Greg Raymer is the early chip daddy at his table, while Justin Bonomo is looking glum and a bit short on chips.
Bonomo opened to 75 from mid position before Raymer three-bet to 200. A player on the button called but Bonomo tank-folded.
Raymer stood pat while the button drew one. Raymer then went on to check and then snapped off a 250 bet from his opponent. "Ten," said the player on the button.
We caught the action after the draw and John Juanda had bet 300 from the small blind. The action was on John Phan who tanked for a bit and smiled as he moved all in for his final 830 chips.
Juanda seemed flustered by this move and couldn't make up his mind for around 30 seconds.
"It's not the final table," Phan smiled as Juanda kept tanking.
Phan was all smiles and Juanda replied with, "I just have to think about it".
After a while Juanda laid it down, and Phan raked in the pot.
"I was thinking about putting you all in before the draw," Juanda said on which Phan replied quickly.
"I still have two rebuy bullets behind, so of course I would've called!".
Juanda has all his chips in play while Phan is up to 1,350 with two lammers left behind.
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The player in the cutoff raised it up to 150 after which the action got folded to Brian Hastings, who was in the big blind. He moved all in for just under a full stack and his opponent called.
Hastings declared he was going to stay pat, and his opponent drew one card.
"You got to beat a ten-nine," Hastings said as he turned over his .
Hastings' opponent announced he caught his card and turned over for the win. Rebuy time for Hastings who is down to 3,000 chips.
The field is growing and is up to 239 already, getting ever closer to last year's number of 275.
Phil Ivey won this event in 2009 for $96,367 but he won't be repeating the feat if he keeps getting caught bluffing.
Dan O'Brien opened and was called in one spot before Ivey three-bet from the button. O'Brien folded to leave the others to it. Ivey stood pat and then bet 400 as his opponent drew one and then checked. Ivey soon folded when his opponent check-raised to 800.
brianchastings Brian HastingsOur table has played 7 hands so far and I'm down to my last bullet. Got spiked on pat T vs 8 draw, missed in opposite spot. #wsop30June 15 2012
Team PokerStars Pro and Online are out in full force today. We caught two hands with the team members involved:
Jose "Nacho" Barbero is back down to his starting stack after he called a bet from Shane "Shaniac" Schleger. The latter opened up and Nacho mucked.
Daniel Negreanu is doing well. He and opponent checked their betting round and the Canadian opened up and took the pot as his opponent mucked. He seems focused, and proof of this is that there is a rule debate going on on an adjacent table and Negreanu has no inclination of getting involved!
We just caught a nice pre-draw all in between WSOP bracelet winners Vinent van der Fluit and Max Pescatori. Van der Fluit won his just a week ago in the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha tournament while Max Pescatori won two, one in 2006 and one in 2008.
From the cutoff Van der Fluit raised to 150, and the player on the button called. Brian Hastings gave up his small blind after which Pescatori moved all in. The total was 985 and Van der Fluit moved all in over de top. The button tanked for a bit before folding his hand.
Pescatori drew one card and Van der Fluit turned over his . This way Pescatori knew what he had to draw to, and he managed to hit his hand. The Italian pro turned over and got himself a nice double up.
We could try and explain the rule debate going on in the orange section, but Terrance Chan was present the whole time so we'll let him explain.
tchanpoker Terrence ChanPlayer OOP discards 2, oppt discards 1, OOP realizes he discarded wrong 2 and pulls back & puts in different 2. Ruled live hand&1rd penaltyJune 15 2012
tchanpoker Terrence ChanWow and now we have a ruling that was escalated from floor to K Ferguson, and now we are waiting on @WSOPTD to make final ruling. 5 min nowJune 15 2012
It seemed this was discussed by the WSOP prior to the series and not deemed a problem as a player is always trying to draw to the best hand. Some players argued that it's deemed a penalty in cash games.
The ruling that it is a penalty stands for now, but that might change overnight. World Series of Poker Tournament Director Jack Effel is canvasing senior players like Barry Greenstein as to what rule will stand for the future. We'll let you know tomorrow what has been decided.
and took the pot.
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for the win. Rebuy time for Hastings who is down to 3,000 chips.
and got himself a nice double up.