We found a new large stack in the room and he is seated at Table 1 Seat 1. His name is Maxi Lehmanski and he is sitting on a massive stack of about 97,000 in chips. Also seated at his table in the nine-seat is Melanie Weisner. Weisner is sitting on approximately 81,000.
Last time we took a look at 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Joe Cada's chip stack it was hurting. However, in the meantime it seems that Cada was able to find a double up.
We found him as the second player to a call a raise to 1,200 while he was in the big blind. The flop came and Cada checked. The original raiser fired out 2,500 and the other player in the hand made it 6,500 to go. Cada looked at his cards several times before mucking the hand.
While he may not have won this pot, he is now sitting on a solid stack of 11,500.
On the other side of the Brasilia room, we found 2007 WSOP Main Event champion Jerry Yang looking down at a board of . Yang put out a check-raise to 5,000 after his opponent bet 1,500.
His opponent replied by announcing that he was all in and Yang heaved a large sigh. Yang stacked his chips and pushed them into the middle. He tabled and stared at his opponent, waiting for his opponent to show his cards.
His opponent flipped up and was ahead. The board finished with the and the and just like that Yang was sent packing.
Justin Bonomo, who was sitting on a fairly healthy stack as of late, has been eliminated from the tournament. We found the details of the hand on his Twitter:
JustinBonomo Justin BonomoYoung kid opens SB to 1100. I make it 3k with 88. He shoves for 21k having me covered by 200 chips. I call and lose to AQo :( 10k HORSE now.June 16 2012
We can also report that George Lind has been eliminated as well.
PokerNews writer Chad Holloway kicked off this tournament to wonderful start when he flopped a full house with pocket queens on the second hand.
It seems the ladies are still flocking to Holloway, as according to his latest tweet he was able to score another double up with pocket queens.
ChadAHolloway Chad Allan HollowayJust won big pot after turning set of queens, which made a guy's flush, but filled on river. Up to 21,550 at 150/300 & 25 ante.June 16 2012
So there you have it; the ladies absolutely love Chad Holloway. Must be the bird shirt.
We found 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Joe Cada staring down at a board of . Cada threw out a bet of 700 and his opponent wasted no time in pushing out a substantial raise.
Cada thought for a bit before giving up his hand and awarding the pot to his opponent. Cada is currently sitting on about 4,600.