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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
We don't know exactly how the action went, but with around 10 big blinds Todd Terry was all in and at risk preflop. Terry's opponent Vojtech Ruzicka held while Terry possessed a slightly better .
A flop allowed Terry to feel slightly better about doubling and not chopping the pot. However a on the turn brought a reversal of fortune and Ruzicka stole the lead. The on the river sealed the deal and Terry was eliminated.
Justin Smith was just eliminated by 2011 World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Jason Somerville. Somerville recapped the final hand to us.
According to Somerville, he min-raised the button to 1,200 with pocket jacks and Smith called. The flop came down and Smith checked. Somerville bet 1,500 and Smith raised all in for 11,000. Somerville called and his jacks were ahead of Smith's .
The turn and river both blanked to keep Somerville in front and eliminate Smith from the competition.
On the button, Vanessa Rousso raised to 1,200. Antonio Esfandiari called from the big blind and the flop came down . Esfandiari led for 1,600 and Rousso raised to 3,200. Esfandiari fired back with a raise to 8,000 and Rousso folded.
All the add-on lammers have been used in this match and it's currently 41,000 to 19,000 in favor of Esfandiari.
and lost againt Moore's 
suited. Moore flopped the nut flush and moved on to the second round.
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 
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and river the 
, giving Mercier a full house and busting one of Silverman's bullets.
against the 
for Justin Smith. The flop, turn and river ran out 
. Sands had put him all-in with 
suited and managed to get there.
. He won the flip against 
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and Smith checked. Somerville bet 1,500 and Smith raised all in for 11,000. Somerville called and his jacks were ahead of Smith's 
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