After the cutoff seat raised to 2,100, Antonio Esfandiari made the call on the button and everyone else folded. The flop came down 
and the cutoff seat checked. Esfandiari fired 2,800 and his opponent tank-called.
Fourth street was the 
and both players checked through to see the 
land on the river. The cutoff seat fired 2,600 and Esfandiari gave it up.
We didn't catch the hand, but when we went over to Nam Le's table, we saw that he was counting out his chips for a double up. The board read 
, and Le had 
in front of him. After the hand, Le is up to 48,000, and is looking to be a threat heading into tomorrow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000 | 19,000 |
From the hijack seat, Nam Le raised to 2,100. Action folded to Toby Lewis on the button and he reraised to 8,500, even though a raise to the full pot amount would be to 7,800. Nothing was done and action folded back to Le. Lewis only had 3,100 behind after the 8,500 in the middle and Le put him all in. Lewis called.
Lewis: 
Le: 
The flop, turn and river ran out 
and with a straight on board the two players chopped up the pot.
We missed the exact preflop action, but we know that a player in early position came in for a raise, and that Justin Gardenhire three bet from the big blind. His opponent called, and the flop came down 
. Gardenhire checked, and his opponent fired out a bet of 8,000. Gardenhire announced himself all in for 30,100, and his opponent immediately called.
Gardenhire: 
Opponent: 
As soon as his opponent called, Gardenhire said "that can't be good", fearing that he had aces, and while it wasn't that bad, he was still only had a 52% chance of holding. The on the turn was a safe card for him, but it did put chop outs for a straight on board. The on the river didn't complete any of that, and Gardenhire secured the double up to over 70,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
71,000 | 36,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000 | 37,400 |
|
73,000 | -2,000 |
|
70,000 | |
|
69,000 | |
|
58,000 | 14,000 |
|
58,000 | |
|
57,000 | |
|
55,000 | 4,200 |
|
50,500 | |
|
49,000 | |
|
38,000 | 20,500 |
|
33,500 | 23,000 |
|
32,000 | |
|
30,000 | 7,000 |
|
|
29,000 | 6,000 |
|
29,000 | -1,000 |
|
27,000 | |
|
26,000 | |
|
22,000 | |
|
18,000 | |
|
18,000 | |
|
12,000 | |
|
12,000 | -12,800 |
|
|
11,000 | |
|
10,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 0
Table 5 has been playing out in front of us all day, and they have been having the time of their lives so far. Antonio Esfandiari is leading the charge, pushing prop bets and making jokes all day. They have been setting over unders on some of the most random questions they can come up with, including "what's the longest(in minutes) non business call seat 5 has made this past year", and "how much you would need to pay Daniel Negreanu to not play in the Main Event?" Poker players actually having fun at the table...refreshing isn't it?
The stacks are getting deeper, and there hasn't been much action of note for the last twenty minutes or so. We are down to our final 99 players, and 72 of them will make the money. At the pace it's going, it's unlikely we'll hit that number by the end of the night, but a lot can happen in one level.
Jonathan Aguiar raised in middle position to 1,600, and Kevin Saul put in a three bet to 4,000. Aguiar made the call, and the flop came down 
. Aguiar checked to Saul, who fired out a pot sized bet. Aguiar responded by moving all in, and Saul made the call. The cards were tabled, and Saul was virtually drawing dead.
Aguiar: 
Saul:
Aguiar flopped gin, getting top pair and a flush draw, while Saul was drawing to runner runner, with his baby flush draw being no good. He got part of it on the turn, the 
, but the 
on the river didn't complete the miracle suckout. With that hand, Aguiar jumps up to nearly 58,000, while Saul is heading home.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
57,600 | |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
62,000 | 7,000 |
|
|
52,000 | 9,000 |
|
|
50,800 | 32,800 |
|
|
44,000 | 6,000 |
|
|
24,800 | |
|
|
23,000 | |
|
|
23,000 | |
|
|
22,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
17,500 | |
|
|
10,500 | -5,500 |
|
10,000 | |
|
7,200 | -4,500 |
|
7,000 |
