Action raised to Craig Bergeron in the cutoff, who raised to 600. It folded to the player in the big blind who called the bet.
The flop came 
and the big blind led for 800 and Bergeron called.
The big blind check-called the 1,000 bet of Bergeron on the 
turn. Both players check the 
river and Bergeron showed 
and his opponent slid his cards to the muck.
When we got to the table, four floor men were standing around trying to figure out a solution for a problem that occurred in Pavilion White. Both Robert Lipkin and Steve Wagner had 650 chips in front of them after a bet and a call. Simple enough right? Not so much. Here's what happened:
Preflop, Lipkin had raised to 450. He drew two callers. One of them was Steve Wagner in the big blind. The flop came down 
and Wagner checked to Lipkin who put out a bet of 650. The player in seat three folded and here's where the trouble occurred.
Instead of waiting for Wagner to take his action, the dealer grabbed the flop, mucked it, and began pushing the pot to Lipkin. While in the process of this, Wagner had grabbed his chips and made the call. When all was said and done, Wagner had called the bet, but the entire deck had been mucked and there was no way to recover exactly what the flop was.
After about 10 more minutes of waiting, one of the floor supervisors came over the to the table and gave his ruling. The two men had two options. They could either grab a random , , and from the deck and replay the flop, or they could chop the pot as it stood.
"Do you want to chop?" Wagner asked Lipkin. Lipkin agreed and the two men ended up chopping the pot.
"Did you want to see my hand?" Wagner asked. Lipkin nodded and Wagner turned up his 
for what would've been a gutshot straight draw. Lipkin showed his 
for an underpair to the board and everyone at the table laughed as a new hand was dealt.
What a level it's been. Online veteran Shane "Shaniac" Schleger made an uncharacteristically early exit in a hand filled with sets, and while he didn't bust, 2011 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Ben Lamb was headed in the wrong direction.
It was also in level two that we did an orbit with 2006 WSOP Main Event champ Jamie Gold and discovered the man behind the celebrated court ruling that poker is a game of skill and is not illegal under the Illegal Gambling Business Act.
We also saw Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, who jumped out to a red-hot start, slow down a bit, though he still appears to be the chip leader.
Players are now on their second break of the day and will return in 20 minutes. When they do, they will play out Level 3 before going on the 90-minute dinner break.
Level: 3
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
The crew is back after a short hiatus to talk about the start of the Main Event, the lack of enthusiasm, the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship, and more. They are then joined by Jason Mercier to talk about Paul Pierce, bracelet bets, the WSOP schedule, and more.
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Near the end of Level 2, former Main Event champion Huck Seed was sent to the rail by Imari Love, who filled us in on the details.
Seed (who began the hand with about 13,000) opened with a raise from middle position and Love called on the button. The player in the small blind three-bet, which both Seed and Love called to a see a 
flop. The player in the small blind bet 3,000, Seed tagged along, and Love raised to 12,000. A fold from the player in the small blind led to the rest of Seed's stack being committed to the pot with 
. Love had him crushed with and Seed was not saved by the turn nor 
river, ending his Main Event.
Full double first hand back from break. Bet called shove on 895J with Q10 vs KK. #drawingslim #seatopen 74k at 150/300. #WSOPMEFollow @GriffinBenger
Unfortunately for the poker community there will not be another great performance for Brandon Cantu here in the 2013 World Series of Poker as he has just been eliminated from the main event.
We didn't catch all the action but we know that a short stacked Cantu ended up with 
all in on a flop of 
and he was called by an opponent with 
. The board bricked out and that was all she wrote for Cantu here in the 2013 Main Event, but we can be sure to expect another great performance for him sometime in the future.
Meanwhile, Nancy Birnbaum, Brett Richey and Hiren "Sunny" Patel have all been recently discovered in Pavilion White.
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