2012 World Series of Poker
Another two levels are in the books and the field is going on a 20 minute break. The black T100 chips will be colored off during the break.
We found a 30,000 pot brewing between Tristan Wade and Susie Zhao. They were at the turn with the board reading
. Both players checked the turn and the river came
. Wade checked and Zhao bet 23,500 after some careful consideration.
"Two sevens?" Wade wondered aloud. He tossed in a call, looking as if he expected to lose and tabled
for a flopped bottom set turned into a beatable full house.
Zhao sighed and mucked her cards, surrendering the pot to Wade.
We caught up with the action in a four-way pot on a flop reading 

.
The players in the small blind, big blind and under-the-gun checked to Michael Binger in the hijack, who bet 12,000 and change. The blinds folded, but the under-the-gun player called.
The turn brought a
and Binger's opponent led out for 28,000. Binger called to see a river, which came the
. Binger's opponent immediately bet 30,000, which was enough to put Binger all in. Binger shrugged and looked a bit disgusted before mucking his hand.
Binger is down to his last 30,000.
Mclean Karr opened on the button for 5,400, Michael Horowitz called from the small blind and Tristan Clemencon called from the big blind. The flop came
, both blinds checked and Karr bet 11,800. Horowitz folded, followed quickly by Clemoncon.
While still short-stacked, Nick Jivkov has certainly taken the old adage "a chip and a chair" to heart. At his lowest point last level, Jivkov was down to just 4,000, or two big blinds.
Jivkov is currently sitting with 40,000 and is looking to make a run at his second WSOP bracelet. Jivkov won his first bracelet earlier last week in Event #5: Pot Limit Hold'em.
Action began with a middle-position player limping in. The player in the hijack position followed suit and Michael Binger completed from the small bind. The big blind checked his option and it was four-handed going to the flop.
Everyone checked both the 

flop and
turn. However, when the
landed on the river, Binger led out for 7,000. The middle-position player called and, after some thought, so did the player in the hijack.
Binger flipped over 
first - indicating he flopped a full-house, before revealing his other two cards, the 
. Both of his opponent's mucked.
Binger is up to 55,000.
A player raised for 5,200 in early position and action folded around to Noah Boeken in the small bind, who re-popped it to 18,000. The big blind folded and his opponent called to see a flop, which came 

.
Boeken immediately went all in for his last 20,000 and was insta-called by his opponent.
"I have a king," the early-position player said. He had 


.
"Then I have one out," Boeken replied, showing 


.
The
turn and
river were no help to Boeken and he was sent to the rail.