Matt Marafioti has just entered the tournament and is seated at the same table as Yevgeniy Timoshenko. Also in attendance is High Stakes professional Sammy Farha, who's seated right next to Matt Glantz.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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490,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
370,000 | |
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300,000 | |
|
262,000
-38,000
|
-38,000 |
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261,600
-38,400
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-38,400 |
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250,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
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|
200,000 | |
|
105,000
-91,000
|
-91,000 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Talal Shakerchi flopped middle set, but ran into Blake Bohn's top set to bust. Meanwhile, Mohsin Charania couldn't recover after taking back-to-back hits from Vivek Rajkumar and Jean-Robert Bellande.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
550,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
400,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
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375,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
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|
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|
355,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
335,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
||
|
322,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
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|
295,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
265,000
-17,600
|
-17,600 |
|
|
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|
265,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
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|
265,000 | |
|
|
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|
250,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
245,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
|
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|
225,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
225,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
|
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|
220,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
170,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Johnny Chan opened the hijack with a raise to 3,000. On the button, Jason Senti made it 8,500 to go. Both blinds folded but Chan made the call after some thinking. Both players checked the entire board down: 
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.
"You got it" Chan said.
"King high" said Senti.
"King what?" asked Chan before showing his 
. Senti tabled 
and the dealer had to chop it up.
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Way back in Level 3, Greg "FBT" Mueller raised to 2,300 from early position, Daniel Alaei three-bet to 8,000 in the cutoff, and Michael Mizrachi (button), and Jeff Gross (big blind) cold-called the three-bet. Mueller called as well, and the flop fell 
.
Gross and Mueller knuckled, Alaei fired out 18,000 and Mizrachi called. Gross folded, Mueller check-raised to 52,000, and both Alaei and Mizrachi called. The turn was the 
, Mueller checked again, and Alaei tossed forward 130,000. Mizrachi quickly folded, leaving 207,000 behind, and Mueller thought for 30 seconds before calling.
The river was the 
, Mueller checked again, and Alaei moved all in for 141,200.
Cue the tank.
Mueller grabbed a handful of chips and snapped them on top of a stack violently.
"I had you on ace-king on the flop," Mueller sighed. "I was thinking, 'How am I going to get all of Danny's chips?'"
Mueller threw his hands on his head, closing his eyes to think. He reached for chips once again, counted out enough to make the call, then placed them aside. Then he counted the rest of his stack to see what he would have left (around 140,000).
"It's fun flopping a set," Mueller said, lifting 
high enough off the felt so that dozens of people on the rail and a few players at the table could see it. Mizrachi started laughing.
"What the hell were you doing in the hand?" Mueller shot at Mizrachi. He laughed again.
"The same thing you were," the two-time Poker Players Champion told him. "Trying to win it."
A few more minutes passed.
"I only ask one thing, Danny," Mueller said, looking at Alaei. "If I fold, don't show a buff. That's all I ask Danny. Don't show a bluff."
Alaei didn't respond, verbally or physically. Throughout the tank, he silently stared at one spot on the felt without moving an inch.
Mueller then stood up, leaned over the table, and started recounting the action on each street. "There was over two-hundred in the middle after the flop - that's fun - and we each put one-twenty in on the turn."
David Peters and Trevor Pope both broke out into laughter. News of this epic tank had reached adjacent tables, and Tom Dwan, Bryn Kenney, and Toby Lewis were discussing the hand. Other players from other tables swung by to check out what was happening, returned to their table to play a hand or fold, then return to see if the hand was over.
Finally, after 15 minutes of thinking, apologizing, snapping chips, holding his head, rechecking his cards, and apologizing some more, Mueller folded his full house. Silently, Alaei dropped his cards into the muck facedown, and raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
590,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
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|
281,000
-159,000
|
-159,000 |
|
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|
207,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
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Trevor Pope, who won a World Series of Poker bracelet a few weeks back, opened for 2,400 from middle position and received calls from Daniel Alaei in the cutoff and Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi on the button. The blinds both folded and three players saw a flop of 
.
Two checks put action on Mizrachi and he bet a modest 5,100. Pope then spring to life with a check-raise to 12,200, Alaei folded and Mizrachi made the call. Both players checked the 
turn and then Pope check-called a bet of 25,000 on the 
river.
"Trip queens," Mizrachi said and confidently tabled the 
.
"Nice hand," Pope said before sending his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
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|
|
250,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
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As relayed to us, Martin Finger raised from the hijack and and John Morgan called on the button. The flop came down 
and shortly thereafter Morgan was all in and at risk 
against Finger's 
. The 
turn and 
river locked up the pot for Finger, who is now up to about 750,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
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Busted | |
