Sam Trickett opened to 30,000 from early position, Bill Perkins called in the cutoff and Andrew Robl three-bet to 150,000 from the small blind. Both Trickett and Perkins released, and Robl raked in the pot.
A few hands later, Perkins raised to 30,000, and Brian Rast three-bet to 100,000 from the small blind. Perkins called, and the flop fell 
. Rast led for 160,000, and Perkins released.
Sarah scoops Tom Dwan right before the start of the One Drop.
Twelve-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth just doubled up through Paul Phua. The action of the hand was unknown, but Hellmuth held the 
versus Phua's 
on a final board of 
after the money went in preflop. Hellmuth doubled to nearly six million while Phua was left with around 1.1 million.
phil_hellmuth phil_hellmuth Just won a $6 million pot on the live coverage: my A-A vs their K-K all in pre-flop...Got lucky vs @RealKidPoker and hit a 6 on river...
July 01 2012
*Disclaimer: Generally, PokerNews would ask for the details of the action on a hand if missed, but due to the extremely high importance of this event with each player having $1,000,000 on the line, our reporters will respect the players and not interfere with their concentration on the game. If able to, the information will be retrieved on the upcoming break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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5,900,000
3,800,000
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3,800,000 |
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1,100,000
3,525,000
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3,525,000 |
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Action folded around to Giovanni "Malibu" Guarascio on the button and he raised to 42,000, which Tobias Reinkemeier and Phil Ruffin called from the blinds. When the flop fell 
, action went check-check to Malibu, who bet 105,000. It proved enough to take down the pot as both Reinkemeier and Ruffin folded.
Access to the feature table is a bit limited, but we'll be sure to bring you full chip counts on the upcoming break.
When we reached Table 391, the board read 
. Nick Schulman checked, and Tom Marchese fired 235,000. Schulman called, and the completed the board. Schulman checked again, and Marchese slid out 740,000.
Schulman tanked for over two minutes, throwing his hands up from time to time before finally cutting out enough chips to call. He then tanked for another half a minute or so, then committed the chips.
Marchese tabled 
for the nuts, and Schulman mucked his hand, leaving himself with just 940,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,650,000
405,000
|
405,000 |
|
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940,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
|
||
The players are now on their second 20-minute break of the day. We're grabbing full counts now.
We caught up with Daniel Negreanu on the break, and according to him, on Phil Hellmuth's double-up hand, there was an open to 35,000 and two calls. Hellmuth then re-raised to 650,000, and before you knew it, Paul Phua and Hellmuth were all in. Hellmuth's aces held against Phua's kings, doubling him to over 5 million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,251,000
314,000
|
314,000 |
|
4,200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
|
4,070,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
2,910,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
2,715,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,540,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
2,400,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
|
950,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
Phil Galfond tweeted the following:
PhilGalfond Phil Galfond Just saw the craziest hand I've ever seen. Guy folded 88 face up on Js87s8sKs.
July 01 2012
Catching up with Eugene Katchalov on the break to grab a summary of the hand, he said Mikhail Smirnov did indeed fold quad eights to John Morgan. Katchalov told us that Tom Dwan had opened and received a call from Smirnov and Morgan before the 
fell. Dwan checked and Smirnov bet. Morgan called and Dwan folded.
The turn was the 
and Smirnov bet 200,000. Overhearing a conversation from Smirnov, he said Morgan called within five seconds and looked extremely excited about the hand.
The river completed the board with the 
and Smirnov bet 700,000. Morgan raised all in for 3.4 million total and Smirnov tank-folded the 
face up for all to see.
Jonathan Duhamel and Brian Rast just played a pot that ran a few minutes into the break. With the magnitude of this tournament, it's been common to see several hands run over into the break.
Picking up the action on the 
flop, Rast had raised a bet of 175,000 from Duhamel to 439,000 before Duhamel came back with a reraise to 865,000. After some tanking, Rast moved all in for 2.427 million. After 20-30 seconds, Duhamel said, "All right, I call."
Duhamel held the 
for a pair and a flush draw against Rast's 
for bottom set.
The turn was the and gave Rast a full house. The river was the and kept Rast in front, delivering him with the double and nailing Duhamel with a big blow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,972,000
1,792,000
|
1,792,000 |
|
|
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|
1,300,000
2,750,000
|
2,750,000 |
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