Phil Ivey opened to 400 and received a call from the player in the small blind. Both players took two and the draw and Ivey's opponent bet 1,200.
Ivey took about five seconds before tossing a raise into the middle, making it 5,000 to go. His opponent pondered for over a minute before finally letting go of his hand and awarding Ivey the pot.
We recently came across Hasan Habib sharing a table with Galen Hall, Marco Traniello and Ali Eslami. Habib had a very solid finish in this event last year when he finished in seventh place.
Hasan Habib opened the action to 500 and Marco Traniello three-bet to 1,350 from the button. Habib called and took one while Traniello stood pat.
Habib fired 1,050 into the center and Traniello called. Habib tabled 
and took down the pot.
Erick Lindgren opened to 400 and received a call from Mike McDonald in the big blind.
McDonald took two while Lindgren opted to draw only one. McDonald took a look at his cards and threw 1,050 into the middle of the table. Lindgren immediately announced a call.
"Ninety-eight," said McDonald.
"Keep going," replied Lindgren.
McDonald showed 
but it was the second best hand to Lindgren's .
We have spotted a few more players who have made their way in as the second level is wrapping up. 1993 Main Event Champion Jim Bechtel is in the building. We also have commentator extraordinaire Dan O'Brien, Event #34 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Six-Handed winner Naoya Kihara, Joe Tehan, and Konstantin Puchkov. The last two players are trying to chase WSOP history. The WSOP record for cashes in a single series is 10, held by the late Nikolay Edvakov. At this series, Tehan has nine, but Puchkov has him one upped, as he has 10 so far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
The first of Phil Hellmuth's well known 2nd place finishes at the WSOP last year came in this very event, when he lost to John Juanda heads up. Right now, neither player is in the room. We expect Hellmuth to make his usual late appearance, but we're not so positive about Juanda, who's been tweeting about a juicy cash game he's been playing at the past few days. We'll be sure to post if either player arrives.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,000 | 11,000 |
|
40,000 | 10,000 |
|
40,000 | |
|
38,000 | 8,000 |
|
38,000 | 8,000 |
|
37,000 | 7,000 |
|
35,000 | 5,000 |
|
32,000 | 2,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
27,000 | -3,000 |
|
27,000 | -3,000 |
|
26,000 | -4,000 |
|
25,000 | -5,000 |
|
24,500 | -5,500 |
|
24,500 | |
|
|
23,000 | -7,000 |
|
22,000 | -8,000 |
|
11,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 50
The players have returned, and the cards are back in the air.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,000 | -3,000 |
|
38,000 | 8,000 |
|
37,000 | 7,000 |
|
32,000 | 2,000 |
|
32,000 | 2,000 |
|
31,000 | 1,000 |
|
29,000 | -1,000 |
|
28,500 | |
|
28,200 | -1,800 |
|
28,000 | |
|
|
27,500 | -2,500 |
|
27,500 | -2,500 |
|
26,000 | -4,000 |
|
25,000 | -5,000 |
|
23,000 | -7,000 |
|
18,500 | -11,500 |
|
17,800 | -12,200 |
|
15,125 | -14,875 |
|
10,500 | -19,500 |
We recently came upon the dealer finishing the deal at Table 363. Barry Greenstein told the dealer that he was big blind last time and the button was not moved. The floor was called and since there was no action the floor ruled it a misdeal.
"I have a straight flush!" proclaimed Justin Bonomo, tabling 
. "I have a straight flush!" he said again.
Although the straight flush would have been no good since this is a lowball game, it's still a long shot to be dealt one and get the chance to show it to the table.
