We did not catch the action but we saw a board of 
and Gilbert Diaz all in and at risk. However when his 
was exposed to us and his opponent he was not happy because Diaz's opponent had 
. The rivered straight gave Diaz the double and saved him from walking out before the dinner break.
The ante-only tournament was a short affair for Phil Hellmuth, after he was moved to a table featuring fellow poker pros Humberto Brenes and David Williams.
We overheard Brenes offering his friend a few words of encouragement when he took his seat, but despite the well wishes, Hellmuth was soon sent to the rail.
"Tranquilo, tranquilo," whispered Brenes, using his native tongue to tell Hellmuth to calm down.
The "Poker Brat" wrapped his arms around Brenes in a bear hug, obviously glad to have found a friend among the masses here in the Brasilia Room, but he was unable to heed "The Shark's" warning.
Just a few hands after arriving, Hellmuth saw Brenes open for 325, and he flatted in position. Williams, however, decided to apply the pressure, and he went for the squeeze play with a three-bet to 1,525.
Brenes got out of the way, but Hellmuth quickly heaped his handful of a stack forward, and Williams called just as quickly.
Showdown
Hellmuth: 
Williams: 
Hellmuth was crushed with his ducks, and Williams' jacks held through the 
board, sending Hellmuth off in the perpetual search for his historic 100th WSOP cash.
Level: 6
Blinds: /
Ante: 75
Upeshka Desilva is certainly acting as the bully at his table, and one hand with Ting Ho summed it up perfectly.
On a board of 
, Desiliva bet out 1,200. Ho raised to 3,200, and Desiliva decided to move all in. Ho tanked for for a few minutes, and eventually folded.
Desiliva immediately stood up and threw down the 
, which prompted some conversation between Ho and Desiliva.
Ho muttered, "You think I tanked that long because I had nothing?"
"Yeah!" Desiliva responded.
Ho stayed silent for about 20 seconds and then sarcastically agreed, "You're right I had nothing."
With a total of 99 World Series of Poker cashes to his credit, Phil Hellmuth is poised to make history the next time he makes the money. With a 100th cash here on poker's grand stage, Hellmuth can cement another aspect of his already indomitable legacy.
The "Poker Brat" has been amped up all week in anticipation of securing this historic score, and according to his Twitter account, Hellmuth will try make history here at the ante-only tournament.
Hellmuth has made his customary late arrival, and a quick check of his stack showed that history may have to wait for another day. With his 4,500 starting stack already halved just a few hands into the tournament, Hellmuth has already been seen flinging his cards into the muck with his signature blend of exasperation.
Out in 39th place in Stud 8/b. Playing my "A Game" every single day now! I'm gonna get my historic 100th cash soon, they CANNOT STOP ME!Follow @phil_hellmuth
LOVE 2 #WSOP Tourneys on same day!! Noon $1500 NLHold'em "Ante only" (no blinds) & 5 PM $3K PotLimOmaha 8/b...What to do? Hopped into NLHFollow @phil_hellmuth
Earlier in the day, we heard a dispute developing between Ilan Boujenah and the tournament staff, concerning his use of a foreign language at the table.
While a player speaking in a language other than English is prohibited by WSOP rules, this prohibition applies only to players involved in a hand. When a player has mucked his cards, they are technically free to use their native language if they so desire. This issue became a controversy earlier in the summer, but those in a position to do so ruled that non-English speaking is permissible when a player is not involved in the hand.
Unfortunately for Boujenah, who is a highly regarded figure on the European tournament circuit with several notable performances to his credit, a slight failure to communicate this issue may have cost him his chance to compete in today's ante-only tournament.
After being warned several times to refrain from non-English speaking at all times, even when he had already mucked his cards, Bojenah became visibly frustrated with what he believed to be an erroneous ruling. Although the issue was eventually sorted out, Bojenah had already succumbed to the tilting effects of the disagreement, losing the rest of his 10,000 stack shortly after receiving his last verbal warning.
According to Bojenah, he got it all in with 
on a jack-high board, but his opponent rolled over to eliminate him from the tournament.
"It's partly my fault, you know," Bojenah told us. "I didn't sleep enough last night, but if I was thinking about the hand and not the language issue, I most likely get away from it."
Despite his rough day here in the ante-only event, Bojenah still plans to spend his summer here at the WSOP, telling us that he will be playing "probably, like, all" of the remaining schedule.
Alek Masek got the chips in the middle preflop and put his opponent all in at risk. Masek held and his opponent held 
. Masek stood to risk or win 11,000 chips. The board ran out 
.
Masek shipped over most of his stack but remained with 6,000.
The cards are back in the air after the latest 20-minute break.
Level: 5
Blinds: /
Ante: 75
The players have stood to stretch as we enter the second 20-minute break of the day.
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