We found Todd Brunson mockingly calling the floor as the dealer apparently pushed the chips to someone else after Brunson showed down on a jack-high board to win a hand.
"I haven't won a pot in so long, he didn't believe I had actually won one," Brunson said as the other players laughed.
"You didn't look like you'd won, that was the problem," another player at the table said.
"That's not the face of a winner," Andy Bloch confirmed as the table chuckled.
The official numbers are in. Event #8: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix has drawn 388 runners are created a prize pool of $882,700. That will be distributed to the top 40 players with the eventual winner taking home $225,104.
Scott Seiver has vaulted himself among the chipleaders. However, he wasn't so fortunate in a hand we caught.
Seiver caught babies as his first three cards, and bet it down until checking seventh street against an opponent showing three babies and three diamonds. His opponent bet, and Seiver made what appeared to be a reluctant call.
Seiver: /
Opponent: /
Seiver's opponent scooped the pot with aces for high and seven-six low, as Seiver didn't show.
We happened upon Phil Ivey's table just in time to watch him win a decent pot off Marco Johnson. We caught the action with 1,850 in the middle and a board reading . Johnson, who is seated to Ivey's direct left, checked and then called when Ivey bet 600. When the fell on the river, Johnson checked for a second time and then mucked when Ivey bet another 600.
Meanwhile, Daniel Negreanu has been eliminated from the tournament.
"I got beat like a racehorse," is all Negreanu said as he exited the playing area.
The field is incredibly saturated with pros, and that means it's awfully difficult to track them all. Fortunately the power of social media has made it a bit easier. Here are a few players who've taken to Twitter to tell their tale.
After a flop of , the player in the small blind at Table 100 fired out 300. Paul Volpe called from the big blind, and Josh Arieh raised from the button. Both players called. Everyone checked through the turn, and the brick river.
Arieh showed , and his opponents' cards hit the muck.
Phil Hellmuth, in middle position, had called a raise from the cutoff and the two were heads up to the flop.
The flop came , and Hellmuth check-called 1,150. Both players checked a turn, and Hellmuth checked again on a river. This time, his opponent bet 1,875, and Hellmuth winged his cards into the muck before leaning back in his seat.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the 2003 World Series of Poker, which most people remember as the year Chris Moneymaker helped spark the boom. What they may have forgotten is that David Singer was at that year's final table, ultimately finishing in ninth place for $120,000. Singer, who won his first and only bracelet back in 2008, is in action today more than a decade after his historic final table appearance.
Limit Hold'em
In a recent hand, action folded around to James Van Alstyne, who you may recall won the 2009 World Series of Poker $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event for $ 247,033 four year ago, and he raised from the small blind. A short-stacked Singer three-bet, Van Alstyne four-bet and the former ended up getting his stack of 1,475 all in.
Van Alstyne:
Singer:
Both players shared an ace, but Singer's kicker had him way out in front. The flop made things interesting as Van Alstyne could make a straight with a jack, but neither the turn nor river was what he was looking for. With that, Singer doubled... though he's still quite short.
Action folded around to the button, who raised to 400. Naoya Kihara three-bet to 1,275 from the big blind, and his opponent called.
Kihara continuation-bet on the flop, and his opponent put him all in. Kihara called off his remaining chips.
Kihara:
Opponent:
Kihara had top pair and a backdoor flush draw, but his opponent was slightly ahead with the nut flush draw and a pair of eights. The turn brought a , and the river a for good measure, sending Kihara out of the tournament.
on a jack-high board to win a hand.
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. Johnson, who is seated to Ivey's direct left, checked and then called when Ivey bet 600. When the 
fell on the river, Johnson checked for a second time and then mucked when Ivey bet another 600.
, the player in the small blind at Table 100 fired out 300. Paul Volpe called from the big blind, and Josh Arieh raised from the button. Both players called. Everyone checked through the 
, and his opponents' cards hit the muck.
river. This time, his opponent bet 1,875, and Hellmuth winged his cards into the muck before leaning back in his seat.
flop made things interesting as Van Alstyne could make a straight with a jack, but neither the 
turn nor 
, and the river a 
