Level 4 is in the books, and that means it's time for the last 20-minute break of the day. The Pavilion Room and Tan Section of the Amazon are completely broke, as are a few tables in Orange. That said, the vast majority of the Amazon Room and the entire Brasilia Room are full of players. When they return, they'll play one more two-hour level before calling it a night.
A few players who aren't in immediate danger of elimination are Clement Tripodi, Daniel Cates and Danny Illingworth, who are all sitting with big stacks.
Georges St. Pierre opened to 600 from UTG+1 and the cutoff made the call. The saw St. Pierre continue with a 1,000 bet and his opponent instantly folded.
It may have only been a small pot, but the all count in this game.
Ragahavan has quietly built a big stack through Level 4 of Day 1b, and appears to have chipped up every time we pass his table.
As he proved with a huge win at the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic, Las Vegas $10,000 Championship Event, Raghavan is fully capable of closing the deal, and by amassing a big stack here today, he is giving himself a shot to do just that on the biggest stage in poker.
We arrived at the table to see the player under the gun plus one open to 800, before getting called by 2012 Main Event final table bubble, Gaelle Baumann, make the call, as well one other player from the blinds.
The flop came down , as the big blind checked his option, before the original raised threw out a continuation bet of 2,100 in chips. Only Baumann made the call, as both saw the fall on the turn.
Another bet of 3,000 was too much for Baumann, as she mucked her hand. Her opponent paused for a moment, before showing his , as he raked in the pot.
We happened upon Table 394 to see Jonathan Depa tabling the on a board. His opponent on the button mucked and Depa pulled in a pot of about 10,000. That normally wouldn't be too special, but the fact that he was adding to his stack of 115,000 was as it makes him one of the biggest stacks in the room.