From early position, Phil Hellmuth raised to 9,000. Action folded to the man on the button and he three-bet to 25,000. Play folded back to Hellmuth and he tanked. Once the cameras got there, Hellmuth folded his hand, but it wasn't without giving a bit of a speech. We couldn't make out exactly what he said, but one of the things he did comment about was how he keeps getting reraised, but will still end the day with 300,000.
All the tables in the Pavilion Room have been broken, meaning that the remaining 1,052 runners - including the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion - are all here in the Amazon Room.
Will Failla open-raised all in from the hijack seat with his last 44,000, and his neighbor in the cutoff -- also short-stacked -- announced he was all in as well. The others folded, Failla showed 
and his opponent 
.
"Keep it low," said Failla to the dealer. "Wheel it out." Alas for Failla, the cards didn't cooperate, coming 
to double up his opponent. A count afterwards showed Failla had him just covered, leaving him just 4,100 for the next hand.
All of those chips went in for Failla on the next hand on the strength of his 
, and the same opponent reraised to isolate with 
. The board went 
, and Failla doubled back to about 9,000.
Failla failed on the next attempt to double-up, however, and has hit the rail here at the start of Level 14.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
520,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
415,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
415,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
393,000 | |
|
|
380,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
322,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
220,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
140,000 | |
|
|
125,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
108,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
||
|
|
65,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
54,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
|
40,000
136,000
|
136,000 |
Sorel Mizzi opened from the hijack seat, an opponent moved all in for 30,000, and Mizzi made the call.
Mizzi: 
Opponent: 
Mizzi had his opponent crushed, and the board ran 
. Mizzi's opponent hit the rail, while he chipped up to 150,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
We caught a hand over in the blue section just before the break between Brian Roberts and his opponent that lasted over 10 minutes. We came to the table as the turn was being dealt in a pot that already had about 65,000 in it. The board read 
, and Roberts checked to his opponent who bet out 22,700. Roberts thought it over for about a minute before making the call and taking it to the river.
That card was the 
, and Roberts checked again. His opponent thought for about 30 seconds before going all in, having Roberts slightly covered. This is where Roberts tanked...and tanked....and tanked. Two minutes went by. Then 5. Then 8. It looked like Roberts was going to tank into the break. Despite the length of the tank, no one called the clock, and after nearly 10 minutes of thinking, he gave up his hand. Neither player opted to show their cards, so the player's holdings will remain unknown. After the hand, Roberts dropped to around 60,000, which is around 30 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 |
Prior to the last break, this hand occurred between Marvin Rettenmaier and 2002 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Robert Varkonyi.
The money was all in preflop with Varkonyi holding the 
and Rettenmaier holding the 
. The board ran out 
and Varkonyi's full house earned the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000 | |
|
|
110,000 |
The cards are back in the air! The remaining 1,080 players are now back into battle - two more hours to go!
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
We’re now on another 15-minute break, so it's that time of the night where wrap up the most recent happenings out on the floor into a neat little package for all y'all:
No sooner than play had resumed, we saw Annette Obrestad head out the door, closely followed by Victor Ramdin and Sam Stein. Patrick Poirier wasn’t going anywhere though – he was announced as the first player in this year’s WSOP Main Event to reach the magical one million-chip mark.
Justin Bonomo has also been working hard during this level, having doubled up his stack to stay alive, while Peter Jetten has also been trending upward, now holding more than 400,000 in chips.
And just before the break, Huck Seed was sent packing, and it looks like that Kristy Gazes is also on life support. However, Ted Forrest has managed to pick up a bit, but Brian Park has been the biggest mover, chipping up to 860,000 and change.
The players are now on their last 15-minute break of the day. When we return, one more level will be played out and then we’re done for the night!
