The flop read and the small blind fired out a bet of 4,800 into Andreas Heissenberger in late position. Heissenberger made the call and added to the already large pot. We don't know how the action went preflop, but there was at least one raise and call, due to the size of the pot.
The on the turn slowed down the small blind, but seemingly awoke Heissenberger who bet out 7,000. The small blind made the call and both players were granted access to the river.
After the fell on the river the small blind again checked. Heissenberger opted to move all in, a bet that would essentially put the short stacked small blind all in. After a few quick seconds the small blind made the call.
Heissenberger:
Small Blind:
The small blind had two pair aces and fives, but that was only second best to Heissenberger's three of a kind fives. With that hand Heissenberger moves into the top 10 in chips.
In a few minutes time we are going to lose the green chips, and it's about time because the stacks are starting to get pretty sizeable. A few of the players who have sizeable stacks include Gianluca Rullo (84k), Jonas Mackoff (80k), Mark Herm (80k), Joao Simao (76k), Will Jaffe (72k) and the new chip leader Nick Abou Risk with 86,000.
Players out include Jason Helder (hence the beefed up stack of Mackoff), Jason Wheeler (after running a set of kings into a set of aces…ouch!), Ylon Schwartz, Ogjnen Sekularac and a funny hand involving World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder Craig McCorkell and here it is.
We arrived at the table with the full board out on display.
Board:
The chips were being pushed in the direction of a player holding in front of him, and they were being taken out of the stack of an empty seat. The table told us that the seat belonged to Craig McCorkell. Once the count had been complete McCorkell (who had called a shove holding on the turn) still had around 500 chips left. John Eames - who was sharing a table with McCorkell rang him on his mobile number and told him to return to the table.
When McCorkell got back Eames raised to 1,200, McCorkell moved all-in blind and the rest of the table allowed them to have a showdown. Eames showed pocket fives and McCorkell turned over pocket queens. The player to Eames left then tells him that he folded a five leaving just one out in the deck - cue the board.
Board:
Eames hits his one outer which pays for the price of the phone call needed to get McCorkell back to his seat.
A player in early position raised it up to 1,400 and action folded to Paul Magriel who three-bet to 4,400. The rest of the table folded and it was back to the initial raiser who four-bet to 9,200. Magriel allowed for a couple of minutes to drain off the clock while he decided what to do. In the end though Magriel announced "all in", a bet that would put his opponent all in for his remaining 7,000. The early position player made the call and was at risk.
Magriel:
Opponent:
The flop came sling-shotting Magriel into the lead as he grabbed hold of an eight. The on the turn secured the victory, and Magriel's opponent was drawing dead. A meaningless fell on the river and Magriel just moved up to one of the top stacks in the room.
Magriel has yet to cash at this year's World Series of Poker, but if he keeps running like he is cashing in this event should be a breeze.
As we enter the final stretch we have 540 players remaining and an average chip stack of 17,894. We have just walked through the Gold section of the Brasilia room and here is the news.
World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder, David Diaz, is out. He was eliminated pre flop when his could not find the magical card combination required to beat the of Gionni Demers. Demers who finished 20th in last years Main Event for $302,005 now has 55,000 chips.
Michael Craig has dropped down to 45,000 and Chris Arvanitis remains on a steady 44,000. Joining the top of the chip counts in the Gold Section are Gianluca Rullo (60k) and Jia Liu (60k).
Dominik Nitsche is out but at least he has escaped compulsory Rorschach testing after being driven completely mad by the player to his right. Nitsche lost when he shoved and ran into some cowboys looking for a fight in a saloon, but who cares about that? Back to Nitsche and his delicate mental state. The player to his right kept stacking his chips in a way that Donald Trump would not appreciate. Then he would balance his tic-tacs on the top. The tic-tacs would fall every few hands or so and everytime they did Nitsche started to squint like Dreyfuss from the Pink Panther. We think the elimination is the best thing that could have happened to the young German - enjoying his first ever World Series of Poker (WSOP - otherwise he would have hit him over the head with his pencil case.
Now let's get back to someone in full control of all their faculties. Neil Channing has just been battered down to 5k. Here he is explaining how in his own tweet.
SenseiChanning Neil ChanningOuch. Lost 13k pot with the AA vs 6d7d. Man waited intil turn to shove his flush draw. Back to 5k. Had been starting to enjoy today.July 01 2012
Dutch Boyd seems to be involved with every pot when we walk by, recent we found him involved in a had with a board reading . Boyd's opponent was first to act and he opted to check. Boyd did the same and both players were witness to the on the turn. It was here that Boyd's opponent bet out 3,600. Boyd took his time pondering his best option before making the call.
The on the river saw Boyd's opponent take a some time off the clock before checking. Boyd then slowly put out a casual bet of 4,000. The early position player went into the tank, draining a minute or two away before eventually throwing his cards into the muck.
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and the small blind fired out a bet of 4,800 into Andreas Heissenberger in late position. Heissenberger made the call and added to the already large pot. We don't know how the action went preflop, but there was at least one raise and call, due to the size of the pot.
on the turn slowed down the small blind, but seemingly awoke Heissenberger who bet out 7,000. The small blind made the call and both players were granted access to the river.
fell on the river the small blind again checked. Heissenberger opted to move all in, a bet that would essentially put the short stacked small blind all in. After a few quick seconds the small blind made the call.
in front of him, and they were being taken out of the stack of an empty seat. The table told us that the seat belonged to Craig McCorkell. Once the count had been complete McCorkell (who had called a shove holding 
on the turn) still had around 500 chips left. John Eames - who was sharing a table with McCorkell rang him on his mobile number and told him to return to the table.
sling-shotting Magriel into the lead as he grabbed hold of an eight. The 
on the turn secured the victory, and Magriel's opponent was drawing dead. A meaningless 
fell on the river and Magriel just moved up to one of the top stacks in the room.
could not find the magical card combination required to beat the 
and ran into some cowboys looking for a fight in a saloon, but who cares about that? Back to Nitsche and his delicate mental state. The player to his right kept stacking his chips in a way that Donald Trump would not appreciate. Then he would balance his tic-tacs on the top. The tic-tacs would fall every few hands or so and everytime they did Nitsche started to squint like Dreyfuss from the Pink Panther. We think the elimination is the best thing that could have happened to the young German - enjoying his first ever World Series of Poker (WSOP - otherwise he would have hit him over the head with his pencil case.
on the turn. It was here that Boyd's opponent bet out 3,600. Boyd took his time pondering his best option before making the call.
on the river saw Boyd's opponent take a some time off the clock before checking. Boyd then slowly put out a casual bet of 4,000. The early position player went into the tank, draining a minute or two away before eventually throwing his cards into the muck.