We just caught the end of Roberto Romanello's double up and he's back up to 38,000 chips. Romanello showed 
against his opponent's 
and the board showed up 
. Romanello was close to being out but the jack on the river saved his day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
||
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
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Jeff Manza has just decided to grab our attention. He has just hauled in a monster pot that involved three players and contained 195,000 chips. Manza nailed a set of sevens on a 
board to put himself into second place on the leader board. Florian Langmann started all of the nonsense with the pre flop three-bet and he believed the big loser in the pot held 
.
Manza has a 50% 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) cash record after cashing in two of the four events he has played in so far. It now looks very likely that he will be cashing in another one sometime tomorrow afternoon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
195,000 |
On a 
flop we just caught Steve Gross calling a raise to 4,400 after he had put in a 1,700 bet from the small blind. The turn was the 
and Gross check-called 3,400. The river was the 
and the action went check-check. Gross showed his and took down the pot.
Steve Gross is up to around 122,000 chips while one table over Todd Terry is sitting on a stack worth 110,000. The room is quickly filling up with big stacks as we approach the end of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
122,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
||
|
110,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
Alexander Nudin has never cashed in a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event in his short poker career, but the man from Russia looks odds-on to make Event #17 his first. Christopher Polzin has just taken a seat to his immediate right and has just dusted off at least 35,000 chips to him in the past two hands. We missed the first hand but here is the details of the second.
The player in the hijack seat raised to 1,650 before Polzin three-bet to 3,500 in the cutoff. Nudin was seated on the button and he made the call which dragged the hijack into the pot as well.
The three players congregated around a flop of 
and Polzin bet 5,550 once checked to. Nudin made the call, the player in the hijack seat folded and that was the end of the action. The turn 
and river 
were both checked through and Nudin took the pot with 
. Polzin showed down .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000 | |
|
|
90,000
-37,000
|
-37,000 |
As faith would have it Aaron Jones just got moved to the table where Jeff Manza was in control. Jones moved into the seat to the right of Manza who has position on his nearest rival. These two are first and second in chips and we could still see a pot worth 400,000 if they decided to go crazy.
Florian Langmann is also at this table and with 110,000 chips he also has a top ten stack. Plenty of chips over on table #18 which is right on the rail. "I think they're gonna need reinforcements for this table since it's about to collapse," one of the railbirds said as we were writing up chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
213,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
205,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
110,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
||
Aaron Jones has just lost a 30,000 pot and the chip lead. He was undone by a set of fives and the new chip leader is now Jeff Manza, who incidentally is sat to the direct left of Jones.
Zachary Clark has just doubled through Yordan Mitrentsov. It was all-in pre flop with Mitrentsov holding and Clark holding 
. The board giving Clark a set - 
- and a double up. Mitrentsov has just 8BB.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
185,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
32,000 | |
|
8,000
-52,000
|
-52,000 |
"Dealers, deal four more hands," is what tournament director Steve Frezer just announced. The day is almost done and we are trying to hunt down the big stacks!
Jeff Manza has just caught Florian Langmann with his hands in the proverbial cookie jar to take a dominating chip lead right at the death.
Manza raised to 1,600 from the hijack and Langmann three-bet to 4,700 on the button. Manza made the call and the pair shared a flop of 
and Manza check-called a 6,000 Langmann c-bet. The turn card was the 
and Maria Ho walked past the table to temporarily distract the players. Langmann had bet 32,000 but Manza hadn't even realised! In the end Ho left and Manza made the call. The river was the and Manza checked for a third time. Langmann announced, "32," and moved a stack of yellow into the middle and Manza called instantly.
Langmann very sheepishly showed 
for the bluff and Manza showed 
for second pair. That hand pushed Langmann down to 50,000 and Manza up to 270,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
270,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
|
50,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
275,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
182,900
153,900
|
153,900 |
|
159,400 | |
|
|
||
|
156,600
144,600
|
144,600 |
|
|
145,500
133,500
|
133,500 |
|
|
||
|
138,400
30,400
|
30,400 |
|
130,000
10,500
|
10,500 |
|
|
127,300
-32,700
|
-32,700 |
|
125,500 | |
|
122,400
2,400
|
2,400 |
|
120,200 | |
|
|
||
|
120,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
|
||
|
119,400 | |
|
118,300 | |
|
118,100 | |
|
117,300
37,300
|
37,300 |
|
113,400 | |
|
111,900
-3,100
|
-3,100 |
|
107,100 | |
|
106,800 | |
|
|
105,600
101,400
|
101,400 |
|
|
||
|
104,900 | |
|
96,800
-7,200
|
-7,200 |
|
|
91,800
-18,200
|
-18,200 |
|
90,900 | |
|
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