Andres Garcia returned from the dinner break as our chip leader, and it didn't take long for him to put his chips to work. In one of the first hands of Level 17, Garcia raised to 10,000 from early position and cleared the field all the way around to Antonin Teisseire in the small blind. The Frenchman squeezed out his cards and then moved all in for 62,000. Garcia made the call and the cards were turned up:
Showdown
Garcia:
Teisseire:
It was a brutal aces-versus-kings situation with Garcia on top. The flop gave Teisseire some runner-runner club hope, but the turn took it away. Teisseire stood up from his chair and prepared to exit, which was about the time the dealer burned and put out the .
Teisseire beamed a big smile after hitting his two outer, while Garcia tried to shake off the small hit to his monster stack.
Matthew Brady opened to 6,000 from under-the-gun and action folded around to Ana Marquez in the small blind, who re-raised to 10,000. Galen Hall folded from the big and Brady called to see a flop, which came .
Marquez led out for 10,000 and Brady called.
When the fell on the turn, Marquez led out again for 20,000, sending Brady deep into the tank. Brady shuffled his chips and thought his decision over for some time, but eventually opted to let his hand go.
Afterwards, Marquez admitted that she has mistakenly raised to 10,000 and meant to make it more. Brady said that he assumed she didn't notice he was in the pot preflop.
In any case, Marquez is up to 110,000 while Brady has slipped to 115,000.
World Series of Poker Media Director Nolan Dalla just made an announcement to the remaining players recognizing a truly remarkable feat. Konstantin Puchkov, who won the Event #31 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event at the 2010 WSOP for $256,820, has now notched a record-tying tenth cash in a single year.
Coincidentally, Puchkov now shares the record with another Russian, the late Nikolay Evdakov, who had ten cashes in 2008.
flop gave Teisseire some runner-runner club hope, but the 
turn took it away. Teisseire stood up from his chair and prepared to exit, which was about the time the dealer burned and put out the 
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fell on the turn, Marquez led out again for 20,000, sending Brady deep into the tank. Brady shuffled his chips and thought his decision over for some time, but eventually opted to let his hand go.
