Kevin Allen opened the preflop betting and faced a three-bet from the small blind of 2,700. Allen then moved all-in for 7,500 and after much deliberation the small blind called.
It was Allen's versus , so Allen was a substantial favorite to double up. The flop gave the popular Brit plenty to worry about, but he faded the open-ended straight draw when the turn and river fell and . Allen now has 15,600 chips to play with.
A short-stacked Michael Mizrachi raised to 1,000 from late position and another short player potted to 3,000 and Mizrachi called. The flop was and Mizrachi threw his last 600 in the middle and his opponent called.
Mizrachi tabled versus the of his opponent and he couldn't hit an over, as the board ran out clean. Mizrachi had apparently registered during dinner break and could not run his short stack up.
We have lost a handful of top poker talent here in Event #12, most of whom bought in late and were short stacked from the word "go".
Sebastian Saffari, Erick Lindgren, Scott Seiver all bought in late and are now out of contention for this event's bracelet, while Olivier Busquet and Will Failla both busted recently.
Failla was all-in with on an eight high flop, but was drawing dead on the turn when the club flush came in.
James Woods opened to 1,500 from late position and Paul Varano three-bet to 4,500 from the big blind. Woods potted, putting him all in for 11,000 and Varano made the call. It was the of Varano versus the of Woods and the board ran out for the double.
On the very next hand, however, Woods would give back approximately 8,000 as his pocket queens were picked off by the of his opponent in the big blind, after getting it in on a flop. Woods couldn't find any help on the turn or river and his opponent doubled.
At the 2013 WSOP, Dan Kelly cashed eight times for combined winnings of $465,934. Fast forward to this year and Kelly has cashed once in 12 events, a ninth place finish in the $10,000 Fixed Limit Omaha Hi-Low Championship that netted him $41,595.
He bought in late for this tournament and has managed to improve his 4,500 stack to 6,300, but still has plenty of work to do if he is to add a second in-the-money finish at the 2014 WSOP.
We didn't witness the hands, but David "Devilfish" Ulliott informed us that his stack has taken a couple of recent hits, as his big slick lost to pocket nines and his was cracked by .
He's now going to have to properly nurse his small stack, as he now has less than ten big blinds.
Mark Smith, Eric "Basebaldy" Baldwin and David "ODB" Baker have all busted from the $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em event, Baker's exit being particularly painful as he grinded his stack up to a high point of 26,000 at one point.
Two-time World Poker Tour champion Marvin Rettenmaier plays a wide range of hands preflop and as a result often gets paid off handsomely when he has a legitimate big hand.
That wasn't the case a short while ago because when the action folded to Rettenmaier on the button, he made a raise to 1,200 and must have been praying for either of the blinds to defend. But both blinds folded, leaving Rettenmaier to show his and pick up the 900 chips from the pot.
versus 
, so Allen was a substantial favorite to double up. The 
flop gave the popular Brit plenty to worry about, but he faded the open-ended straight draw when the turn and river fell 
and 
. Allen now has 15,600 chips to play with.
and Mizrachi threw his last 600 in the middle and his opponent called.
versus the 
of his opponent and he couldn't hit an over, as the board ran out clean. Mizrachi had apparently registered during dinner break and could not run his short stack up.
with 
against his opponent's 
and Brecher has been eliminated.
on an eight high flop, but was drawing dead on the turn when the club flush came in.
of Varano versus the 
of Woods and the board ran out 
for the double.
of his opponent in the big blind, after getting it in on a 
