A player opened to 750 from early position, and the action folded to Matt Affleck, who three-bet to 2,050 from the cutoff. The button and blinds released, and the original raiser sat back in his chair. He eventually grabbed an orange T5,000 chip and a yellow T1,000 chip, and tossed them forward, four-betting to 6,750.
Affleck tanked for less than thirty seconds before folding.
A middle positioned player made it 700 to go and received calls from David Chiu, the button, and the big blind.
The flop fell 
and there were two checks. David Chiu dipped into his stack and came out with a bet of 1,450. Just like that three hands shot to the muck and Chiu scooped up the pot. This win brings him back on the right track as he is now above starting stack.
Max Martinez raised from under the gun and made it 600 to see a flop. The next player to act made the call, and the player after that raised to 2,000. The table folded around back to Martinez and moved all in for around 7,000. The sandwiched player folded and the three-bettor made the call.
Martinez: 
Opponent: 
The board came 
and with that Martinez was eliminated. Martinez never seemed to get it going today, and has been subsequently eliminated.
Tony Hachem, the brother of 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event winner Joe Hachem, made a deep run in last year's Main Event, ultimately finishing in 37th place for $196,174. Unfortunately for him, he won't repeat that success this year as he's become a pre-dinner casualty here on Day 1c.
Hash72 Tony Hachem I'm out of this years main but want to wish all my friends who are still in @warne888 @IJasonAlexander @KevinODonnell15 @noahjschwartz
July 09 2012
Hash72 Tony Hachem Yes the game can be cruel. I felt I played really well & got terribly unlucky. Not much I can do but keep punching.
July 09 2012
Action folded to Lex Veldhuis in the cutoff seat and he raised to 700. His raise was called by both players in the small blind and the big blind to see the flop come down 
.
On the flop, both blinds checked and Veldhuis bet 1,500. The small blind folded, but the big blind called.
The turn was the and the big blind checked. Veldhuis bet 3,200 and his opponent made the call. Then, the 
paired the board on the river and both players checked.
The big blind tabled the 
for two pair, aces and nines. Veldhuis mucked, looked at the PokerNews reporter and said, "They got me."
We saw Greg Ronaldson, who you may recall won the largest tournament in Africa's history at this year's World Series of Poker Circuit stop at the Emerald Casino, sitting with a big stack of 58,000.
We asked him how he acquired it and he informed us that four players had limped to him at the 100/200 level and he raised to 1,200 from the small blind with 
. He received three callers, all four players checked the 
flop, and the 
appeared on the turn.
Another player had led out for 2,000, another called, and Ronaldson made it 5,000 to go. Both his opponents made the call, and then one of then called Ronaldson's 12,000 bet on the river. The South African's aces full proved enough to win the hand, and he's looking to use his newly-won chips to tackle an even bigger field here in North America.
Nam Le checked from the small blind with the board reading 
. A player in the big blind checked behind, and Joe Cada fired 1,300 from middle position. Nam Le called, and the player in the big blind raised to 5,100. Cada released, and Le moved all in. The player called.
| Le |  |
| Opponent | |
The turn was a third diamond - the 
- and the completed the board. Le's opponent doubled, while Le dipped down to 31,300 chips.
On a flop of 
there was a check to Rupert Elder who bet out 1,200. The player on the button made it 2,600 to go and the first player folded. Elder called and the turn brought the 
.
Elder checked to the raiser and he checked right behind. Elder then bet out 9,200 when the came on fifth street.
Elder's opponent made it 20,000 to go and Elder went into the tank.
"I should have just checked," Elder said with a chuckle. "It would have been a lot cheaper."
Another thirty seconds passed.
"I thought you just had a jack or something," continued Elder. "Ah well."
Elder tossed out a call. His opponent showed 
for a straight made on the river.
"Wow. That works," said Elder as he mucked his hand. Elder is currently sitting on 22,600 after that hit.
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