Former November Niner Joseph Cheong has already had a successful World Series of Poker and we are only 23 events deep. He took the runner-up spot to Aubin Cazals in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Mixed-Max event for $296,956 and so can rest easy for the rest of the series.
We have just seen 'Subiime' have to fold to a 4,100 turn bet on a board of whilst saying, "It feels like I am folding to queen-jack here." His opponent took the pot and didn't show his hand. Cheong now has 16,000.
There are a trio of players sitting Table #57 that should have some fun together. Mayu Roca is sitting in seat 2, Phil Collins has seat 3 and Roberto Romanello is in seat 5. The last time that Roberto Romanello and Mayu Roca were sat opposite each other they were battling it out for a World Poker Tour (WPT) title in Bratislava. The pair finished one/two respectively and the win handed Romanello two-legs of the fabled Triple Crown after his earlier win at the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Prague. That means that Romanello needs to find himself a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet to join that elite group. He has 11 WSOP cashes to his name but his better results seem to come in the WSOPE format.
Mayu Roca has 4 WSOP cashes to his name, but his biggest result to date remains that WPT runner-up spot to Romanello. Then we have Phil Collins, the former November Niner who finished 5th in the 2011 WSOP Main Event for $2,269,599 his 9th WSOP cash.
Here is Roca creating a 15,000 chip stack.
The player in the cutoff raised to 300 and Roca called in the big blind. The action checked through to the turn on a board of and Roca took the betting lead when he made it 350 to play. The player in the cutoff called and we found ourselves at the river with the . Roca bet 1,500 and his opponent called and mucked when he saw the of his opponent.
John Eames has made one final table this year when he finished 8th in Event #5 $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em for $18,529, but he will not be making a second one in this event. He has been eliminated after running a flush into a boat, which is never a good idea.
World Series of Poker (WSOP) champion Fabrice Soulier is not going to be participating in Level 3 of this event. He five-bet jammed for 4,700 holding and was called by the four-bettor holding . No ace or strange straight draw permutations for Soulier and he was out.
The French are well presented this year at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Yesterday Manuel Bevand came extremely close to securing a bracelet in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em event finishing in 5th place and he is here today, and two more French players cashed in that event and are also in the field. David Benyamine finished in 16th place for $23,876. Benyamine has sixteen WSOP cashes to his name and 1 WSOP bracelet. Here he is getting involved in a pot with the super-human computer-brained Randy Lew.
Benyamine raised to 200 under the gun, Randy Lew three-bet to 675 from the hijack and Benyamine made the call. The action checked through to the turn on a board of and Lew took down the pot with a 700 bet. Benyamine has 12,700 and Lew has 8,550.
Bertrand "ElkY Grospellier also has excellent WSOP form. He cashed in 18th place in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em event to take his total number of WSOP cashes up to 17 including 1 WSOP bracelet. He is not fairing too well in this tournament though. We just saw him paying off a river bet of 650 on a board of versus an opponent holding . ElkY is down to 2,200.
Melanie Weisner is regarding by many as being one of the best heads-up players in the game. How is her six-max promise? Well we think it is not bad. Overall last year she cashed in an impressive 5 events and two of them were in the six-handed format. We just saw her laying down her hand on the river after being the recipient of an all-in jam for 7,300 from another female opponent who is sharing her table. The board was and Weisner decided to wait for a better spot. She has 11,000 chips.
Andrea Dato may not be a familiar name to most of you. The Italian professional is regarding as one of the best six-max cash game players in Italy but he can also play tournaments as well. Earlier this year he made back-to-back World Poker Tour (WPT) Venice final tables finishing 3rd and 4th respectively cashing in over $150,000 in earnings. He also has WSOP form with a 3rd place cash in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold-em event held last year for $138,044. Dato is mingling with Arnaud Mattern and we just saw the two embroiled in a small pot.
The flop was , Mattern checked in the small blind, the big blind checked and Dato bet 400 from the cutoff. Back to Mattern and he made the call before the big blind folded. The turn card was the and Mattern won the pot with a 600 bet. Dato has 14,000 and Mattern has 7,000.
Yesterday was one of the great days in World Series of Poker (WSOP) history with both Phil Hellmuth and Phil Ivey both going heads-up in their respective events as they tried to go for WSOP gold number 12 and 9 respectively.
Hellmuth won his event but Ivey just fell short in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em event. There are a group of players who went deep in that event playing this morning. They include Manuel Bevand (5th), Ryan Julius (10th), Patrick Cronin (14th), David Benyamine (16th), Cary Katz (17th) & Bertrand Grospellier (18th).
Kyle Bowker has just been asked a serious river question over at Table #1. The board was out and Bowker's opponent had moved all-in. The bet was for 4,350 and although it wouldn't have eliminated Bowker it would have stung.
"I can't beat your aces-full," said Bowker before folding.
Bowker still has 8,500, just below starting stack.
Another river and another decision this time for 2010 WSOP Player of the Year Frank Kassella. The board was reading and Kassella's opponent had moved all-in for 6,675. Kassella eventually decided to fold but still has twice his starting stack with 12,000.
We believe Isaac Haxton may have been eliminated. We saw him paying off an opponent for 3,100 on a board of earlier. His opponent held and Haxton mucked his hand. He was down to around 2,500 and there is now an empty space where his posterior once resided.
Darren Elias has just doubled up. He managed to get it all-in pre flop holding . His opponent held and the board ran out .
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whilst saying, "It feels like I am folding to queen-jack here." His opponent took the pot and didn't show his hand. Cheong now has 16,000.
and Roca took the betting lead when he made it 350 to play. The player in the cutoff called and we found ourselves at the river with the 
. Roca bet 1,500 and his opponent called and mucked when he saw the 
of his opponent.
and was called by the four-bettor holding 
and Lew took down the pot with a 700 bet. Benyamine has 12,700 and Lew has 8,550.
versus an opponent holding 
. ElkY is down to 2,200.
and Weisner decided to wait for a better spot. She has 11,000 chips.
, Mattern checked in the small blind, the big blind checked and Dato bet 400 from the cutoff. Back to Mattern and he made the call before the big blind folded. The turn card was the 
and Mattern won the pot with a 600 bet. Dato has 14,000 and Mattern has 7,000.
and Bowker's opponent had moved all-in. The bet was for 4,350 and although it wouldn't have eliminated Bowker it would have stung.
and Haxton mucked his hand. He was down to around 2,500 and there is now an empty space where his posterior once resided.
. His opponent held 
and the board ran out 