As you can see from an earlier post, Phil Ivey is in the field for today's noon event. He also made Day 2 of Event 4: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better and that restarts at 2:00 PM.
He's somewhat short in Event 4 with 10,400 moving into the 600/1,200 level. Whether or not he'll be firing it off in this tournament is yet to be seen, but we'll be keeping a close eye on things in both events and you should, too.
We mentioned earlier that Table 6 was absolutely stacked, with the likes of Jonathan Little, Shannon Shorr, Allen Kessler, and oh yeah Phil Ivey(who has already doubled up). Well there was one empty seat, and we felt sorry for the poor soul who was coming in to this rude awakening. Well that poor soul is none other then young and crazy pro Faraz Jaka. To say that this is worthy of a feature table is a severe understatement.
We thought we felt the room get a little less colorful. We made our second round through the silver section, and noticed that Humberto Brenes was no longer in his seat. He has been eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
A player in middle position made it 75 to go, and Jonathan Duhamel defended his big blind. The two went heads up to a flop of 
, and Duhamel checked to his opponent, who bet out 125. Duhamel check raised to 375, and he was called .The turn paired the board, coming the 
, and this time. Duhamel led out for 450. Again he was called, and the dealer put the 
on the river. Duhamel counted out a bet of 1,325, put it into the middle, and his opponent snap called. Duhamel showed 
for a full house, and his opponent mucked. Duhamel already has almost double his starting stack after that hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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8,100 | 3,600 |
In addition to Daniel Negreanu, we found a few more PokerStars Pros in the house today: the always flashy Humberto Brenes, the very tough Chad Brown, and oh yeah, 2010 Main Event winner Jonathan Duhamel.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 |
We found a few more big names that are shuffling chips over here at the pot-limit hold'em event. Here's a list of just a few.
Scott Montgomery
JJ Liu
Kathy Liebert
Ted Lawson
Ylon Schwartz
Chris DeMaci
Sam Barnhart
Mark Seif
Frank Kessela
Marco Traniello
Issac Haxton
Vitaly Lunkin
David Pham
Kevin Saul
Phil Collins
This is a $1,500 buy-in event, so its pretty rare to see two familiar faces rubbing shoulders. Three is a far stretch. Four is nearly unheard of. However, we have that at Table 6 in over here in the Brasilia room. Jonathan Little is sitting next to Shannon Shorr, and the table was already tough enough, as they were joined by last year's runner up Allen Kessler. However, one of the empty seats at the table has been taken by the one, the only, Phil Ivey. There is one poor soul who is sitting between these four, and it's hard to not feel sorry for him.
Here's a list of players who are sitting in the Gold Section of the Brasilia room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 |
The players have taken their seats, and we are underway in the first pot-limit hold'em event of the series!
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/25
Ante: 0
