Michael Mizrachi was in the big blind with limpers and raised to 475. Action folded around to the small blind who made it 1,150. Mizrachi shoved for 6,200 and was called.
Although we're unsure how the hand went down and when the money went in, we know Layne Flack held and his opponent bested him with . Layne Flack's tournament is over and this end of the Pavilion Room just got a little less happy.
Chris Moorman was able to get his remaining 2,000 chips in preflop with against a player who was also all in for slightly more with and third player who had them both covered holding
The flop came , which was fantastic for Moorman. He made his hand and left each of his opponents drawing to two outs each. But the turn was less fortunate. The peeled and gave the player with the most chips an extra four outs to get there. Moorman seemed to know this story line all too well.
"Oh nooooo..." Moorman said, just before he saw the hit the river. A straight for the pocket sixes were good and two more players hit the rail.
Jonathan Karamalikis has had a string of pro's at his table all day, but it hasn't stopped him from reaching the 15,000 chip mark in less than five full levels.
A recent hand helped boost his stack without a showdown. Karamalikis raised from early position to 1,300 and found calls from the cutoff and small blind. The flop came and all three players checked.
The turn was the and this time Karamalikis decided to bet 1,300 when it was checked to him. The player out of position called and the two saw the river. The opponent checked for a third time but folded to Karamalikis' 3,300-chip bet.
If you're wondering how the World Series of Poker Player-of-the-Year Race is shaping up after the first week of events, here is a look at the current leaderboard:
Current 2011 WSOP Player-of-the-Year Leaderboard
Player
Points
Cashes
Bracelets
Winnings
Amir Lehavot
315
1
1
$573,456
Jake Cody
300
1
1
$851,192
Allen Bari
270
1
1
$874,116
Jarred Solomon
220.5
1
0
$354,460
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
210
1
0
$525,980
Francesco Barbaro
190
1
1
$262,283
Maria Ho
189
1
0
$540,020
Harrison Wilder
170
1
1
$205,065
Sam Stein
157.5
1
0
$264,651
Eugene Katchalov
150
1
1
$122,909
*Standings through Event #9 (not including Event #8 which is still in progress)
Catching the action on the turn with a board, the player first to act bet an unknown amount before Sam Simon decided to raise him all in for 4,500 more. The opponent decided to call but found his drawing dead to the straight of Simon.
The river was the and another player was sent home with unfulfilled dreams of glory. Simon has now reached 23,000.
Registration is closed and the prizepool information has been calculated. There were 1,340 entrants and the top 144 finishers will be paid. First place is $352,808 and making the final table will be at least worth $25,253. Players that min-cash will be paid $2,822.
We found this hand on the flop with Ted Forrest in the big blind. He checked the flop of and a late position player bet 1,500. Forrest called and the turn came . Forrest bet 1,200 and the unknown player moved in for a total of 2,925.
Forrest tanked for a few minutes before calling and turning over and the other player held . Forrest needed a king on the river to take the pot, but whiffed when it fell .
Allen Kessler was a last minute registrant but there was some confusion to what he did with his dealer card. The table he had been assigned to must have broken when he got there. He claimed to have handed the proof of payment and an I.D. to that dealer who in turn gave him his new seat assignment. When he got to his new seat, however, people insisted he show both his proof of payment and his I.D. to get chips, despite having already received a new seat card. The problem was the dealer had taken the proof of payment, as they always do, when checking I.D.'s.
A floor person was sent over to settle the mess before it got more heated and Kessler is currently playing without any more problems.
Jonathan Duhamel just left the tournament area but was nice enough to stop at the PokerNews desk and give the details of his last hand. It was an all in preflop and Duhamel had pocket queens versus pocket eights. It was a 15,000 pot and his opponent caught an eight on the flop.