Olivier Busquet just sent another short-stacked player railward after his prevailed over his opponent's . The community cards came , then , then , and Busquet's better pair prevailed.
Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin just scored a key double up, crippling Charles Combes in the process.
The action began when Combes opened to 2,400 before the flop, raising Baldwin's big blind from the button. Baldwin decided to take a flop, and the dealer fanned the across the felt.
Baldwin tapped the table and Combes continued his line with a bet of 3,400, to which Baldwin responded with a reraise, making it 8,200 to play. Undeterred, Combes three-bet to 15,800, staring across the table as Baldwindd the same.
Eventually, Baldwin grabed his remaining chips and hoisted them into the middle, moving all in for his last 57,800. Combes snap-called, but he was dismayed to find Baldwin had flopped a set with his . Although he still had four outs to a full house with his , Combes couldn't find any paint on the turn () or river (), and just like that the majority of stack was shipped to Baldwin.
Micah Raskin was just all in and at risk for 30,100 with versus the of Steven Silverman. "Need a king, Lew," said Raskin, addressing the dealer as he burned a card and prepared to deliver the flop.
Lew complied with Raskin's request not once but twice, as the first three community cards came to give Raskin trips. The turn was the and river the , and Raskin survived.
"You're a gentleman and a scholar, Lew," said Raskin as the dealer slid the chips his way.
WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel just took a tour through the tables sporting a eyebrow-raising suit jacket printed with dollar bills. Wearing such an outfit earned a lot of head-turns from the players at the tables, with the sight of those dollars walking by being hard not to follow.
T.J. Cloutier couldn't resist delivering a judgment upon Effel's fashion statement. "Texas no longer claims you!" shouted Cloutier, alluding to their shared home state.
Effel explained that following Tom Schneider's second 2013 WSOP bracelet win in Event #29: $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. yesterday, he'd promised the "Donkey Bomber" he'd don some LoudMouth apparel in support of Schneider's sponsor.
Athanasios Polychronopoulos talks about his celebrations after winning his second bracelet last week, as well as possibly "getting it in bad" last night to luckily double up.
We saw Erick Lindgren with a focused expression on his face, and with the board showing , he had checked the action to an unknown opponent.
The player responded with a bet of 4,800, but Lindgren upped the ante with a reraise to 13,500. His opponent did not appear to like this development, but with only 40,000 left behind he likely felt committed to the pot, and his calling chips eventually made their way into the pot.
On the river, Lindgren jammed all in to put his opponent at risk, and after a minute of pondering the player made a crying call. His cards were mucked, however, when he saw Lindgren's for a flopped two pair.
Lindgren knocked another player out of contention, while moving his chip count to around double the current average.
prevailed over his opponent's 
. The community cards came 
, then 
, then 
, and Busquet's better pair prevailed.
across the felt.
, Combes couldn't find any paint on the turn (
) or river (
to see Chat hit the rail, as Froehlich moves up to 73,000 in chips.
versus the 
of Steven Silverman. "Need a king, Lew," said Raskin, addressing the dealer as he burned a card and prepared to deliver the flop.
for a flopped two pair.
