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Kristy Arnett introduces you to the very first edition of The Straddle, a weekly video series giving you an inside look at what's happening behind the scenes at the WSOP.
We are down to our final 45 players with just under three levels left for the night. It's unlikely that we get down to a final table tonight, but if we do, play will stop at that point.
Eric Buchman has been a main stay at the top of the chip counts all day, but he has just lost a big pot that was the latest part of a recent slide for him since the dinner break. We caught the action on the flop, which read 
. Buchman was up against a lone opponent who was in the big blind, and he bet out after being checked to. His opponent check raised, and Buchman called.
The turn was the 
, and his opponent bet again. Buchman didn't slow down though, and he put in a second bet. He was called, and the dealer peeled the 
off on the river. Buchman's opponent led out one more time, and Buchman went deep into the tank. Eventually, he laid his hand down, dropping him all the way down to 32,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000 | -72,000 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 0
Jennifer Harman raised it up in middle position, and she was raised by a late position opponent. She made the called, then proceeded to check call bets on every street, as the board ran out 
. Her opponent showed 
for rivered broadway, and Harmen tossed her cards into the muck. She dropped back down to around 60,000 after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
61,500 | -7,800 |
We caught up with the action on a flop that read 
, with Al Barbieri heads up against an opponent in position. It was checked to Barbieri, who fired out a bet. He was check raised, and he made the call. The turn was the 
, and that's where the fire works happened. The betting was capped on the turn, ending with Barbieri sticking the last of his chips in.
Barbieri: 
Opponent: 
Barbieri's nut flush had his opponent's smaller flush drawing dead to the 
for the straight flush, and that miracle didn't come on the river, the 
. After the pot, Barbieri is up to 73,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
73,000 | 5,000 |
Jennifer Harman raised in the cutoff, and she got just one call from the small blind. The dealer fanned out a flop of 
, and Harman was check raised. She just called, and the turn brought another three, the . The small blind stayed aggressive, betting again, but this time, Harman raised. The river was the 
, and the small blind check called a bet from Harman, who shwed 
for a full house. Her opponent mucked, and Harman jumped up to nearly 70,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
69,300 | 31,800 |
Action folded to a late position player, and he raised it up. Alex Queen put in a third bet, and his opponent called, leaving himself just 300 left. Those chips went into the middle on a 
flop, and Queen's had out flopped his opponents 
. Queen would need to fade an ace to win the pot, and he did that on the turn, the 
. That did give his opponent an inside straight draw as well, but the 
on the river was safe for Queen. He collected the bounty, and upped his stack to 158,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
158,000 | 30,000 |
Daniel Ospina just won a nice pot to get his stack to just under 100,000. We caught the action with Ospina betting under the gun with a flop that read 
. He got two callers, and the hit the turn. Ospina bet out again, and one of his opponents raised all in. The other folded, and Ospina made the call.
Ospina:
Opponent: 
Ospina fell way behind on the flop, but shot back to the lead on the turn. His opponent could only catch the case jack to win, but he didn't get it, as the 
on the river gave him a lesser full house, rubbing salt in the wound. After that pot, Ospina is sitting on 94,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
94,000 | 30,000 |
The players have returned from their dinner break, and the cards are once again in the air.
