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With a flop showing 
, Jon Turner and one opponent had already built a pot of well over 5,000 by the time we arrived at the table. There was also a further bet of 2,500 from Turner out on the felt.
Turner's opponent tanked for around one minute before frustratingly flicking his cards in the muck to send the pot to Turner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 | 5,000 |
If you walk in between the tables here in the Brasilia Room, dozens of players can be seen on their iPads and the like, browsing through the live coverage of the Event 45: $50,000 Poker Players Championship. That event recently saw the money bubble burst and features some of the best players in the world. Do yourselves a favor and check out the action!
We caught up with Phil Hellmuth on a 
flop. He checked and his opponent checked behind him. The turn came 
and Hellmuth check-called 400. The river fell , Hellmuth checked and his opponent bet 900,000.
Hellmuth called lightening quick and tabled 
. His opponent shrugged and showed 
for a bluff.
Hellmuth stacked the pot, pulled out his phone and scrolled through his Twitter.
"Do you read your mentions Phil?" a player asked.
"All of them," Hellmuth replied. "I'm a professional."
One of the age-old questions that is asked in the poker world is, "What got you started in poker?" It can be argued that the most common answer involves the 1998 movie, Rounders. We would venture a guess that at least three quarters of every person remaining in this tournament has seen the classic poker movie staring Matt Damon and John Malkovich. What we have never seen, is a player watching Rounders, while at the table. That's what Will Failla is doing right now.
Recently we watched Failla take down a small pot when he and three opponents took to a 
flop. One of the players check-called a bet of 500 from Failla and then folded to Failla when he bet on the 
turn. We moved around the table to check out his chip count and that's when we noticed Matt Damon's character Mike McDermott staring up at us from the screen of Failla's iPad. Then, suddenly, John Malkovich's character Teddy KGB was sucking on an Oreo. We almost had to stop ourselves from taking a chair next to Failla and asking for one of his earphones.
For your information, right now Failla is just one thousand chips short of having "three stacks of high society."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
29,000 | 10,000 |
We were recently over by Scott Seiver and Brian Rast and they each managed to pick up some chips at their respective tables.
board roll out, with Seiver up against one opponent. Both players checked the flop and the turn and Seiver led for 500 on the river. Hie opponent called and then mucked when Seiver showed 
.
flop and one opponent had led with a bet of 500 into him. Rast then shoved all in for 4,300 and his opponent thought hard. Eventually the player mucked and Rast picked up some chips.| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,000 | 9,000 |
|
|
5,800 | 1,800 |
The players (and bloggers) have been well fed and cards are in the air following the dinner break.
Level: 7
Blinds: /
Ante:
The remaining players have been sent on a 90-minute dinner break. For your information, the 25-denomination chips are now being colored up.
Over on Melanie Weisner's table there was a board showing 
and there was well over 6,000 already in the pot. Weisner was faced with a bet of 2,600 from one opponent and was deep into the tank. She thought, and thought... and thought, before eventually making the call.
When her opponent tabled 
, Weisner immediately mucked her hand, taking a hit to her stack before the dinner break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,500 | -5,000 |
