Matthew Wolf's Day 4 continues to go well, while Onnit player Sorel Mizzi has been mostly holding steady.
Just now the pair were involved in a hand in which they'd built a pot of about 160,000 by the river, at which point the board showed . Mizzi checked quickly, and after taking some time Wolf bet 83,000. Mizzi waited about a minute, then tossed his cards away.
JP Kelly raised and then called an all-in three-bet to 97,000 by John Shipley.
Showdown
Shipley
Kelly
It was a classic flip, but one that would not come down in Shipley's favor as the board ran out . "Good game," Kelly said after the hand as he increased his stack to 650,000.
Former WPT Champion Tuan Le is seated with Vanessa Selbst over on the secondary featured table, and we have very limited access to that table. However, we heard that Le was all in, so we went over to get as close as we could. Here's what we saw.
Le was all in with on a flop of . However, Le was well behind the held by Daniel Sauva. The turn brought the , and the river came the . With that, Le's dream of making the Octo-Nine is gone.
We caught up to find David Randall all in before the flop for his last 248,000. Randall was against the pocket aces of Vitalii Minakov and would need some help on the flop.
Minakov:
Randall:
Randall was able to flop a gutshot on and was miraculously able to get there when the peeled off on fourth street. The table winced when this card fell and the board completed with the . Randall is now sitting with about 520,000 in chips while Minakov has been crippled.
We caught up with the action on the turn, with the board reading . There was about 45,000 in the middle, and Freddy Deeb made it 38,000 to go. Action was on Jamie Shaevel, and he counted out a raise of 100,000, and stuck it in the middle. This represented most of Deeb's remaining stack, and it didn't take him long to announce all in. Shaevel made the call, and the cards were tabled.
Deeb:
Shaevel:
Deeb held top two pair, but Shaevel could still catch an ace or a heart to win the hand. The river brought the , and Deeb let out a quick "yes" as he saw he won the pot. Shaevel is knocked down to 238,000, while Deeb doubles to 310,000.
With around 70,000 in the pot and a flop of , Maria Ho checked from the under-the-gun position and opened the door for Mark Cole to bet 45,000 from middle position. Ho responded with a check-raise to 100,000, but Cole instantly moved all in for 330,000. Ho tanked for a solid two minutes before making the call.
Showdown
Ho
Cole
Both players had flopped a pair of aces, and while Ho's kicker had her out in front, Cole held a spade-flush draw. The turn gave both two pair, but again Ho's kicker was best. The dealer burned one last time and put out the on the river to give Cole a flush.. Ho, who was the last woman standing in the Main Event back in 2007, dropped down to 175,000 after the hand.
Joh Lavorato was under the gun when he get all his short-stacked chips in the middle. Lee Childs was in the small blind and made the call, along with Randy Haddox in the big blind. Lavorato watched on as Haddox and Childs checked down a board. Here is how all the cards looked at showdown.
Lavorato:
Haddox:
Childs:
"What are guys calling with?" commented Lavorato as he raked in his new chips.
We caught up just in time to see Ronnie Bardah's final hand of the 2012 World Series of Poker. This is Bardah's third consecutive cash in the WSOP Main Event. Bardah was able to make a deep run in 2010 where he eventually finished in 24th place. Bardah also cashed in 2011 with a 453rd place finish.
Bardah moved his last 140,000 all in before the flop with . Bardah was called by Al Wasserberger's and Bardah was looking for some help on the flop.
He did not find it, however, as the flop fell .
"Club one time for the sweat," said Bardah, but the deck denied him even this privilege, as the rolled off on the turn.
Fifth street was the and Bardah was sent to the rail. While it is always a disappointment to be eliminated from the Main Event, Bardah can't be too disappointed with his 2012 WSOP as a whole. Bardah was able to earn his first WSOP bracelet earlier this summer in Event 40: $2,500 Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed. Here is Bardah's winner interview from his bracelet win: