David Williams had a rough two levels here in Event #10 $5,000 Stud; in fact, it was so bad that he is no longer with us.
dwpoker David WilliamsOut of #wsop10 $5k 7stud event on day 2. Couldn't get anything going. Onto #WSOP11 $1500 PLO. Already doubled my stack. #leggoJune 04 2012
Shane Douglas, who finished in 13th place in this event back in 2010, completed and found a lone caller in David "Bakes" Baker. The latter took the led on the turn and promptly fired a bet, Douglas called, and then both players checked fifth street. Baker continued to bet on sixth and seventh streets, both of which Douglas called.
Baker: /
Douglas: (x-x) / / (x)
Baker ended with kings full and Douglas simply mucked.
Former champion of this event, Freddie Ellis is the first player to cross the century mark in chips. We just spotted about 105,000 chips in front of Mr. Ellis, and he's really doing some good work here today.
Jason Mercier completed the bet to 800 on third street, and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier announced a raise. But he only put in enough for the call, and nobody recognized the mistake. In any event, Mercier bet fourth street, too, and ElkY raised all in for 1,400 total.
Mercier managed to run out for deuces full of jacks. It was no good, though, as ElkY made , and the sixes full will keep him around.
As the pot was being sorted, a huge chaos broke out. The dealer didn't have the pot right, and the whole table had their hands in the middle, moving chips around and giving their guesses as to what the pot should be. Jason Mercier fought through the mess to give the correct details, and it was he who finally made the pot right.
"But wait, I raised on third street," ElkY said as Mercier took a small rebate.
"Yeah, I heard him say raise," someone else said.
"I'll be you a million dollars you didn't raise on third," Mercier said firmly. He's right.
ElkY is back up to 4,600 after that little double.
After John Monnette completed with the , Bill Chen put in two-bets and Maxwell Troy put in three. Michael Sigel flatted behind, Monnette folded and Chen made the call. The turn saw Troy lead out, Sigel raise, and Chen call. Troy came along as well and then both he and Sigel called Chen's bet on fifth street. On sixth Chen bet again, Troy called and Sigel got out of the way.
Troy: (x-x) / / (x)
Chen: /
Sigel: (x-x) /
Seventh saw Chen bet for a third time and Troy made the call. Chen rolled over eights full of nines, which was good enough to take down the pot.
Steve Landfish overslept, apparently. It's understandable; we didn't want to get out of bed today either. But then, we're not playing a $5,000 WSOP event less than 75 players from a bracelet.
Landfish has arrived, and he's got about 22,000 chips left to work with.
David Baker got the rest of his short stack into the pot on fifth street against Jon Turner.
Baker's hand showed , but his two pair were in trouble.
Turner already had queens up with his . He went ahead and pulled the and on the last two streets to improve to aces up. Baker's sixth street improved him to tens up, but he still needed to fill up to stay alive.
"Come on, three across," Baker pleaded as he squeezed. It was three across, and the was a timely river card. That's eights full, and it means Baker can stick around for now. He's got about 9,500 chips.
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for deuces full of jacks. It was no good, though, as ElkY made 
, and the sixes full will keep him around.
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. He went ahead and pulled the 
was a timely river card. That's eights full, and it means Baker can stick around for now. He's got about 9,500 chips.