James Mitchell is no longer part of the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event. His last hand saw him all in preflop holding 
against the 
of Tomas Samol.
The 
board was no help to Mitchell as he was eliminated early in the afternoon of Day 4. Samol, however, is now sitting behind a stack of almost 900,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
885,000
508,500
|
508,500 |
|
Busted |
We caught up with the action to see Jeremy Ausmus all in against Craigory Thames. Thames had flopped a set on the 
flop with 
but was crushed by Ausmus who flopped top set with 
.
The turn was the 
and Thames had one out going to the river. Unfortunately for Thames, the river was the 
and Ausmus was able to double up to 460,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
||
|
|
42,000
262,500
|
262,500 |
Ben Greenberg is having an excellent start to Day 4, up above the 2,000,000 chip mark.
He is sitting in the blue section, making it hard for us to see all of the action, but he was kind enough to inform us of the big hands that have propelled him.
First, he opened under then gun with 
and an opponent at his table re-raised big with 
, with about 300,000 behind. Greenberg opted to four-bet jam and his opponent called all in. A on the turn gave Greenberg the pot.
Next, he raised from the small blind with 
and was called by the player in the big blind with about 200,000 behind. A 
flop came down and the chips found their way into the middle. Greenberg held up against his opponent's 
.
Ryan Young limped in early position, Alfred Firova limped from the small blind and Daniel Negreanu checked in the big blind. The flop came 
and all three players checked.
The turn came , Firova checked, Negreanu checked and Young bet 10,000. Firova called and Negreanu folded. The river came 
, Firova bet 20,000 and Young raised to 50,000.
Firova insta-shoved and Young said, "Aww, are you serious? F@*k! He has 
."
Young tossed in the call and Firova tabled 
for the Broad way straight.
"I just had a set," Young said and showed 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
720,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
260,000
139,000
|
139,000 |
While he has been relatively quiet today, last year's World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Rincon Regional Champion, Ali Eslami, is still hanging around. While this wouldn't normally warrant attention, we thought it was interesting considering late last night, Eslami was down to just 12,200. By the end of Day 3, Eslami had ran than up to 171,000.
He hasn't added much to that stack today, but obviously Eslami knows how to do two things, play patiently and win.
AliEslami Ali Eslami Took an ultrashort stack (12.2k lowest), dodged mortar shells, maneuvered and dug out to end the day with 171k. Feeling like a beast! #wsop
July 13 2012
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000
8,500
|
8,500 |
|
||
Darren Sinnaeve was all in and at risk preflop holding . Maurice Hawkins, his opponent, had him dominated with 
, but was putting on a little show for the ESPN cameras.
"Queen of spades!" he shouted. "Queen of spades!"
The dealer fanned 
.
"That's good too," he announced. "Six of spades!"
The turn was the . Hawkins called for one more card, but he was wrong again. Fortunately, it was the , and he won the hand, eliminating Sinnaeve.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
725,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Chance Kornuth raised from the button and received a call from John Juanda in the small blind. Both players checked the 
flop, and then Kornuth called a bet of 18,000 on the 
turn.
The players returned to checking on the river, prompting Juanda to roll over for the win. Despite that pot, Juanda is still down from the last time we checked in with him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
625,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
||
|
250,000
107,500
|
107,500 |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
790,000
256,500
|
256,500 |
|
||
|
645,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
||
|
575,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
||
|
430,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
|
|
||
|
330,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
280,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
|
|
||
|
220,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
After being crippled with pocket treys versus Brian Meinders' pocket aces, Antonio Esfandiari soon opened with a raise that left himself but 4,000 behind and was called by a single opponent.
The flop came 
, and Esfandiari's opponent said "I hit that flop good" before putting Esfandiairi all in. Esfandiari smiled and said, "I did, too," turning over 
again for a flopped set.
His opponent had but 
, and Esfandiari's hand held through the turn and river. "Ship the sherbet to Herbert!" said Esfandiari, who had doubled up to about 100,000.
Esfandiari's good fortune didn't last that long, however, as soon he was all in once more with versus Michael Shelton's .
The board came 
, and the Event 55: $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop winner was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
||
We heard the delaer at table 351 say all in and call, and we went to go check it out. We saw that on a flop of 
, Adam Johnson had shoved all in after Christopher Andler had bet. Andler made the call with 
, and Johnson was on the bad end of a cooler, as he held .
The turn brought paint, but it was the . The finished out the board, and Johnson headed to the rail, while Andler chips up to 710,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
710,000
428,000
|
428,000 |
|
Busted |
