Ferguson checked and Barton bet 3,000. There was no hesitation from Ferguson, quickly raising to 18,000. Barton called all in for about 10,000 with 
, but was crushed by Ferguson's 
. Barton was not saved by the 
turn card or 
river card and is out.
Ferguson is up to about 40,000.
Mike Matusow, Mike Sexton, Phil Hellmuth, Dan Harrington and Barry Greenstein all limped in and saw a 
flop. The action was checked around. When the 
hit the turn, everyone checked to Matusow, who bet 1,300. Sexton folded and Hellmuth raised to 4,300. Harrington and Greenstein folded and Matusow called. The river was the 
and Matusow checked to Hellmuth, who bet 9,000. Matusow made the call.
"Nuts," Hellmuth said as he tabled 
for a Broadway straight. Hellmuth took it down and is up to 34,975 in chips.
Joe Hachem raised to 1,050 under the gun (the position that's done nearly all of the raising so far at this table), and Bertrand Grospellier called. When it reached Antonio Esfandiari in the big blind, he raised it up to 4,000. Hachem called but the squeeze got rid of ElkY. The flop fell 
. Esfandiari continued his story with a 6,700-chip bet. Hachem folded, and Antonio took it down.
Esfandiari is up to 42,000 now, most of his chips coming from the man on his left, Joe Hachem.
Huck Seed opened the pot with a raise to 1,100 from the cutoff. Joe Cada popped it to 2,850 on the button and the blinds folded. Seed immediately threw in 20,000 and Cada called all in for about 14,000.
Cada: 
Seed: 
The board ran out 
, no help to the 2009 Main Event Champion.
Huck Seed is up to about 65,000.
Andrew Barton limped under the gun and action folded around to Chris Ferguson in the small blind. He called as well and Johnny Chan checked his option.
The flop came down 
and all three players checked. The turn was the and Ferguson bet 1,000. Chan popped it to 4,000 and Barton called. Ferguson got out of the way and the hit the river. Chan bet 4,000 and Barton looked sick over it. After about two minutes, he talked himself into a call. Chan tabled 
and Barton mucked, dropping to about 9,500.
Chan is up to about 76,000.
Mike Sexton and Mike Matusow were just involved in a small pot that ended before the flop. However, as not to confuse the audience, TD Robbie Thompson referred to Matusow as "Mike" and Sexton as "Mr. Sexton."
"How about 'the idiot limps in' or 'the nit folds?'" Matusow said, referring to himself. "Or maybe 'the ambassador raises?'" he said, gesturing to Sexton.
They settled on calling Matusow by his entirely appropriate nickname-- "The Mouth."
Antonio Esfandiari raised to 1,025 under the gun plus one. That was enough to steal the blinds and antes. The next hand, Esfandiari made the same raise and had the same result.
The Magician was in the big blind the next hand. Joe Hachem raised to 1,100 under the gun, and only Antonio made the call. The flop fell 
, and Esfandiari check-called 1,700. Antonio checked again after the turn, and Hachem bet 4,300. Esfandiari called that too. The river seemed like a brick, and both players checked. Esfandiari turned over 
for a flopped pair of eights, and that was good enough to take the pot.
The lights are on and the clock is running. Shuffle up and deal!
