Joep van den Bijgaart has spent the first hour-and-a-half today steadily building his stack up over 60,000 for a while before giving back a few.
He just added a few chips once again, however, in a hand in which an opponent raised from the button, van den Bijgaart three-bet from the small blind, the BB folded, and the button called. Bijgaart then fired a bet after the flop, getting a fold and the pot.
Maria Ho opened with a raise from under the gun and John Hennigan three-bet from the button. Ho called and the two players saw a flop of . Ho checked, Hennigan bet, and Ho check-raised. Hennigan called, and then proceeded to call bets on the turn and river. Ho revealed for a turned set, and Hennigan nodded before mucking his hand.
Dan Shak has just dropped to 31,500 after losing a flip to the short stack Jeff Thompson. The pair got it in pre flop with Thompson at risk of elimination. Here was the showdown:
Thompson
Shak
So Thompson needed to fade some paint, and he didn't get off to a very good start when the flop showed him . The turn was no help, but Thompson knew it was coming because he hadn't moved a muscle.
River:
"Bink," said Thompson before dragging in his lifeline pot.
World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, Andrew Badecker, has been eliminated in Level 10. He had around 2,500 in front of him and they went into the middle in a three way pot against Event #25: $1,500 Limit-Hold'em Shootout winner Brian Meinders and Frank Major. Major eventually won the pot holding , but by that time Badecker was well gone. The dealer flipped his hand over as per the rules and it was , the board was .
Andre Akkari began today with one of the bigger stacks in the room, but the first couple of hours haven't been so great to the Brazilian. Just now came another hand kind of typifying his day thus far.
The UTG player raised, Akkari three-bet from the cutoff, and the original raiser called. The flop came all hearts — — and when it checked to Akkari he bet, getting a call. Both players then checked the turn and river.
Akkari's opponent tabled for a turned straight, and Akkari showed his for a set of nines. Akkari slips to about 15,000 on that one.
flop, getting a fold and the pot.
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. Ho checked, Hennigan bet, and Ho check-raised. Hennigan called, and then proceeded to call bets on the 
turn and 
river. Ho revealed 
for a turned set, and Hennigan nodded before mucking his hand.
was no help, but Thompson knew it was coming because he hadn't moved a muscle.
, but by that time Badecker was well gone. The dealer flipped his hand over as per the rules and it was 
, the board was 
.
— and when it checked to Akkari he bet, getting a call. Both players then checked the 
for a turned straight, and Akkari showed his 
for a set of nines. Akkari slips to about 15,000 on that one.