Over on table 15, we've just witnessed Sorel Mizzi and Julian Powell clash heads, with Powell coming out on top to double up.
The action folded to Mizzi who raised to 1,400 from the hijack position; Powell called from the cutoff, so off they went heads-up to the flop of .
Mizzi led out for 3,050, but Powell quickly raised to 10,500. Mizzi called, then bet out 20,000 on the turn of the , putting Powell all-in, but despite holding , Powell had hit the set with his . The river was merely an afterthought.
Shaun Deeb raised to 1,500 under the gun and was called by Annette Obrestad in the cutoff. After the blinds got out of the way, the flop came down , inspiring Deeb to check-call a bet of 2,600.
From there, the dealer burned and turned the , Deeb checked, and Obrestad fired out 5,500. Again Deeb called and then checked the river. Obrestad bet 10,000, Deeb snap-called, and Obrestad asked, "Flush no good?"
"Nope," Deeb said as he flipped for a full house, which was better than Obrestad's flush.
We've just received confirmation from the WSOP staff that the payouts for this event have been adjusted and that the top 48 players will now be paid, as opposed to the original payout schedule of 54 players.
The new payout figures are as follows:
1st Place
$619,575
2nd Place
$383,075
3rd Place
$239,100
4th Place
$156,628
5th Place
$105,967
6th Place
$73,965
7th-8th Place
$53,210
9th-10th Place
$39,413
11th-12th Place
$30,024
13th-18th Place
$23,519
19th-24th Place
$18,920
25th-30th Place
$15,631
31st-36th Place
$13,248
37th-42nd Place
$11,652
43rd-48th Place
$10,246
Not only does this mean that the first prize for this event is now over $600,000, but the players that all make the money in this event are guaranteed a five-figure sum. Tasty.
Tom Dwan once held the chip lead at about 150,000 just about 45 minutes ago, but after a few big hands, he is all the way down to 38,000. In the last hand, we saw Dwan check call a turn bet of 8,800 on a board of , upping the pot to about 25,000. The river came the , and Dwan checked again. His opponent bet 11,000, and Dwan deliberated for about two minutes before sliding in a call. His opponent showed , and the ten-high straight was good enough to take the pot.
John Juanda raised it to 1,650 preflop and got calls from Mike "Timex" McDonald in the cutoff, a player in middle position, and Amnon Filippi in the small blind.
The flop came down Filippi checked and Juanda bet 6,000. Timex however re-raised pot and put out enough to have both Filippi and Juanda all in. Filippi first tanked for about five minutes before he folded and then Juanda did the same and folded as well. Timex scooped the nice pot and just a few hands later knocked out Juanda and another short stack at the table.
Timex has 114,000 and is also sporting a nice new 2011 World Series of Poker bracelet from his friend Jason Somerville. The two had a bracelet bet (with an undisclosed monetary bet on the side) that if one shipped a bracelet, the other one had to wear the bracelet for the rest of the World Series everywhere he went, explaining to every table he sat at why he had to wear it and that it was in fact not his own. Who knows though, the way Timex is tearing it up, he and Somerville might be switching back in a few days time.
On a flop of , a raising war exploded between David Chiu in the small blind and the player in the cutoff position. The UTG player put in the last bet, about 10,000, and Chiu was put to the test. If he were to call and lose, he'd be left with just 4,400. Nonetheless, Chiu made the call.
UTG:
Chiu:
Chiu was ahead with his set but needed to dodge a club or ace. The turn changed nothing, and neither did the river. Chiu's set held to take down the pot and send his opponent to the rail.
8 levels are in the books, and the players are on their last 20-minute break of the day. They will return to play two more levels, before the bags will come out.
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, putting Powell all-in, but despite holding 
, Powell had hit the set with his 
. The river 
was merely an afterthought.
, inspiring Deeb to check-call a bet of 2,600.
, Deeb checked, and Obrestad fired out 5,500. Again Deeb called and then checked the 
for a full house, which was better than Obrestad's 
flush.
, upping the pot to about 25,000. The river came the 
, and the ten-high straight was good enough to take the pot.
turn changed nothing, and neither did the 
river. Chiu's set held to take down the pot and send his opponent to the rail.
