With just under 500 players left, its not too unheard of to see two big name players sitting at the same table. Its another thing though to have four pros at the same table, but that is the case at Table 43, where Ray Henson, Scott Clements, Bill Chen, and Lex Veldhuis are all residing.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 0
A few players were expressing their confusion with the current 300-500 level of the tournament.
Poker legend T.J. Cloutier turned to WPT Tournament Director Matt Savage, who is sitting at the table next to his, and asked, "Hey Matt, you ever seen this level before?"
To which Savage sarcastically responded, "Yeah of course, I do it in all my tournaments, 200-300 also."
Maybe if Savage was running the show things might be different, but at the end of the day I'm sure players won't be complaining too much with the extra level of play added in there.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
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|
40,000 | |
|
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27,000 | |
|
|
||
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25,000
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
22,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
20,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
20,000 | |
|
19,500
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
||
|
19,000 | |
|
16,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
|
||
|
16,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
16,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
15,900
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
||
|
15,500 | |
|
15,000
2,600
|
2,600 |
|
14,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
||
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14,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
||
|
11,500
-3,300
|
-3,300 |
|
|
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|
11,000 | |
|
11,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
11,000 | |
|
|
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|
10,400
-3,600
|
-3,600 |
|
|
||
|
10,000 | |
|
9,300 | |
|
|
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|
9,000 | |
|
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Defending champion Michael Chow is still in the tournament here in the Pavilion Room, but only has around 10,000 at this current stage. He'll need to improve if he wants to regain the bracelet that he won in 2010.
Maria Ho was down to her final 1,700 when she three-bet to 1,500 preflop from the button, getting a caller from the big blind and the original raiser in the cutoff. The flop came down 
and it was checked to Ho who put her last 200 in. Both players called and checked down the 
on the turn and the 
on the river. Ho revealed 
, but her opponent showed 
for a pair of queens that was good enough to take the pot and eliminate the former Amazing Race competitor.
With 1,100 chips left, Mike Matusow opened the action to 1,000 and Chau Giang raised to 1,500. Alex Kravchenko was in the big blind and four bet forcing Matusow all in. Chau Giang called.
The flop was 
, Kravchenko bet and Giang called. The turn was the 
and once again Kravchenko bet and Giang called. The river 
once again resulted in a bet-call sequence and the hands were turned face up. Kravchenko held 
for trip eights and Giang held the nut low with 
.
Matusow seemed more happy that he lasted so long as a short stack than disappointed. Meanwhile, Kravchenko and Giang increase their already healthy sized stacks.
Bill Chen has almost trebled up after a three-way pot.
On a flop of 
there was bet of 500 from the big blind and a call with Chen also calling behind to see the 
turn. The big blind fired 1,000 this time, once again middle position called and Chen raised to 2,000, the big blind made it 3,000, middle position called again and Chen called all in for his last 200 chips. The other two players then checked the 
river.
Big Blind: 
Middle Position: 
Chen: 
With no low possible, Chen scooped the entire pot, he's back up to 14,500.
Action was checked by one player to Lex Veldhuis on the flop of 
. Veldhuis bet and his opponent check-raised. Veldhuis made the call.
The turn brought the 
and the player bet out. Veldhuis called again.
The river completed the board with the and the player bet into Veldhuis again. Veldhuis thought for a bit, studied his opponent and then mucked his hand, dropping back to 5,600.
Brett Richey got his last 800 in the middle preflop against another all in player and two other players as well. Richey must have known he was in trouble, as the two players bet called every step of the way on a 
board. Richey said "nice playing with you guys" and mucked his hand before his opponents revealed their cards, and he was right as the better tabled 
for a full house.
