From under the gun + 1, Jared Woodin moved all in for his last 110,000 chips. Action folded all the way to Yevgeniy Timoshenko who was in the big blind. He didn't waste any time calling.
Timoshenko:
Woodin: .
The board ran out giving no help to Woodin on any street and no sweat to Timoshenko either. With that pot he moved over the 1 million chip mark.
Nick Schwarmann raised to 17,000 preflop, and the only caller was Blake Yu on the button. The flop fell , and Schwarmann checked, and Yu bet 18,000. The turn was the , and Schwarmann checked again. Yu continued for 46,000. Schwarmann again called, and the completed the board on the river. Schwarmann checked again, and Yu tossed out a messy bet of what looked like 80,000. Schwarmann quickly folded, and Yu took the pot. Yu, who started the day short enough to push all in on the very first hand, is now up to 825,000.
Shortly after winning that hand versus Christopher Whitall, J.C. Tran was back at it again, this time tangling with Bob Buckenmayer
In the hand Buckenmayer raised to 18,000 from middle position and Tran called from a seat over. It folded around to the big blind who came along as well, and the flop came . It checked to Buckenmayer who bet 33,000. Tran called and the big blind stepped aside.
The turn was the , and Buckenmayer didn't hesitate before setting out three short stacks of orange chips as a bet of 45,000. Tran sat for about 15 seconds, then slid his cards to the dealer.
Level 18 of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event is in the rearview mirror, and the remaining 334 players are now on a 90-minute dinner break.
In the last two hours, we said farewell to the legendary 10-time WSOP bracelet winner and two-time Main Event champion Doyle Brunson. Brunson exited the Amazon Room to round of applause that slowly filled each corner from the Mothership to the Orange Section, and all the way to Purple. Texas Dolly gave an appreciative wave to the remaining players and the fans, then took to Twitter to tweet one simple word:
Ara Melikian opened to 24,000 in the cutoff and Allen Cunningham three-bet all in for about 220,000 from the big blind. Melikian called with , well ahead of Cunnigham's .
The board rolled out , bringing no help to Cunningham, ending his Main Event just after the beginning of Level 19.
Michiel Brummelhuis opened for 21,000, and Bradley Myers put in a three-bet to about 60,000. Brummelhuis came back over the the top with 121,000. After a couple of minutes of thought, Myers slid a two-handed bet in: 275,000. Brummelhuis released his hand.