Carlos Mortensen, in the big blind, called a raise to 9,500 from the cutoff. He then check-called a bet of 6,500 on the 
flop. Both players checked the 
, and the 
completed the board. Mortensen bet 12,000, and his opponent folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
157,000 | 32,000 |
Jamila von Perger is not a household name in the poker world, but based on what we've seen from her, that may change in the near future. Von Perger is a German-born player currently living in Austria. She's made a few deep runs in European tournaments, including final tables in a preliminary event at EPT Berlin and at a UKIPT tournament. She boasts a healthy stack late on Day 3, and if she keep up her current pace has a good chance of making a deep run in the Main Event.
We recently had the chance to watch von Perger in a couple hands. In the first, after a middle position player raised to 8,000, the small blind called, and Von Perger called from the big blind. The dealer spread 
for the flop, and the blinds both checked. The preflop raiser continued for 12,500, and the small blind check-raised to 30,000. Von Perger thought for about a minute, then pushed her entire stack forward for an all-in bet of 149,000. The preflop raiser quickly folded, accidentally exposing the 
in the process. The big blind thought for about two minutes, then folded as well.
A few hands later, von Perger, Larry Wright, and one other player each put in 8,000 before the flop. The flop fell 
. Wright checked, and the other player bet 13,500. After thinking for a minute, von Perger raised to 28,000. Wright folded, and the other opponent called. Both players checked the 
, and the river was the 
. Von Perger's opponent led out for 42,500, and von Perger thought for a bit before calling. Her opponent turned up 
for top pair, but von Perger showed 
for a set.
After the series of hands, von Perger is up to 256,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
256,000 | 12,700 |
From the cutoff seat, Kyle Julius raised to 8,500. The button flatted, then action folded to Yevgeniy Timoshenko in the big blind. After some time, Timoshenko reraised all in for 93,500. Julius folded, but the button called.
The button showed the 
, but was dominated by the 
for the at-risk Timoshenko.
The flop, turn and river ran out 
, and Timoshenko doubled up to over 200,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
755,000 | 45,000 |
|
202,000 | 112,000 |
"Take the count down to 738, please," said one of those directing the tournament just now into his walkie-talkie, delivering instructions to change the players remaining listed on the big board.
The tourney has now gotten within 100 eliminations of the cash (at 648 players), and we're seeing the action start to slow somewhat as the money bubble begins to appear in the distance.
A pass through Amazon Orange just now saw Ludovic Lacay raising and taking blinds and antes on one table. Then a player at David Paredes's table opened for 10,000 from middle position, Paredes reraised to 28,500 from the button, and the original raiser got out.
Finally Greg Mueller saw his neighbor to the left raise to 8,500 from the cutoff. "You just can't help yourself, can you?" joked Mueller, then he reraised to 18,000, forcing the blinds out and the original raiser to let his hand go as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
645,000 | 85,000 |
|
505,000 | 100,000 |
|
395,000 | 86,000 |
Following a raise to 8,000 and a call from the small blind, Bobby Poe in the big blind moved all in for 82,500.
The original raiser folded, and after some consideration the small blind called.
Poe: 
Opponent:
The board ran out 
to see Poe eliminated and unable to improve on his 130th place last year.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Rachid Ben Cherif and Robert Bright were involved in a huge pot on the river with the board reading 
. Bright had checked to Cherif who put out a big bet of what looked like 84,000. After a few seconds of thought, Bright said, "Alright, call."
Ben Cherif tabled 
for a rivered flush. Bright mumbled something then began cutting out the chips to send over to Ben Cherif. With that huge pot, Ben Cherif has launched himself up the leaderboard and has amassed himself a top ten stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
835,000 | 355,000 |
|
170,000 | -165,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
515,000 | -10,000 |
|
330,000 | 115,000 |
|
188,000 | 20,000 |
We were walking through the orange section of the Amazon when we saw cameras swarming around the table that last year's ninth place finisher Steve Gee was at. We heard him shout and walk away from the table, and we thought that we were walking up to his bustout hand. In fact, Gee had just hit a two outer to survive. We saw that Gee had gotten it all in preflop holding 
, and he was in rough shape against the 
of his opponent. However, Gee caught an unlikely queen on the flop of 
. The board completed 
and , and another player at the table was bemoaning his luck, saying that he had folded 
preflop.
His loss was Gee's gain as he secured the full double up to 340,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000 | 186,000 |
Matt Jarvis moved all in on the river, and his opponent called.
"You're good," Jarvis said, tabling 
on a board with an ace and a bunch of low cards. His opponent showed 
for top pair, and Jarvis got out of his seat and left the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Remember when Doyle Brunson said he was going to "give in to Father Time and pass on tournament play at WSOP" this year?
It's a good thing he changed his mind.
The two-time WSOP Main Event champ has climbed to more than 600,000 in chips in the Main Event after flopping a set at one of the feature tables in the Amazon Room. The player in the cutoff raised preflop to 9,500 and Brunson called on the button. The big blind also came along, and the flop rolled out 
. Action checked over to the cutoff, who bet 13,000, and Brunson put in a raise to 42,000. The big blind then fired back with a check-shove for more than 130,000. The cutoff folded immediately, but Brunson wasted no time in making the call.
Big blind:
Brunson:
Accepting his fate, the player in the big blind got out of his seat and congratulated Doyle with a handshake even before the turn and river completed the board. Brunson is now among the leaders with 605,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
605,000 | 185,000 |