David "Doc" Sands just won his first round match and he gave us a rundown of the action. Sands got lucky in the first all-in when Panchhi called off his first 8,000 chips with . Sands had put him all-in with suited and managed to get there.
After grinding him down to 15,000 chips Sands opened to 1,200 and Panchhi three-bet to 3,300. "I just ripped it for 15k effective," Sands said holding . He won the flip against and moves on to the second round.
Jason Somerville was all in for 9,200 with the against the for Justin Smith. The flop, turn and river ran out and Somerville doubled up. Smith was left with just 800 in chips, but does have both of his add-on lammers behind.
On the flop, Jason Mercier check-raised Steven Silverman's unknown bet amount to 1,100. Silverman fired back with a reraised to 1,800 and Mercier fired right back to 2,600. Silverman then made it 3,500 and Mercier moved all in. Silverman called.
"Do you have a deuce?" asked Silverman.
"Yep," was the short response from Mercier as he turned over the . Silverman held the .
The turn was the and river the , giving Mercier a full house and busting one of Silverman's bullets.
Silverman has no World Series of Poker cashes on record, but does have two six-figure scores. He took third in the Latin American Poker Tour San Jose event for over $106,000 in 2008 and placed 12th in the European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Grand Final in 2009 for over $127,00. His largest cash on American soil is a fourth-place finish in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event at the World Poker Tour World Championship last month in Las Vegas for $20,952.
The Russian player Victor Ilyukhin just finished off Sam Trickett. We don't have the details but the British high roller is no longer in contention for this title.
Both players were gone when we noticed the first match on table 11 was finished. We ran over and saw that Chris Moore had won the match. The helpful dealer told us the final hand went as following. Moore raised the button, Marafioti three-bet to 3,600 and Moore put him all-in. Marafioti called with and lost againt Moore's suited. Moore flopped the nut flush and moved on to the second round.
Walking around the Brasilia room we heard a dealer over at Matt Perrins' and Alessandro Speranza's table yell out "Winner on 11!". We came over to see what had transpired and were privy to a board, with a players exposed.
That two pair, tens and fours belonged to Matt Perrins who had just delivered the knock out to Alessandro Speranza. Perrins shared with us that he three-bet preflop and received a call. Perrins then said he bet every street and received a call every step of the way until eventually he put Speranza all in on the river. Speranza made the call and was eliminated as he couldn't trump Perrins' two pair.
Josh Brikis just managed to bust Juan Ramirez making him the second player to move on to the second round. Brikis told us they got it in for Ramirez's first lammer with against on a flop. The turn was the and the river a keeping Brikis' kicker in play.
After chipping him down for the second lammer Ramirez decided to add another 10,000 to his stack cashing in his final lammer. In the final hand Ramirez raised from the button and Brikis defended his big blind. The flop came down and Brikis checked. Ramirez bet 700 and Brikis made it 1,700. His opponent called.
On the turn a showed up and Brikis bet 3,500. Ramirez moved all in for 13,000 and Brikis made the call holding . Ramirez held for a pair and a flush draw but missed the river when the hit. Brikis moves on to the second round.
Vanessa Rousso is down to her last 10,000 after losing another all-in situation to Antonio Esfandiari.
On the flop, Esfandiari checked and Rousso bet 2,000. Esfandiari made the call and the landed on the turn. Esfandiari checked again and Rousso bet 5,500. Esfandiari check-raised all in for 11,400 and Rousso called.
Rousso:
Esfandiari:
The river completed the board with the and Esfandiari won the pot. After the hand, Rousso reloaded for her last 10,000 add-on lammer and was down 30,000 to 10,000 in chips. Esfandiari still has his two lammers behind.
With a series of raises preflop we managed to find Aaron Jones get all in and called by his opponent, Frank Kassela. Kassela found himself slightly ahead with his as Jones held , but there were still five cards to be spread in the middle.
A flop allowed Kassela to maintain his lead, even a on the turn made it appear Kassela was sure to deliver a knock out blow. The on the river though dashed all those dreams though and Jones' pair of kings were enough to double up. Jones now sits with around 10,000, but still possesses one add-on.
. Sands had put him all-in with 
suited and managed to get there.
. He won the flip against 
against the 
for Justin Smith. The flop, turn and river ran out 
and Somerville doubled up. Smith was left with just 800 in chips, but does have both of his add-on lammers behind.
flop, Jason Mercier check-raised Steven Silverman's unknown bet amount to 1,100. Silverman fired back with a reraised to 1,800 and Mercier fired right back to 2,600. Silverman then made it 3,500 and Mercier moved all in. Silverman called.
. Silverman held the 
.
and river the 
, giving Mercier a full house and busting one of Silverman's bullets.
and lost againt Moore's 
board, with a players 
exposed.
on a 
flop. The turn was the 
and the river a 
landed on the turn. Esfandiari checked again and Rousso bet 5,500. Esfandiari check-raised all in for 11,400 and Rousso called.
and Esfandiari won the pot. After the hand, Rousso reloaded for her last 10,000 add-on lammer and was down 30,000 to 10,000 in chips. Esfandiari still has his two lammers behind.
, but there were still five cards to be spread in the middle.
