Action folded to "Crazy Mike" Thorpe on the button and he gave a little speech before putting in a raise. The small blind folded, but the player in the big blind opted to defend. When the flop fell , the big blind check-folded to a Thorpe bet. Not so crazy how that one played out.
With about 6,000 in the pot and a board reading , Richard Brodie bet from middle position and received a call from Alexander Kostritsyn, who was sitting in late position. The river brought the , which didn't stop Brodie from betting.
Whether it was a missed draw or a good read, we do not know, but we do know that Kostritsyn opted to lay his hand down.
In an earlier hand, the hijack raised and Matt Hawrilenko called from the big blind. Hawrilenko check-raised on the flop and his opponent called. Hawrilenko check-called the player's bet when the hit the turn. We’re unsure of the action on the river but there was definitely a bet and a call. The hijack showed for top-top on the flop which was good as Hawrilenko mucked.
Then just before, Hawrilenko raised from under the gun and Ted Forrest called from the big blind. Forrest check-raised on the flop and Hawrilenko called. Forrest led out on the turn which Hawrilenko called and both players checked the river. Forrest turned over for the same hand that beat Hawrilenko earlier and it was good again as he mucked.
Jeffrey Lisandro raised under the gun and received two calls, one from Dan Shak in the small blind and one from Daniel Negreanu in the big. Action checked to Lisandro on the flop, and he fired out a bet. Shak was the only player to make the call as the made its appearance on the turn.
Both players checked, as they did when the hit the river. "Ten high," Shak said. Lisandro more than happily showed to take down the pot.
This $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship was expected to draw a stacked field, and that certainly has been the case. One group that is out in full force is that of Team PokerStars. Their players are spread out among many tables and include such Team Pros as Daniel Negreanu (Canada), Humberto Brenes (Costa Rica), Greg Debora (Canada), Nacho Barbero (Argentina), Pat Pezzin (Canada), Richard Veenman (Online), Bill Chen (Friend of PokerStars), Eugene Katchalov (Ukraine), and Andre Akkari (Brazil).
We wouldn't be surprised if we pick up a few more by the time late registration comes to a close at the beginning of Level 5.
We posted a chart earlier that featured the top bracelet winners from 2005-2010, so we thought it might be fun to share another chart with you, this time the most WSOP cashes for that same period of time. You might recognized some of the names from today's field on that list:
It was heads up between Phil Laak and David Chiu as the duo watched the flop come down . Laak, who was in the big blind, bet out and Chiu called from the cutoff. Both players then checked the turn, and Laak bet out on the river.
Chiu thought long and hard before making the call, only to much when Laak rolled over .
The very tough table 128 that we've mentioned to you a few times before just got a bit tougher and probably a bit louder with Humbero Brenes joining the players.