We came upon Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier heads up in a pot with an opponent. The flop came down and Grospellier's opponent bet 2,300.
Grospellier called and the turn paired the board with the . This time Grospellier was facing a bet of 4,200. Grospellier shook his head and a look of misery wasted across his face.
ElkY has had trouble getting anything going today and his stack is looking meek at about 7,800.
They just finished breaking up the Tan section of the Amazon room, and now they have moved onto the Orange section. They just broke Table #367, and they will break in ascending order from here. We are losing players fast and furiously in this last level!
A player in middle position opened for 1,100 and action folded over to Lee Childs on the button, who clicked it back to 1,800. Everyone else folded back to the original raiser, who flung in a call.
The flop came and Lee's opponent checked, prompting a 2,150 bet from him. His opponent quickly folded and Lee scooped the pot.
Barry Greenstein seems to have been knocked down a little since the last time we saw him. When we caught up with him a few minutes ago we found him battling it out with a big blind player from middle position. We don't know exactly how the action went on the flop, but we know one of the players bet, and the other called.
The on the turn saw the big blind check, and Greenstein fire out for 3,000. The big blind made the call and was allowed to see the river. After the was fanned for the river the big blind checked again, and Greenstein placed a bet of 7,000.
After some inner debating the big blind made the call. Greenstein exposed for a pair of aces and the big blind flashed for a weaker pair of queens. Greenstein now sits around 50,000 in chips.
For some, playing in the World Series of Poker Main Event is one of those rare opportunities, perhaps a "bucket list" item or once-in-a-lifetime occurrence. It's also a daunting proposition for some, especially if their experience at the WSOP is at all limited.
Perhaps those factors are inspiring the conversation over at Table 417, where the table talk has turned to discussing other, similarly risky adventures, such as running with the bulls at Pamplona, Spain.
"Now you can run with the bulls and not even see the bulls," explained one player. "Or you can run with them and try to pet their noses."
"What do you mean?" asked another. "Well, have you ever gone swimming with sharks?" "No." "But you've swam in the ocean, right?" "Right." "Well you've swam in shark-infested waters, then."
David Diaz raised from middle position and got one caller from the big blind. The flop came . The big blind checked, Diaz bet 1,300, his opponent raised to 2,950, and Diaz called. The turn was the , and this time the big blind led out for 3,900. Diaz then raised to 10,000, and his opponent called with his remaining chips, totaling 8,900.
Diaz had for trip nines while his opponent had for the straight. The dealer then burned a card and delivered the river... the ! Diaz had made a full house to scoop the pot and send another player to the rail.