Aaron Johnson just busted out when his 
was outdrawn by the 
of an opponent who turned a pair of sevens.
"Sorry about that, man," the player who busted Johnson said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Vladislav Mezheritsky decided to call a 300-chip bet from early position in the small blind after Byron Kaverman flatted on the button.
The big blind came along for the ride and they went four-handed to a 
flop. Mezheritsky checked and the pre-flop aggressor dropped out an 875-chip bet. Kaverman flatted again, but Mezheritsky had other ideas, shipping it in for 4,500.
The early position raiser folded his hand, but Kaverman thought long and hard on this one, taking a full three minutes in the tank and really making Mezheritsky sweat it out.
Finally, with little fanfare, he folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,200
2,200
|
2,200 |
|
5,000
1,650
|
1,650 |
|
||
Some scary news coming from the hallway just outside the tournament area as it appears actor and poker player James Woods required some medical attention.
One witness saw Woods being attended to by Emergency Medical Technicians, who were giving him oxygen as he pointed to his chest.
The EMTs have now taken Woods from the building.
Matt Stout, Zo Karim, Dustin Dirksen, Erik Cajelais, and Jason Smith are among the players to recently take seats in Brasilia Room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,850 | |
|
7,000 | |
|
6,900
1,300
|
1,300 |
|
||
|
6,200
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
4,050 | |
|
3,325
425
|
425 |
|
|
||
|
3,100
100
|
100 |
|
|
||
|
3,000 | |
Level: 4
Blinds: 75/150
Ante:
After a flop of 
, former Main Event winner Joe Cada, Lisa Hamilton, and Jeremy Gold got it all in.
Gold: 
Hamilton: 
Cada: 
Gold had flopped a boat, and Hamilton was drawing nearly dead with a flush draw, while Cada needed a king. The 
turn and 
river kept Gold's hand best, and he scored a double KO over two notable players.
After the hand, Cada graciously posed for photos with Gold and one of the other players at the table before exiting the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,350 | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
2010 WSOP Main Event 9th-Place Finisher Soi Nguyen is running well again here today.
He told the PokerNews Live Reporting team he's been slowly grinding it up all day and after flopping a couple of sets, finding a way to get there with a couple of flush draws, and busting a couple of players along the way, he's sitting on a relatively large stack early.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,000 |
According to Jeremy Putthoff, he flopped bottom set against Antonio Esfandiari's middle pair and flush draw and held to leave Esfandiari with just one T100 chip. "The Magician" busted a short time later, and Putthoff, who recently finished third at Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki for $36,000, has a nice early stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,850 | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Thayer Rasmussen turned 
into a straight in a big three-way pot and having collected a few other small pots on the way, he's now near the top of the counts nearing the end of the third level of play.
In fact, he's turned 3,000 chips into more than 17,000 already.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
17,200
15,100
|
15,100 |
Former Main Event champion Joe Cada is among the newly seated here in the Brasilia Room.
In fact, he is actually sat right beside Lisa Hamilton who won the 2009 WSOP Ladies' Championship the same year Cada took down the Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,325
3,525
|
3,525 |
|
4,300
4,300
|
4,300 |
|
|
3,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
2,100
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
||
|
1,950
1,950
|
1,950 |
|
1,850
1,150
|
1,150 |
|
700
2,300
|
2,300 |
