With Kirill Kruglov making it 700 preflop, action folded around to Erik Seidel, who moved all in for 3,600 from the big blind. Kruglov made the call and Seidel was at risk for his tournament life.
Seidel:
Kruglov:
Seidel looked like he was in great shape to double up and get back in this tournament, but the board had other thoughts. Things looked good on the flop, but the turn proved disaster for Seidel as the river sealed his fate and was sent packing.
Kaverman flopped a set of deuces on a (two diamonds) board and Pham turned a straight on a turn holding . Harrison Gimbel was also in the hand and he made the initial turn bet of 2,700, Kaverman called and Pham moved all-in for around 9,000 more, Gimbel folded and Kaverman called. So Kaverman needed help on the river and it arrived in the shape of the and Pham was out.
There was an under the gun open to 525 when David 'Doc' Sands raised to 1,225 in the next seat. Gavin Smith made the call from the big blind but the initial raiser four-bet to 3,225. Sands made it 5,225, Smith folded and the initial raiser dumped a 5,000 orange chip into the pot and turned over his cards to show pocket aces. Sands threw him a what are you doing type of look?
"I am all-in," said the initial raiser.
The floor was called and it was deemed that the motion of placing the orange 5k chip into the pot was a call.
"I am all-in in the dark then," said the initial raiser.
Sands had only a few chips behind and the flop was
"Call! I was trapping you," said Sands whilst turning over , "make sure you report the fact that I got it in good."
The turn gave Sands quads and then we had the meaningless on the river. Sands was back up to 15,000 chips.
While walking around we noticed a growing hand between John Hennigan and Phil Hellmuth who seemed to be in quite the talkative mood. Hennigan started the hand off by making it 600 from early position. When action rolled around back to Hellmuth he put out a raise and mandated it be 1,800 to see a flop. Hennigan took his time before announcing raise and making it 5,300 total. This ignited Hellmuth and the talking began,
The Poker Brat announced to the table with what appeared genuine glee that "I love this!". The ever so silent Hennigan remained stoic while Hellmuth continued his playful rant.
"Either its queens, ace-king, or your dead" pause "One of these three" continued Hellmuth. After a while of pondering Hellmuth deposited his cards face up on the table showing everyone , his favorite hand.
Jen Harman is sitting on 21,000 chips after winning this hand from the small blind. We caught the action on a flop of with three people in the pot and they had all checked. The turn card was the and Harman bet 950 and the big blind raised it to 2,200. There was a late position player who folded, Harman called and the river of was checked through. Harman won the pot with and her opponent mucked a lone .
Fantasy Poker has been all the rage with players coming into the series, which is why we're not too surprised with this next prop bet that we caught going on.
Gavin Smith, David "Doc" Sands, Scott Clements, and Darren Elias have an interesting prop bet for Saturday's Event #9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry.
David "Doc" Sands walked us through the bet. All four of the players have drafted fantasy teams of seven players, five starters, and two alternates for the event. Each player already has themselves on their team. The player whose team cashes for the most money wins $100 from the other three players. If one of their players makes the final table, then they receive $300 from the other three players, and if one of their players wins, they receive $1,000 from each of the other three. All in all they could receive up to $4,200 total for the bet.
The players drafted snake style at their table in the Brasilia room. For the first round, Sands picked Jason Mercier, Clements picked Vanessa Selbst, Elias grabbed Sam Trickett, and Smith took Mohsin “Chicago Cards” Charania.
We were just talking to Andy Frankenberger during the break and he was telling us about his disappointment of finishing in 6th place in Event #3 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha for $28,409. We decided to head over to his table to see how he was managing his disappointment and despite having a tough table he seems to be getting right back into the swing of things.
WSOP bracelet holder Frankenberger is sharing a table with Martins Adeniya, Mohsin Charania and Brian Hastings and here are a few hands from that table.
There was a raise from the hijack seat and Frankenberger called on the button. The flop was and the player in the hijack seat bet 800. Frankenberger fired out a very quick raise to 2,000 and it was enough to win the pot. A few hands later, Frankenberger made it 500 from middle position, Charania called next door and the cutoff and big blind made it a four way flop. The dealer pushed down the and Frankenberger won another pot with a 1,500 bet.
Next we saw Martins Adeniya lose some chips. He raised to 500 in early position and the big blind made the call. The flop was and the big blind check-called a 650 Adeniya c-bet. On the turn there was the and this time the big blind check-jammed and Adeniya was forced to fold after expending 1,475 chips.
With people dropping all over the room tables are being broken and spots are being filled with players. JC Tran also made an unnoticed exit from this death table, and who better to take his place than Phil Ivey. Tran who lost a big hand to Kruglov must have slipped away when he couldn't make anything out of his shortened stack. Ivey is now more than making up for the void left by Moorman and Tran at table #4 ensuring that this is the toughest table in the room.
Although some of the stacks are a little low, the competition is high.
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flop, but the 
turn proved disaster for Seidel as the river 
sealed his fate and was sent packing.
(two diamonds) board and Pham turned a straight on a 
turn holding 
, "make sure you report the fact that I got it in good."
gave Sands quads and then we had the meaningless 
on the river. Sands was back up to 15,000 chips.
with three people in the pot and they had all checked. The turn card was the 
was checked through. Harman won the pot with 
and her opponent mucked a lone 
.
and the player in the hijack seat bet 800. Frankenberger fired out a very quick raise to 2,000 and it was enough to win the pot. A few hands later, Frankenberger made it 500 from middle position, Charania called next door and the cutoff and big blind made it a four way flop. The dealer pushed down the 
and Frankenberger won another pot with a 1,500 bet.
and the big blind check-called a 650 Adeniya c-bet. On the turn there was the 
and this time the big blind check-jammed and Adeniya was forced to fold after expending 1,475 chips.
