Kevin Vandersmissen raised to 250 under the gun and Dimitar Danchev three-bet to 650 from middle position. Christian Harder four-bet to 1,600 from the hijack, resulting in a fold from Vandersmissen. Danchev five-bet to 3,450, Harder called, and the flop fell .
Danchev continued for 1,700, Harder called, and the turned. Both checked to see the river where Danchev checked. Harder bet 10,000 and Danchev folded immediately.
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Four players saw a flop of , including Matt Giannetti and Jonathan Jaffe. The action checked to Giannetti, who fired 1,800. Only Jaffe called.
The turn was the , Giannetti bet another 4,075, and Jaffe tank-called.
The completed the board, Giannetti moved all in for 8,575, and Jaffe quickly called. Giannetti showed for aces and eights, and Jaffe's hand quickly hit the muck.
The 2011 November Niner doubled to 34,500 chips, while Jaffe only has 3,900.
Scott Seiver was all in for about 11,000 with , but couldn't overcome his opponent's as the board read . Also eliminated recently were Kevin Saul and Ricky Fohrenbach.
During every event at the 2013 World Series of Poker, there is a random drawing to give away $100, which will go directly into that players WSOP.com account when the site eventually launches. If you are wearing a WSOP.com patch when your seat is drawn, then you win an extra $400.
Everybody knows that Allen Kessler hates giving away the slightest bit of value, and moments ago his seat was called over the loud speaker. Kessler was not wearing a WSOP.com patch, however, and missed out on $400 of equity. Antonio Esfandiari shouted this out for the entire field to hear, prompting many of the players to burst into laughter, and at the time Kessler was faced with a big river bet for half of his stack against Brandon Meyers.
The board was , and according to Jesse Martin, Kessler check-raised on the flop and then led out on the turn. On the river, he checked to Meyers who flipped out a single pink T5,000 chip. Kessler folded, leaving himself with 11,600 chips, while Meyers now has 35,000.