The pace of eliminations have slowed considerably in Level 12, with Padraig Parkinson being the most recent to hit the rail. Just 55 players remain, with the top 42 making the cash.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
With 5,200 in the middle and the first three community cards showing 
, Shaun Deeb pushed out a pot-sized bet from the big blind, then "King" Dan Smith raised to 19,000 from the cutoff seat. Deeb responded with a pot-sized reraise, and Smith called all in for 67,000.
Deeb had 
for a seven-high straight with both flush and higher straight redraws, and Smith showed 
with no redraw. Fortunately for Smith the turn was the 
and the river the 
, and he survived with a chop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000 | -23,000 |
|
93,000 | 56,000 |
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With about 20,000 in the middle and the board showing 
, Lucas Vandenbelt fired a bet of 6,200 and waited as Davidi Kitai took nearly two minutes deciding what to do.
At last Kitai folded, showing two of his cards — 
— as he did.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
206,000 | -1,000 |
|
112,000 | 80,700 |
Earlier and not long after Sammy Farha was eliminated, it was Chad Brown who eventually earned the dubious privilege of moving into Farha's vacated seat on chip leader Ville Mattila's left. So far Brown has held onto his chips, although still sits with roughly the stack which which he started Day 2.
Just now a hand arose in which a player raised to 3,700 from under the gun and both Brown and Mattila called from the blinds. The flop came 
, and when it checked to the raiser he bet 5,000 and Brown called. Mattila then carved out a check-raise to 31,100, forcing a quick fold from the UTG player. Brown took considerably more time to make his decision before finally folding as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
281,000 | 19,000 |
|
142,000 | -17,000 |
Daniel Negreanu just earned a helpful boost to his chip stack while sending another player off shy of the money here in Event #41.
We picked up the action on the turn with the board showing 
. That's when Negreanu bet 22,000, his opponent raised to 54,000, and Negreanu called.
Negreanu had 
for top set while his opponent had 
and hopes for a diamond flush. But the river was the 
, and Negreanu earned the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000 | 68,000 |
Ville Mattila continues to enjoy the chip lead as the field shrinks below 60. Meanwhile, Dani Stern was among the recently eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
320,000 | 15,000 |
|
|
213,000 | 98,000 |
|
210,000 | 99,000 |
|
|
207,000 | 101,700 |
|
184,000 | 2,000 |
|
183,000 | 17,000 |
|
178,000 | -4,000 |
|
162,000 | 35,800 |
|
|
159,000 | 19,400 |
|
130,000 | 75,000 |
|
115,000 | -10,000 |
|
112,000 | 44,000 |
|
104,000 | 34,200 |
|
|
102,000 | -36,900 |
|
90,000 | -15,400 |
|
81,000 | -55,000 |
|
78,000 | 43,500 |
|
65,000 | -37,900 |
|
52,000 | 3,000 |
|
46,000 | -60,600 |
|
46,000 | -18,000 |
|
|
41,000 | 24,400 |
|
|
37,000 | 7,000 |
|
|
31,300 | -47,300 |
|
Busted |
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 0
Venkatesh Gupta and Freddy Deeb together saw a 
flop. Deeb, playing from under the gun, checked, then Gupta bet 6,000 from the cutoff seat. Deeb responded with a raise to 26,000, and when Gupta reraised all in for 48,000 total, Deeb called.
Venkatesh: 
Deeb: 
Venkatesh had a better pair to start, but the flop had given Deeb a set, and after the turn and 
river, Deeb was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,000 | 57,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Victor Shuchleis and Michel Abecassis just found themselves entangled in a pot that had reached the river with the board showing 
. The showdown having arrived, Shuchleis showed 
and Abecassis 
, and as both players had aces and tens they chopped the pot.
Discussion afterward centered around the pair debating whether each had played the hand well, a question about which neither could draw a firm conclusion. Shuchleis then jerked a thumb toward Ben Tollerene sitting to his left.
"At least we have Ben here to tell us if we're playing well," he said, and Tollerene sat forward in his chair. "I have no idea what's going on," Tollerene joked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
182,000 | 86,500 |
|
45,000 | -12,300 |
|
34,000 | -26,500 |
