Remember earlier in the day when we remarked it was only a matter of time before one table became the home to five or six pros? Well that table has come to fruition.
Table 373 is housing Matthew Ashton, Oleskii Kovalchuk, Joseph Cheong, Eric Baldwin and David Benefield! Rather them than us!
A player opened to 1,050 in late position, and Matt Stout wanted to go all in, but could only raise the pot (3,600) leaving 800 behind. The action folded back to the original raiser, who called.
The flop fell 
, the player checked, and Stout moved all in. The player called.
"Set of kings," Stout said, showing 
.
The player tabled 
.
The turn and river were both black nines, giving Stout kings-full and doubling his stack back to 9,000 chips.
Rami Boukai had a player all in and at risk on a flop of 
, and Boukai was ahead with a set of jacks.
Boukai: 
Opponent: 
The player held an open-ended straight draw, but was unable to connect with the turn (
) or the river () and hit the rail. Boukai, who won the $2,500 half pot-limit hold'em, half no-limit hold'em event in 2009, now has 37,000 chips.
Juha Helppi must have thought he was going to double up when he got his 
in on the 
flop. But he found out he was against 
and was actually only a 55% favorite. The didn't alter the hand, but the 
on the river gave both players a straight and the pot was split between them.
Check out the list below for a large selection of chip counts. Make note of the number of established pros who have bought in late including, but not limited to, Erik Seidel, Jason Mercier, Sam Trickett, Alex Kravchenko, Barry Greensetin and Tom Marchese!
Philipp Gruissem is one of the many players who registered at the very last second, and has just sat down in the Orange Section of the Amazon Room. On the very first hand he played, he eliminated two players, including two-time bracelet winner Mark Radoja.
When we arrived at the table, the flop was already out 
, and all of the chips went in the middle.
Gruissem: 
Radoja: 
Third Player:
Gruissem made a straight when the 
turned, and the 
bricked on the river. The German now sits with 26,000 chips.
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
The players are now on a 30-minute dinner break. At this point all of the pink lammers will be cashed in.
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