As the tables are rapidly breaking in the Pavilion Room, many of the players are making their way into the Amazon Room. One of those players is Lyle Berman, who was moved to Table 339, the same table as Terrence Chan and Richard "nutsinho" Lyndaker; in fact, Berman took a seat directly to the right of the latter.
Should be an interesting table.
We caught up with the action just as a short-stacked David Sklansky was getting it all in against a lone opponent. It appeared that Skansky's opponent had raised from middle position and David Sklansky re-raised all in from the small blind. His opponent made the call.
Sklansky: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
, leaving Sklansky with a set and doubling him up to 20,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,000
7,500
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7,500 |
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We came on this one as the turn betting was being completed. The board showed 
, and it looked as though Doug Lee was calling a bet of Scott Davies', his call putting the pot at about 5,000.
The river brought the 
and a bet of 3,300 from Lee. Davies thought a few moments, then made the call. Lee showed 
, Davies 
, and Davies claimed the pot.
"You raised with that," joked Lee after, and they both laughed. "Suited connectors, yeah," answered Davies. The two have been in conversation since Lee was moved to the table, including Davies asking Lee about his WSOP-Circuit win (in 2005, right here at the Rio Hotel and Casino) and the ring he received for doing so.
Noting that the hand was being chronicled, Davies piped up. "Hey, I'm going to be famous… I took a small pot off Doug Lee!"
Lee has about 72,000 at the moment, while Davies is up around 66,000.
With the board reading 
, Nicolas Fierro's opponent bet out 20,300. Fierro shoved out a huge stack of orange, 5,000-denomination chips totally about 100,000. This bet would put Fierro's opponent all in if called.
Fierro's opponent had a painful look on his face as he mucked his cards.
"I'll give you fifty bucks if you show me your hand," Fierro's opponent said. "Fifty bucks, cash, right now."
Fierro refused the offer and mucked his hand. This victory brings him up to about 345,000 and is our current largest stack of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
345,000
58,000
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58,000 |
Eric Siegel started things off with a raise to 1,800. The next player to act three-bet to 4,400 and then action folded to Jamil Wakil. He cold four-bet to 10,400. Action folded back to Siegel and he mucked, but the three bettor made the call to see the flop.
The flop came down 
. The first player checked before Wakil fired 11,300. His opponent called.
The turn was the 
and the first player checked again. Wakil bet 20,300 and his opponent check-raised all in for approximately 60,000. Wakil called holding the for a combo draw. His all-in opponent had the 
.
The river was the 
to give Wakil a diamond flush and send his opponent to the rail. Wakil won the pot to move to 170,000 in chips.
We only saw the end of the flop action in a hand where Brandon Riha was eliminated in pretty sick fashion against Bryan Colin. But another player at the table and then Riha told us what had happened that led up to the point that we started watching.
According to Riha, Bryan Colin raised to 1,700 in the cutoff preflop and the small blind plus Riha in the big blind both called. Then on the 
flop, the small blind led for 3,700 and Riha raised to 9,200. This is where we caught up with the action ourselves where Colin then re-raised to 18,600 and Riha moved in for 29,500 on top. Colin made the call to put Riha at risk as the players turned up their hands.
Riha:
Colin: 
If Riha had hoped to get called when he shoved, then surely he would have wanted it to be by a made hand so that his flush draw was at least live. Instead, Colin had a higher flush draw to have Riha who would now need to pair up crushed. The on the turn was close but no good and the 
on the river sealed the knockout for Colin with just a queen kicker as Riha was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
187,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
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Busted |
Brad Booth entered today as one of the big stack, starting out with around 110,000. However, he has been on a downward spiral all day, and has just been eliminated. We didn't see how the money got in, but Booth had the rest of his stack all in preflop and was in great shape.
Booth:
Opponent: 
Booth was far ahead until the flop came 
, causing Booth to simply say "bad news." While he was behind, he still had a world of outs, as any jack, ten, or spade would give him the pot. The turn brought the 
, eliciting another "bad news" from Booth. He said it one more time when the hit the river, and Booth stood up, said "Thats how the last three years have been for me. Now time for the walk of shame." A dejected Booth made his exit, as his WSOP has come to an unexpected close.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Robert Cheung put an opponent all in preflop. The player tanked for a little bit and then made the call with the . He was well ahead of the 
that Cheung held. The flop came down 
and put Cheung in the lead.
"Son of a b*tch!" yelled the player with the queens.
The turn then brought the 
and the river the 
.
"You've gotta be f***ing kidding me!" exclaimed the player.
Cheung's flopped set of eights were able to crack his opponent's queens and move him to 116,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
222,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
180,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
175,000 | |
|
170,000 | |
|
|
165,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
160,000 | |
|
|
158,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
154,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
144,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
138,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
137,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
133,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
120,000 | |
|
||
|
|
116,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
100,000 | |
|
|
90,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
90,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
81,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
80,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
80,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
78,000 | |
|
|
76,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
75,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
70,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
66,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
In a recent hand at Steve Dannenman's and Chau Giang's table a player moved all in on the button after everyone else had folded. Dannenman in the small blind quickly folded, Giang in the big blind opted to take his time though. After about a minute or two of calculating and chip measuring Giang threw in the proper amount of chips for a call and cards were tabled.
Giang: 
Button:
Giang had the slight lead, but there were still five cards to come. The dealer put out a 
flop and it was the button who now had the lead. Giang would need running cards for a straight or an ace in order for him to steal back the hand. The turn was a and Giang was drawing dead as his opponent tripped up. A meaningless fell out of the deck for the river. Giang took a hit, but still has a manageable 38,000 in chips to maneuver with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000
13,000
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13,000 |
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