Table 5 is getting tougher and tougher. Jason Mercier, Chris Moorman and Yevgeniy Timoshenko have just been joined by Erik Seidel and JC Tran. You would imagine that the rest of the players making up the mix would be in awe of their competition. This may be so, but it has not stopped one young Russian from tearing a hole in nearly all of their stacks. Kirill Kruglov has zero WSOP cashes to his name, but that means nothing right now as he is sat holding 51,000 chips.
Kruglov must have had a hot streak of hands to pick up that many chips, amongst that type of company, and the following hand shows. We picked up the action on a board containing more hearts than a tank full of Octopus - - and Moorman was paying off Kruglov on the river. Moorman held and Kruglov held for the nut flush. That hand has left Moorman with 6,000 chips.
Kirill Kruglov is having the time of his life amongst the very best players in the world. We joined the action on fourth street on a board of , Yevgeniy Timoshenko checked, Chris Moorman checked, Kruglov bet 700 from the cutoff, JC Tran called on the button before Timoshenko check-raised to 2,400 in the small blind. Moorman folded and the combination of Kruglov and Tran made the call.
River:
All three players decided that poker was boring them and instead decided to play musical statues. The three of them just stared at the board without moving a muscle. Then after a few minutes Timoshenko checked, Kruglov bet 4,200, JC Tran called and Timoshenko folded (although he did win the game of musical statues).
Kruglov showed for the set and Tran mucked his hand.
Jean-Robert Bellande started the action early during a recent hand by making it 525 from early position. Two players on his immediate left quickly made the call, while the next person in line moved all in for 1,275. Bellande along with the other two middle position players completed and four players got to see the flop.
With a flop Bellande took control and pushed 2,000 in the middle. One of the two middle position players folded while the other made the call.
A turn allowed for both players to check. Action repeated itself on the river when the made an appearance and both players knuckled the table. Cards were about to be turned over when Jean-Robert announced "I have a nine" to which his middle position opponent flipped over his for a pair of tens. With a sigh from Bellande he mucked his cards. The hand wasn't over yet though, as the short stack who moved all in preflop still had cards. However her couldn't trump a pair of tens and she was eliminated from the tournament.
David Vamplew and Dominik Nitsche are sharing a house somewhere in the desert of Nevada and they have found themselves seated next to each other in the Silver section of the Brasilia room. Vamplew has nearly $2 million of live tournament earnings to his name including a 4th place finish in last years $1,500 WSOP event for $141,030 and a 268th place finish in the WSOP Main Event for $40,654. Vamplew and Nitsche have travelled the world playing poker for the past few years and this is the Germans first visit to Las Vegas because he has just turned 21-years old. So what does he think of this amazing place?
"It's over rated. To be honest I can't stand the ding, ding, ding of all the slot machines," said Nitsche.
It is not only the slot machines that are driving Nitsche insane. This morning Nitsche made Vamplew scrambled eggs for breakfast and then the Scot had the audacity to three-bet him!
The cosy couple share a table with WSOP bracelet holder James Dempsey.
"I'm all in," Victor Ramdin yelled over to poker pro Raymond Davis, standing on the rail. We walked over to find Ramdin all in for 7,100 on a board of . The action was on Jon Turner, who already had 3,600 chips in front of him and had to call another 3,500 to put Ramdin at risk. Turner tossed four yellow chips in the pot to make the call, and the cards went on their backs:
Ramdin:
Turner:
Ramdin was in great position to double, and he jumped out of his seat as the dealer rolled over the turn and river. Ramdin began stacking close to 20,000 chips. Turner, meanwhile, dropped below his starting stack.
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The head of the Chris Moorman stable is out!
It sure makes a difference when the Table of Death is situated right next to our work station. We just noticed a furore over at Table #5 and jumped up to see Chris Moorman all-in versus Kirill Kruglov.
Kruglov
Moorman
It was Moorman at risk and he was dead on the turn.
With two WSOP final tables to his name, including a 2nd place in last years $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six Max event for $383,075, Hans Winzeler knows a thing or two about getting the WSOP job done. He is currently motoring along at the same table as James Dempsey, David Vamplew et al. We have just seen him move up to 48,000 chips after eliminating an opponent in a versus confrontation.
A short stacked Betrand Grospellier just moved all in for his remaining 3,025. This Frenchman won his first bracelet last year in $10,000 7 card stud championship and got to take home a cool $331,639. Grospellier is looking to have some of the same success this year. That success however will have to wait another day.
ElkY quickly received a call from the button. Action then folded to the big blind who moved all in. The button then folded and cards were tabled.
Big Blind:
Grospellier:
A flop sealed the deal. ElkY was done and he was already halfway out the door when the and the fell for the turn and the river.
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- and Moorman was paying off Kruglov on the river. Moorman held 
and Kruglov held 
for the nut flush. That hand has left Moorman with 6,000 chips.
for the set and Tran mucked his hand.
flop Bellande took control and pushed 2,000 in the middle. One of the two middle position players folded while the other made the call.
turn allowed for both players to check. Action repeated itself on the river when the 
made an appearance and both players knuckled the table. Cards were about to be turned over when Jean-Robert announced "I have a nine" to which his middle position opponent flipped over his 
couldn't trump a pair of tens and she was eliminated from the tournament.
. The action was on Jon Turner, who already had 3,600 chips in front of him and had to call another 3,500 to put Ramdin at risk. Turner tossed four yellow chips in the pot to make the call, and the cards went on their backs:
flop sealed the deal. ElkY was done and he was already halfway out the door when the 
fell for the turn and the river.
