We caught up with the action on a board reading . John Vohs had a 30,000 bet in front of him from the big blind position and action was up to Robert Burns, who announced he was all in after some deliberation. Vohs snap-called.
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Burns:
Burns would need a ten and only a ten to stay alive. The river bricked out a , which was too little too late for Burns as he was knocked out of the tournament.
Vohs is sitting on a very healthy stack of about 230,000.
Today marked the first day of the PokerNews Podcast from the 2012 World Series of Poker. Kristy Arnett hosts alongside Donnie Peters, Remko Rinkema and Danielle Barille with the first guest of the summer, World Poker Tour $100,000 Super High Roller winner Tom Marchese.
We missed the exact action preflop, but we know that Joseph Kearney got the last of his 30,000 chips in holding , but was dominated by Matthew Wilmot, who held . Wilmot clapped his hands, and told the dealer "no ace!" The dealer obliged, as the board ran out . Kearney headed to the rail, while Wilmot scooped the pot, pushing his stack to 200,000.
We didn't get to the table until most of the action had been completed, but here's what we saw. The flop of was out on the board, and Steven Phan had put out a bet of 8,000. Amy Brady had a raise of 20,000 in front of her, and when we arrived, Phan was deep in the tank. After about 30 seconds of thought, he slid the rest of his chips in, and Brady snap called. The cards were tabled, and Phan was in a world of hurt.
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Brady:
As soon as he saw the cards, Phan yelled "King!" He didn't get it on the turn, but the did help him out alittle, giving him some chop outs. Phan called for king one more time, and this time, he got it, as the hit on the river. Phan celebrated, while Brady just shook her head, saying "I've never tried so hard to get someone to put their chips in the middle." Brady is still plenty healthy with 180,000, while Phan is now up to 85,000.
We caught up with action just as Scott Wygal was getting all in against Amy Brady. Apparently Brady had raised from late position and was shoved on by Wygal from the big blind. Brady called.
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Wygal:
The board came and a clearly frustrated Brady, whose stack has been sliding, stood up from the table.
Wygal is up to 105,000 while Brady has slipped to about 120,000.
We missed the preflop action, but when we got to the table, Ty Stewart and Donald Michael were heads up on a flop that read . Stewart fired out a bet of 25,000, which was just about half his stack, and Michael responded by moving all in. Stewart thought for just a few moments, shrugged, and made the call. The two flipped their cards, and Micahel was out in front.
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Stewart:
Stewart would need to catch another pair or runner runner straight to survive, and he didn't get it on the turn, the . The river brought the , and the WSOP executive director hit the rail. Meanwhile, Michael is enjoying a monster chip lead, as he now has 400,000, nearly double anyone else in the room. We are now re-drawing for the final 18 players
James Routos opened from late position and was re-shoved on by Shu Ho for his last 30,000. Routos made the call and hands were revealed.
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Ho was in good shape to double, however, the flop gave Routos the lead. The turn and bricked for Ho and he was eliminated in 18th place, good for a $2,717 payday.
We missed the action preflop, but we saw that Bradley Russell got the rest of his short stack in preflop, and was called by both Carisa Schweisberger and Ray Pulford. The flop came down , and Pulford checked to Schweisberger, who bet out 8,000. Pulford reluctantly folded face up, and Schweisberger and Russell tabled their cards.
Schweisberger:
Russell:
Schweisberger was out in front with bottom pair, but Russell could still pair up to take the pot. The turn came the , and Russell was drawing thin. The river came the , giving Schweisberger an unnecessary two pair, and sending Russell to the rail