If you're at all familiar with Aaron 'aejones' Jones, then you know he has his own poker training site, Leggopoker.com
Jones was just recently moved to a table with Chris Moorman and is seated just two spots to his left. When Jones sat down he had a relatively short stack, but he just doubled up and thanks to that, he's now at 18,500.
We got to the table with the board reading . Jones and his opponent managed to get all the money in the middle. Jones held and his opponent was drawing to just a with .
The board ran out on the turn and on the river to give Jones the winning boat and the double up.
"I had both of you dominated," said a table mate who claimed to fold . Unlucky for Jones who may have tripled up if he called.
For the first seven levels of the day, play has been spread out across the Brasilia room, the Amazon room, and the Pavilion. Now that we have lost over 2,000 players the field has been condensed to just the Brasilia room.
Jonathan Little is making his presence known here in the Brasilia room. He's recently increased his stack to 24,400 and is one of the larger stacks in the room.
In a recent hand, one player opened for 800 in middle position. One other player called, and it folded to Little who three-bet squeezed from the button to 3,200.
Action folded back to the original raiser who made the call. The other player folded and it was off to the flop that fell . The player looked at his cards momentarily, then checked to Little, who fired out 3,500.
"I'll let you take this one from me," the player said before he folded his hand.
After the hand, Little raked in the pot and began to scribble information in his notebook which he was keeping on his lap. We don't know what he was writing, but it was probably something about the hand.
The player under the gun opened to 650 only to have the player on his immediate right three-bet to 1,500. It folded around to Lauren Kling on the button and she dipped into her stack and tossed out a four-bet to 3,600.
The original raiser seemed quite peeved at this turn of events and made what looked to be quite the painful fold. The next player moved all in and Kling quickly called for her tournament life only to see that she was far behind.
Kling:
Opponent:
The board fell and Kling made a quick beeline for the exit.
Phil Collins is up to 17,000 after he took down a small pot from his opponent. In the hand, a player opened from under the gun + 1 for 1075. Action folded around to Collins who made the call on the button.
Both blinds folded and it was off to the flop which fell . The player who opened the action checked, and Collins decided to fire a bet of 1,550 after some brief thought.
His opponent called and the dealer put out the on the turn. Once again, his opponent checked, and this time Collins reached for some bigger ammo. He put out a bet of 3,500 which caused his opponent to snap fold.
As the World Series of Poker draws closer to the Main Event, the race for Player of the Year becomes tighter and tighter. All of the players in the Brasilia room are surrounded by banners honoring past Players of the Year at the WSOP. Here is a look back at those who were able to earn this prestigious title since its invention in 2004.
Lex Veldhuis opened the action with a raise to 700. The opponent to his immediate left counted out a three-bet and made it 1,650 to go. The rest of the table tossed their hands into the center and it was back on Veldhuis.
He flicked up the corner of both of his cards to get another look before reaching into his stack and four-betting to 3,200. His opponent replied by five-betting all in and Veldhuis quickly called.
Veldhuis:
Opponent:
The flop kept Veldhuis in the lead by giving him top set with . The turn was the and his opponent was drawing dead tot he river. Veldhuis is not sitting on a grand stack of 35,500 in chips.
Melanie Weisner just hit the rail after her couldn't win a coinflip.
From middle position, Weisner shoved all in for 3,700 and was called by a player in the small blind who held .
The flop fell and it put her opponent in the lead.
"There's still some sixes in the deck," a tablemate said. "Help her out, she's helped me enough."
The turn came the which was no help, and the river fell the giving her opponent the winning two pair. Weisner tapped the table and shipped her chips to her opponent before she left the room.
with 
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on the turn and 
. The player looked at his cards momentarily, then checked to Little, who fired out 3,500.
and Kling made a quick beeline for the exit.
. The player who opened the action checked, and Collins decided to fire a bet of 1,550 after some brief thought.
on the turn. Once again, his opponent checked, and this time Collins reached for some bigger ammo. He put out a bet of 3,500 which caused his opponent to snap fold.
to find Bill Chen throw out a bet of 1,200. His opponent asked Chen how much he had behind and then raised to 3,800.
and his opponent was drawing dead tot he 
river. Veldhuis is not sitting on a grand stack of 35,500 in chips.
couldn't win a coinflip.
