We reported earlier that Table 24 was a little bit meaty, well there has been a few developments since then. Firstly, Eric Baldwin eliminated Tom Middleton. The man known as Middy found himself short when he moved all-in from the blinds over a button raise from Baldwin. Middleton held and Baldwin's held up.
Then Baldwin left the tournament at the hands of Kenny Hallaert. There was a limper in the pot before Baldwin made it 350 from the cutoff. Hallaert squeezed for 1,050 in the big blind and after the original limper folded Baldwin made it 1,950, leaving 6,500 behind. Hallaert decided to apply maximum pressure and moved all-in and Baldwin called.
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Baldwin
So Hallaert was going to have to get lucky and lucky he got. An ace on the flop sending Baldwin out of the tournament and Hallaert up to 16,000. Baldwin and Middleton leave and the former WSOP Main Event and multiple bracelet winner Carlos Mortensen sits down.
Today marked the first day of the PokerNews Podcast from the 2012 World Series of Poker. Kristy Arnett hosts alongside Donnie Peters, Remko Rinkema and Danielle Barille with the first guest of the summer, World Poker Tour $100,000 Super High Roller winner Tom Marchese.
Phil Ivey's first table just broke and he is now seated directly to the right of British top pro's James Dempsey and Richard Ashby. Ivey is sitting in the former seat of Martin Jacobson who is no longer in the tournament. Dempsey and Ashby are playing Chinese Poker on their phones in between hands and it seems like Ivey is looking over at his neighbors to get in on this action.
Jake Cody will not be winning back-to-back WSOP Event #2's. There were two limpers in the pot before Cody moved all-in holding (with around 1,500 behind). One of the limpers called with and the hand held up sending Cody out of the competition.
Former WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel has just left the building. We didn't get the action but his former opponents were more than happy to inform us on what happened. On a jack-high flop Duhamel bet and his opponent called. The turn was a and the remainder of Duhamel's stack went in creating a 8,000 chip pot. The champ showed and got unlucky as his opponent showed for a turned two pair. The river blanked and Duhamel left the tournament area.
"Mad" Marvin Rettenmaier has just completed the biggest score of his life and has been partying ever since. Rettenmaier has just won the WPT World Championships for $1,196,858 but he will not be adding to that nice little piece of income today.
Rettenmaier raised to 200 in the cutoff and both blinds made the call. The flop was and the small blind came out fighting with a bet of 325. The big blind folded but Rettenmaier raised to 1,025 and the small blind just called. The turn was the and this time the small blind checked. Rettenmaier bet 1,225 and the small blind check-raised putting Rettenmaier all-in. The German made the call and found himself playing catch up.
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The river bricked for Rettenmaier and he was out. So what next for Rettenmaier? Time to hit the hay?
We joined the action on a flop of and the two combatants were JP Kelly and Steve Miller. Miller is in the big blind and he made a bet of 300 before JP Kelly quickly raised to 750. Miller made the call and the pair saw the turn . Miller checked this time and JP Kelly bet 850, Miller called and it was time for the fifth street. The dealer laid the down on the felt and Miller immediately moved all-in for 2,200 and JP Kelly folded face up.
"Show the bluff," said Kelly.
The bluff wasn't shown and Kelly is down to 2,800 chips.
There was a limper in early position before an isolation raise to 425 a few seats to his left. Former November Niner Phil Collins was next to act and he made the call. Back to the limper and he moved all-in for 2,500 more and both players folded.
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and Baldwin's 
held up.
(with around 1,500 behind). One of the limpers called with 
and the small blind came out fighting with a bet of 325. The big blind folded but Rettenmaier raised to 1,025 and the small blind just called. The turn was the 
and this time the small blind checked. Rettenmaier bet 1,225 and the small blind check-raised putting Rettenmaier all-in. The German made the call and found himself playing catch up.
and the two combatants were JP Kelly and Steve Miller. Miller is in the big blind and he made a bet of 300 before JP Kelly quickly raised to 750. Miller made the call and the pair saw the turn 
. Miller checked this time and JP Kelly bet 850, Miller called and it was time for the fifth street. The dealer laid the 
down on the felt and Miller immediately moved all-in for 2,200 and JP Kelly folded 
