Deanna Dozier opened with a raise to 4,500 from middle position, and it folded to Pedro Lopes on the button who reraise-shoved for 43,600 total. The blinds stepped aside, and Dozier called.
Dozier showed 
and needed help versus Lopes's 
. But the board brought no such help, coming 
to give Lopes the double up.
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
"Okay, what did he look like?"
So asked tourney staff of table 441, shortly after Owen Crowe had been eliminated. Crowe maintained his starting stack for much of the day before getting short and ultimately losing his stack here in Level 14, and he'd managed to leave prior to being escorted to the payout desk.
The question was greeted with shrugs all around from the table, then finally the need for a description disappeared when Crowe returned.
We missed the preflop action, but when we arrived at Jim Sachinidis' table, we noticed he was doubling up holding 
on a 
. By the time we were at the scene, Sachinidis was on his feet and fist pumping, while his opponent's cards were nowhere to be seen.
Having lost most of his short stack in a previous hand, Phil Ivey found himself all in and up against two opponents, including Yoav Tenenbaum sitting to his left.
There was about 18,000 in the middle when the flop came 
. The early position player checked, Tenenbaum quickly bet 11,000, and his opponent called. The turn was the 
, and when it checked to Tenebaum he immediately announced he was all in, sending his opponent deep into the tank. Finally, after a couple of minutes he folded, and Tenenbaum and Ivey tabled their hands.
Tenenbaum: 
Ivey: 
Tenenbaum leaned over and held out a hand to shake Ivey's, but Ivey wasn't ready to do so quite yet, pointing out he could still survive should a four come on the river. Alas for Ivey, the river brought the 
. "Now I'll shake your hand," said Ivey with a grin, and after doing so he departed with yet another WSOP cash.
Humberto Brenes open-pushed all in for his last 8,900 and action folded around to the big blind, who tanked for a bit, but eventually made the call to put Brenes at risk.
Brenes:
Big blind: 
"Kiiiiing!" Brenes announced.
Flop: 
A king for Brenes, but an ace for his opponent.
The turn changed nothing, however, the river would give Brenes a straight, which was good for the double up to 20,000.
Dominik Nitsche opened for 4,500 from the button and got one caller in J.J. Liu in the big blind. The flop came 
and both checked, then the turn brought the and another check from Liu. Nitsche pushed out a bet of 3,200 this time, and after some thought Liu let it go.
That's a few more for Nitsche, who continues to add to his big stack.
Players are back from dinner and in their seats, and the first hands of Level 14 are being dealt. The plan tonight is to play six more one-hour levels (through Level 19).
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
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