The players are now taking an unscheduled break as the black 100 chips are being colored up and raced off. Why not use this time to catch up with all the latest happenings in, on, over, under and around the felt with the PokerNews Nightly Turbo?
A behemoth of a pot just went down between Brett Hartfiel and Shankar Pillai.
We came in on the river and the board read 
. Before the river it looked as though there were already a ton of chips in the pot, but it didn't stop there.
Pillai checked (and according to him after the hand, he had check called every street), and Hartfiel bet 32,000. Pillai tanked for a couple minutes then decided to go all in for a total of 176,000. Hartfiel almost seemed like he was going to fold at one point and said, "You have Ace four don't you...." Pillai was quiet and eventually Hartifel called.
Hartfiel turned over 
for Aces full of threes, but Pillai had him beat with 
for Aces full of nines. Hartifel was understandably bummed but said he just couldn't get away from it.
Pillai is up to 480,000 and is our new chip leader
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
The cards are back in the air!
2010 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em bracelet winner Mike Ellis is out.
Ellis went all in preflop for 75,000 and Gregory Dyer reraised all in from the small blind.
Ellis had 
vs. the 
of Dyer. The board ran out 
and Ellis hit the rail.
Dyer is up to about 270,000
Ryan Welch is now up to almost 380,000 in chips after taking out Argentinian Team PokerStars Pro Jose Ignacio "Nacho" Barbero.
The action folded around to Marc McLaughlin who raised to 6,500 from the button preflop. Barbero three-bet it to 15,500 from the small blind, but Welch made it another 20,000 to go from the big blind. McLaughlin folded his hand, Barbero shoved, and Welch double-fist-pump-snap-called.
Welch: 
Barbero: 
Board: 
And with that, we say hasta la vista to Barbero ... baby.
Anders Taylor limp-reraised Andrew Schultz who then moved all in for his last 40,000. Taylor showed 
and Schultz showed 
. The door card was the but the rest of the flop came 
to leave Schultz drawing very thin. The 
on the turn and river didn't help Schultz and he went to the rail.
Taylor, however, is up to 335,000
George Jalkotzy raised to 7,000 from the hijack and was called by Joseph Ebanks in the cutoff and Orson Young in the small blind.
The flop came 
and all three players opted to check.
The turn was the 
and Young bet out 14,000. Jalkotzy folded and Ebanks called. The 
fell on the river putting two pair on the board and both players checked.
We're guessing that Young was hoping that Ebanks would bet on the river because Young held the 
for a full house. Ebanks mucked his hand and Young scooped the pot upping his stack to around 203,000.
Jeff Papola could be the six-max king, especially at the World Series of Poker. Last year, the Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey native crushed both the $2,500 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em and the $5,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em. In the former of those two, Papola took second place for a whopping $391,068. Just a few days later, he was victory in the $5,000 one for $667,433. Right now, he's chip leading this six-max event and we could see his mug appearing at another final table.
On a recent hand, Papola raised from under the gun to 6,000. Mohsin Charania called from the next seat, Thomas Applegate called in the cutoff and Alex Lindop called from the big blind. All four players saw the flop come down and Lindop checked. Papola continuation bet 11,000 and Charania got out of the way. Applegate called and then Lindop folded.
With play down to just two players on fourth street, the dealer placed the 
on the board. Both Papola and Applegate checked to see the complete the board on the river. Papola bet 18,000 and Applegate looked him up after a minute of thought. Papola tabled the 
for a better two pair than what was on the board and Applegate mucked.
Papola improved to 485,000 in chips and that's the largest stack we've seen out in the field. Applegate slipped back to 55,000.
Shawn Keller has copped a brutal beat at the hands of Darren Wong to become the latest player to hit the rail in Event #10 of the 2011 World Series of Poker.
Our field reporter picked up the action on a flop of 
; Keller opened for 17,000 from early position and Wong called before the dealer revealed the turn of the . Keller then check-snap-called Wong's all-in bet, tabling against Wong's 
.
Unfortunately for Keller, Wong hit the 
on the river for the flush and ... ummmmm ... yeah. That's about it, really. Oh, and Wong's now on 360,000 in chips. Bam!
