We caught up to find Emil Patel all in on a flop of 
. Jaspal Brar called and the hands were turned over:
| Patel |     |
| Brar |     |
Patel was ahead with his flopped set of treys and stayed that way through the 
turn and the 
river. This hand crippled Brar, leaving him with only 13,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
183,000 | 43,000 |
|
13,000 | -132,000 |
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Our intrepid reporter Josh_Cahlik brought you news of an Erik Seidel deficit, but we can now tell you that he has doubled up through Raul Paez.
Paez raised to 8,000 in late position and Seidel raised 'pot' for 30,000 on the button. Paez doesn't like to fold much and he made the call. The flop was 
, Paez bet pot and Seidel called.
| Seidel |    |
| Paez |     |
So Seidel was ahead and it would stay that way as the 
and bricked for the Spaniard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
232,000 | -78,000 |
|
98,000 | 43,000 |
We caught up with the action of this massive hand on a 
flop. Scott Eskenazi in the small blind checked and Thomas Pettersson followed suit from the big. Chip leader Chino Rheem fired out a bet of 16,000.
Eskenazi tanked before annocing "pot", moving the rest of his stack in for 70,500. After about ninety seconds of deliberation, Pettersson also announced a pot sized bet, moving his remaining 180,000 into the middle. Rheem, being one to gamble, announced a call and the hands were turned up:
| Eskenazi |   |
|---|---|
| Pettersson |   |
| Rheem |    |
Rheem was calling for a club, but instead the dealer brought out the 
on the turn. This gave Rheem a few more outs to crack Pettersson's flopped set of aces. Rheem was looking for an eight, a trey, or a club. Instead the rivered and Pettersson was able to score a huge double up, thrusting him into the chip lead. Eskenazi hit the rail and Rheem took a big hit, knocking him down to 241,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
461,000 | 264,000 |
|
241,000 | -294,000 |
|
Busted |
Tom Chambers has 6 WSOP chases to his name and 4 of them have come is some derivative of Pot-Limit Omaha including a runner-up finish in the 2008, $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo event for $142,784. He is currently sitting on a pretty looking 340,000 chips; here is how the table looks.
| Seat 1 | Ryan Franklin, 82000 |
| Seat 2 | Emil Patel, 140000 |
| Seat 3 | Ronit Chamani, 47000 |
| Seat 4 | Joe Beevers, 32000 |
| Seat 5 | Jon Hoellein, 44000 |
| Seat 6 | Tom Chambers, 340000 |
| Seat 7 | Jaspal Brar, 145000 |
| Seat 8 | Dutch Boyd, 210000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000 | 259,900 |
|
210,000 | -1,000 |
|
|
145,000 | 38,000 |
|
|
140,000 | 85,000 |
|
82,000 | -35,000 |
|
47,000 | -63,000 |
|
44,000 | -65,000 |
|
32,000 | -5,000 |
Erik Seidel limped in late position and the player in the cutoff followed suit. The small blind completed and the big blind checked his option.
The flop brought the 
and all four players checked. The peeled off on the turn and the small blind checked. The big blind pushed out 15,000 and Seidel quickly called. The player in the cutoff tanked for about a minute and a half before putting 64,000 into the middle. It folded back around to Seidel who pondered for roughly a minute before mucking his hand. Seidel is currently sitting on about 55,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,000 | -10,000 |
Table 436 is currently housing three of the big boys, Chino Rheem Vadzim Kursevich and Austin Scott (who just told us he likes to be called Gabe but for the sake of continuity he will remain as Austin). Here are the current seat positions, chip counts and a few hands.
We joined the action at the turn and the board was showing 
. The two players in the hand were Viacheslav Igin and Chino Rheem (no surprise there then). Igin checked, Rheem bet 25,000 and Igin called. At the river we saw the and both players checked.
"Two pair," said Igin.
"Good," said Rheem before showing a pair of fives for the set and Igin mucked his hand.
Rheem: 
Then Scott raised to 8,000 in first position, Rheem called in the hijack seat as did
Igin on the button. The flop was 
and a 17,500 Rheem bet won the pot.
| Seat 1 | Vadzim Kursevich, 410000 |
| Seat 2 | Dominique Mosley, 114000 |
| Seat 3 | Chino Rheem, 535000 |
| Seat 4 | Huykhiem Nguyen, 95000 |
| Seat 5 | Viacheslav Igin, 95000 |
| Seat 6 | Scott Eskenazi, 71,500 |
| Seat 7 | Thomas Pettersson, 197000 |
| Seat 8 | Austin Scott, 360000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
535,000 | 106,000 |
|
410,000 | 10,000 |
|
360,000 | 175,000 |
|
|
197,000 | |
|
114,000 | -25,000 |
|
95,000 | -65,000 |
|
95,000 | 43,100 |
|
|
71,500 | 49,500 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0
Steve Merrifield raised to 6,000 in first position, Raul Paez called a few seats over before Oleksii Kovalchuk squeezed to 33,000 in mid-position. Merrifield folded but Paez decided to take a flop out of position.
Flop: 
Paez put Kovalchuk all-in for around 30,000 and the World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder made the call.
| Kovalchuk | |
| Paez |  |
So Kovalchuk was ahead with his aces and that's the way the result stayed after the and completed the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
310,000 | 58,500 |
|
138,000 | 95,000 |
Hats off to Samuel Stein. He won't feel like it right now, but he deserves a lot of credit for going so deep in his search for back-to-back World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets in the same tournament.
He was eliminated in 35th place and takes home a pay check for $8,812. His vanquisher was Vadzim Kursevich who is looking mean and keen with a chip stack of 400,000 chips. Interestingly, Kursevich has the chip leader Chino Rheem sitting two seats to his left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
400,000 | 238,000 |
|
Busted |
We caught up on a flop of 
to see Dilyan Kovachev get his last 51,000 in the middle. Dutch Boyd called, showing for a flopped two pair that was ahead of Kovachev's 
.
The turn brought the , giving Boyd a full house. The completed the board and Kovachev was sent home in 34th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
211,000 | 36,000 |
|
Busted |
