We found Joe Cada in a hand on a flop of . His opponents checked to him as he bet 2,300 into a 5,000 chip pot. One opponent called and they saw a turn of the . Cada's opponent fired out 3,800 and Cada called. The river came the and Cada's opponent pushed all in. Cada took a minute before folding. Cada did however get his opponent to show his hand- the -for a bluff that sent Cada down to 37,000.
Jon "PearlJammer" Turner was facing an all in raise of 5,000 on a board of . Turner tanked before calling and he showed the but his opponent held the second nut straight with the . Turner was ready to throw his hand in expecting to lose but the river saved him by throwing the giving both players a straight. Turner took the chop and has a comfortable stack of 40,000.
Andy Frankenberger shoved his remaining 3,850 from under the gun and Brandon Shane called from the button. When the hands were tabled, Shane dominated with against Frankenberger's .
The board of did not help Frankenberger and he was eliminated.
Jake Cody has recently been eliminated from play at the hands of Ami Alibay. According to Alibay, Cody got the last of his stack all in with but was crushed by Alibay's . Cody failed to improve and was eliminated from play.
Alibay is now sitting healthy on a stack of 36,000.
Phil Hellmuth opened the cutoff to 800 and it folded to the small blind who snap-raised to 1,600. It folded back to Hellmuth who let out a dramatic "Wow".
Eventually he called and the flop brought . Hellmuth's opponent continued for 950 and the 13-time WSOP champion flat called. The turned and two checks prompted the board to complete with the .
It was checked to Hellmuth once more and he fired 1,950.
"Good bluff," his opponent lamented.
"You really think I'd try to bluff you?" said Hellmuth, tabling in the process for a flopped two pair. He was all smiles as he dragged in the pot that boosted his stack to about 42,000.
We caught up to a board reading where Naoya Kihara's opponent was assembling a bet in a 5,000 chip pot. He brought out 3,500 which was half of Kihara's remaining chips. Kihara insta-called and his opponent tabled for a full house. Kihara mucked and he is down to his last 3,500.
Around 300 players have returned from dinner to start level 7 with blinds at 150/300 and an ante of 25. According to a recent tweet from Jack Effel, we will be playing only 10 levels today since the field started with less than 1500 players.