From middle position, a player raised to 525 and action folded to Phil Laak on the button. He reraised and made it 2,400 to go. Play got back to the original raiser and he reraised to 4,275. Laak fired right back with a reraise to 10,225 and his opponent folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,300
4,300
|
4,300 |
Dan Kelly opened to 525 from early position, and was called by a player in middle position, and a player in the small blind. The flop fell 
, and the player in the small blind checked to Kelly, who continued for 1,300. Only the player in the small blind called.
The turn was the 
, both players checked, and the 
completed the board. The player in the small blind checked a third time, and Kelly fired 3,600. His opponent tank-called and Kelly opened up 
for an ace-high flush.
His opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,400
7,400
|
7,400 |
With around 5,000 in the pot and a flop of 
, both the cutoff and Maurice Hawkins checked, bringing about the 
turn. This time the cutoff check-called a bet of 4,100 before both players returned to checking in the 
river.
Hawkins rolled over 
, but was disgusted to see his opponent reveal 
for the rivered win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
29,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
Annette Obrestad opened to 400 from the cutoff and was called by the player on the button. The blinds folded their hands and the flop fell 
.
Obrestad continued with 600 on the flop and her opponent quickly called. The 
came on fourth street and Obrestad chose to slow down. After her check, her opponent fired 1,500 into the middle and Obrestad mucked her hand. She's currently sitting on 26,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,000
-2,600
|
-2,600 |
|
||
With late registration still open for around 90 minutes, many more players are still taking their seats in the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event. These are a few of the players we have noticed in the White Section of the Pavilion Room. Included are two of last year's November Nine, Ben Lamb and Eoghan O'Dea.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
||
With around 1,500 in the pot and a flop of 
, we saw Mclean Karr with 2,875 laid out in front of him, which appeared to be a check-raise. Meanwhile, his opponent had three-bet to 5,700, which prompted Karr to fire out five more T5,000 chips, constituting a four-bet to 27,875.
Karr's opponent thought for a long time as a call would cost most of his stack. In the end, he ended up folding and allowed Karr to take down the pot without further resistance.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
39,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
||
|
37,300
7,300
|
7,300 |
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
34,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
|
32,600
2,600
|
2,600 |
|
32,000
-8,500
|
-8,500 |
|
||
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
|
31,400 | |
|
|
31,200 | |
|
31,000 | |
|
|
29,000 | |
|
|
28,000 | |
|
26,700
-3,300
|
-3,300 |
|
||
|
|
25,400 | |
|
|
24,000 | |
|
|
19,500 | |
|
|
15,000 | |
|
|
12,600
-17,400
|
-17,400 |
|
6,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
Matt Affleck, who's sporting a University of Washington football jersey today, is currently sitting behind a mountain of chips. By our count, he's an early leader with 78,800, and is attempting to make another deep run in the Main Event.
You probably remember Affleck from the 2010 Main Event, where he busted in brutal fashion to the eventual winner; Jonathan Duhamel. Affleck also finished 80th in the 2009 Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
78,800
42,800
|
42,800 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
63,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
||
|
42,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
34,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
28,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
25,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
24,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
17,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
|
9,500
-20,500
|
-20,500 |
Here are some counts from the Blue Section of the Amazon Room. David "Doc" Sands informed us that, "Johnny Chan is the best ever. He's won sixty percent of the pots at our table."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
59,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
||
|
54,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
48,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
33,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
27,500
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
25,200
4,450
|
4,450 |
|
||
|
22,300
3,100
|
3,100 |
|
10,300
-19,700
|
-19,700 |
|
||
