A Couple Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Roland Israelashvili |
12,200
6,300
|
6,300 |
Alex Queen |
4,825
-675
|
-675 |
Vladimir Schemelev | 2,300 | |
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Paul Sokoloff | Busted | |
Jason Mercier | Busted | |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Roland Israelashvili |
12,200
6,300
|
6,300 |
Alex Queen |
4,825
-675
|
-675 |
Vladimir Schemelev | 2,300 | |
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Paul Sokoloff | Busted | |
Jason Mercier | Busted | |
The players are now on their final 15-minute break of the day.
Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante:
Terrence Chan raised in early position, Eric Buchman defended, and the flop came . Buchman check-raised Chan, who called, and the turn brought the .
Buchman checked again, Chan instantly bet, and Buchman tank-called.
The river was repeat ten - the - and Buchman checked a third time. Chan tossed out a bet, then Buchman grabbed enough to chips to call, kissed them, then flicked them forward. Chan showed for kings and tens, winning the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Terrence Chan |
9,500
1,700
|
1,700 |
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Eric Buchman |
7,500
1,400
|
1,400 |
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You read that correctly.
Just before the break, a sick hand went down on Table 364. When all of the action was completed, and the hands were opened, the table looked like this:
Todd Witteles:
Earl Barron:
Opponent 1:
Opponent 2:
Board:
Witteles scooped the whole pot, eliminating three players and increasing his stack to 24,000 chips (he's since fallen to 21,000). He tweeted the following photo.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Todd Witteles | 21,000 | |
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Earl Barron | Busted |
Phil Ivey raised in middle position, and a very short-stacked player called all in near the button.
Ivey:
Opponent:
The flop fell , giving Ivey a set of sevens, but the turned, leaving the player with four outs to make a straight. The bricked on the river, however, and the player was eliminated.
Ivey now sits with 10,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Phil Ivey |
10,000
5,100
|
5,100 |
|
A player limped in from early position, a second player raised in the cutoff, and Phil Hellmuth cold-called in the big blind. The limper called as well.
The action folded to the raiser on a flop of , and he bet. Hellmuth called, the limper-check-raised, and both the raiser and Hellmuth called.
The on the turn paired the board, and Hellmuth checked again. The limper fired out a bet, and this time only the raiser called. Both players checked when the completed the board.
The limper showed two jacks, which earned him the pot, and Hellmuth winced at the sight of the players hand.
"I had ace-queen!" he yelped.
Despite losing the pot, the Poker Brat is still trending upwards, and sits with 11,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Phil Hellmuth |
11,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
Fabrice Soulier was all in against David "ODB" Baker on a board of .
Soulier:
Baker:
The river was the , and the 2011 $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. world champion doubled to 6,200 chips. Baker, who won his first WSOP gold bracelet in 2012, fell to 7,500.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David "ODB" Baker |
7,500
-2,100
|
-2,100 |
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Fabrice Soulier |
6,200
1,900
|
1,900 |
|
When we reached Table 371, Stephen Chidwick called a final bet on a board of , and showed for trip sixes. His opponent showed for a turned straight though, leaving the Brit with just 1,000 chips.
He was eliminated shortly thereafter.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Stephen Chidwick | Busted | |
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Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Sowers |
24,000
12,225
|
12,225 |
JJ Liu |
22,600
17,300
|
17,300 |
Matt Hawrilenko |
20,000
15,100
|
15,100 |
Nick Schulman |
18,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
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Tom Schneider |
16,000
-7,100
|
-7,100 |
|
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David "ODB" Baker |
15,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
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Steve Gee |
13,000
5,700
|
5,700 |
Daniel Makowsky |
12,500
7,400
|
7,400 |
Larry Wright |
12,000
-3,250
|
-3,250 |
|
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Bryan Devonshire |
11,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Matt Matros |
8,000
2,400
|
2,400 |
|
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Fabrice Soulier |
3,700
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
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Joe Cada |
3,500
-4,700
|
-4,700 |
Humberto Brenes |
3,000
-2,100
|
-2,100 |
Roman Valerstein |
2,800
-325
|
-325 |