This chart is a doozy, but it is pretty interesting to see what cards determined poker history. Can you spot which cards were responsible for winning back-to-back titles?
Frank Sinopoli raised to 180,000 from early position, and it folded around to Khoa Nguyen who defended his big blind. The flop came . Nguyen checked, and Sinopoli continued with a bet of 220,000. Nguyen responded with a check-raise to 550,000, then Sinopoli pushed all in for 1.135 million total. Nguyen made the call.
Nguyen:
Sinopoli:
Two pair for Sinopoli, but a flush draw for Nguyen. The turn was the and river the , and Sinopoli survives with about 2.75 million. Nguyen now has 5.7 million.
We've reached the end of the second level of Day 7, and the players are off for an abbreviated 10-minute break. When they return, they'll play one more level before heading off to dinner.
Ryan Lenaghan is still perched atop the chip counts, but the company is closing in fast. We'll have some updated chip counts for you shortly.
Gruissem doesn't have as stout of a tournament record as Kelly, as he only has three live results we can dig up, but they're for some decent numbers. Gruissem's best result is a third-place finish in EPT Berlin's €10,000 No-Limit Hold'em - 8 Max event for €67,000 ($95,355).
Those results total $132,315, which means that Gruissem has already more than doubled that with this result here. As you can see, Gruissem has never had a WSOP cash, making this his first. He's sitting with approximately 4.7 million in chips, which is just slightly under the average stack.
In order to keep up with Gruissem's progress for the rest of the 2011 WSOP Main Event, be sure to keep your browser glued right here to PokerNews. You can also follow along with the PokerStars Blog for some more detailed coverage.
Just before the last break came a big hand between Tri Huynh and Nelson Robinson that resulted in a significant exchange of chips.
Huynh opened with a raise to 180,000 from middle position, and got one caller in Robinson from the small blind. The flop came . Robinson checked, Huynh bet 300,000, then Robinson check-raised all in for 3.515 total. Huynh called.
Huynh showed for two pair, while Robinson had for the open-ender. The turn and river then came , giving Robinson running two pair to survive.
Robinson bounded all of the way up to 7.93 million there, while Huynh fell to 945,000.
