Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom has just been eliminated from the tournament by the hands of Tommy Chen. Today marked the debut on the World Series of Poker for the online super stars who had already made his mark on the live tournament circuit when he won the PCA Super High Roller banking just over $1.2 million. Blom had beat Andy Bloch in the first round but couldn't continue his run as he just busted.
Chen told us he put Blom all in from the button and the Swede snap-called for his final 26,000 chips in the 1,000/2,000 level with . "I guess it's an unexploitable call, but I would never make it," Chen said about the move. Chen had and his hand held up.
Tom Marchese has just moved on to the third round beating Todd Barlow. Marchese was kind enough to share with us the details of the biggest pot and the final hand.
On the 400/800 level Marchese raised to 1,600 from the button and Barlow called. The flop came down with two spades and Barlow check-called 2,000. The turn was an and Barlow checked to Marchese who bet 3,500 and his opponent moved all in for around 16,000 chips. Marchese called with and Barlow was drawing dead with .
In the final hand Barlow had just 8,600 chips remaining and was put all in by Marchese. Barlow called with and Marchese spiked a king with his . Marchese will play the winner of the match between Kevin Saul and Ryan Fee.
"He was down to 14 big blinds and shoved and I called," Emil Patel said about the final hand of their heads up match. Patel showed and he was up against Matt Stout's . The board ran out giving Patel the victory in this match.
Patel will play against the winner of the match between Brian Hastings and James Rumptz.
A short stacked Erik Seidel moved all in for around 7,900 on the button. Seidel's opponent Sam Stein took a few moments deciding what the right move, he even pump faked calling a few times, before eventually depositing the right amount of chips in the pot.
Seidel:
Stein:
The dealer then spread a board and Seidel was eliminated. Sam Stein will now go on to face winner of the Steven Greenberg vs. Jason Mo match.
Daniel Negreanu just busted Faraz Jaka's first 20,000 stack in a pre flop all in. Jaka held against and the board ran out . Jaka gave the dealer one of his lammers bringing his stack back up to 20,000. Negreanu now has 60,000 chips with one lammer behind, Jaka also has another lammer.
Leo Wolpert won the $10,000 World Series of Poker Heads Up Championship back in 2009 but this year he didn't get past the second round. Wolpert played top French pro Ludovic Lacay who finished 16th in the 2009 WSOP Main Event cashing $500,557. He also has two top three finishes in World Poker Tour events and two other WSOP final tables to his name.
Lacay told us he took an early lead which got erased when Wolpert won an all in with against for his last chips. After that Lacay was down some and raised from the button to 2,000 with . Wolpert re-raised to 5,500 and Lacay called. The flop came down with one diamond and Lacy called a 6,000 chip continuation bet. The turn was the and Wolpert bet 8,600. Lacay made it 22,000 and called all in for 30,000 total when Wolpert shoved on him.
Wolpert showed {Ks] and needed to dodge quite some cards to win this match. Lacay hit the on the river and doubled up putting him back in the lead. On the final hand Wolpert was all in for 19,000 chips with against the Frenchman's and Lacay's hand held up. Lacay will play the winner of the match between Amritraj Singh and Adam Ross.
Alexander Venovski limped on the button. Randy Lew moved all in for just about 20,000 more and was immediately called. Lew was not in a good spot as Venocski held while Lew possessed a much inferior . Crazier things have happened and it was off to the flop.
all made an appearance on the flop, which only put Lew in a deeper hole as he was not able to catch up. A on the turn gave Lew and open ended straight draw. But the meaningless fell on the river and Lew was eliminated.
. "I guess it's an unexploitable call, but I would never make it," Chen said about the move. Chen had 
and his hand held up.
with two spades and Barlow check-called 2,000. The turn was an 
and Barlow checked to Marchese who bet 3,500 and his opponent moved all in for around 16,000 chips. Marchese called with 
. Marchese will play the winner of the match between Kevin Saul and Ryan Fee.
and he was up against Matt Stout's 
. The board ran out 
giving Patel the victory in this match.
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board and Seidel was eliminated. Sam Stein will now go on to face winner of the Steven Greenberg vs. Jason Mo match.
against 
. Jaka gave the dealer one of his lammers bringing his stack back up to 20,000. Negreanu now has 60,000 chips with one lammer behind, Jaka also has another lammer.
against 
for his last chips. After that Lacay was down some and raised from the button to 2,000 with 
and needed to dodge quite some cards to win this match. Lacay hit the 
on the river and doubled up putting him back in the lead. On the final hand Wolpert was all in for 19,000 chips with 
while Lew possessed a much inferior 
fell on the river and Lew was eliminated.
