Robert Williamson III just moved his stack up to 26,000 after busting a player from the event. He was able to get his pocket queens all in with his opponent's 
and hold up. The player did flop a flush draw on the 
flop, but the 
turn and 
river were of no help.
Level: 6
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Scotty Nguyen just bet 2,500 into a pot of 2,500 on the board of 
. His opponent called and Nguyen tabled the 
for queens full of kings. His opponent mucked and Nguyen increased to 13,000 in chips.
Lex Veldhuis min raised under the gun to 400 and was called by the cutoff and the big blind. The flop came out 
. The big blind bet out 625, and Veldhuis called. The cutoff then announced all in, and before he could slide his chips into the pot, the big blind and Veldhuis had already gotten their money in. The players flipped their cards, and Veldhuis was a good favorite.
Cutoff: 
Big Blind:
Veldhuis: 
The turn came a 
and the river was the 
. Veldhuis faded his opponents outs and dragged the pot to up his stack to 12,500.
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We have just confirmed with the WSOP tournament staff that the official number of players in this year's $1,500 Six Handed No Limit Handed event is 1,920 - the biggest tournament of the series to date. No doubt that we'll get bigger numbers over the next couple of weeks, but it's still a significant increase from the same event last year, which had 1,663 players.
At present, there are 890 players remaining, but unfortunately, Kirk Morrison is not one on them. Having run pocket threes into pocket sevens in an earlier hand, Morrison moved the last of his stack into the middle with 
but failed to improve against Brent Hanks' 
.
Shortly after we reported that Steve Brecher was hurting after his failed bluff, he is now back to over 10,000. We caught the action on a flop of 
. Brecher bet out, and his opponent raised him. Brecher thought for a few seconds before deciding to go all in for a shade over 5,000 total, and his opponent called.
Brecher: 
Opponent: 
Brecher's opponent was drawing thin, and was unable to catch the runner runner he needed to win, as the turn and river came . Brecher won the pot, and is now back to around 11,000.
... 'Cause my daddy taught me good. Ahem!
It's time for another round of chip counts, and you'll notice that Nam Le and Humberto Brenes are amongst those to have hit the rail.
While we weren't able to get the details of Le's bust-out, we can tell you that Brenes got the last of his money in with 
, but ran into an opponent's . And Brad Garrett is now up to almost 10,000 in chips after his held up against another opponent's 
.
Meanwhile, John Myung, who's just come off a third-place finish from Event #6 last night, is up to 20,000 after he smashed an opponent's 
with his 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000 | -2,000 |
|
41,700 | 3,200 |
|
28,500 | 18,600 |
|
15,000 | 10,875 |
|
|
13,000 | 1,100 |
|
10,000 | 3,600 |
|
9,500 | 3,200 |
|
|
9,500 | 1,100 |
|
8,200 | 2,500 |
|
8,000 | |
|
7,200 | 2,000 |
|
4,900 | 1,600 |
|
4,000 | 3,100 |
|
2,400 | -1,400 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
We caught the action with all five cards on the board, 
. Steve Brecher had the action checked to him by his opponent, and Brecher fired out 2,200, about the size of the pot. His opponent thought for a few seconds before calling, and Brecher said, "You win," flipping up 
for a missed straight draw. His opponent showed for jacks and eights to take the pot, dropping Brecher down to 2,500.
We caught the action between Blair Hinkle and his opponent on the turn with the board reading 
. Hinkle checked to his opponent, who bet 775. Hinkle then check-raised to 2075, and his opponent shoved all in for just a bit more. Hinkle called, and showed 
for a turned set. His opponent showed for an open-ended straight draw. The river came the , and Hinkle scooped the pot to get up to 17,000.
The players have returned from their break and we are now back underway!
