The World Series of Poker Main Event is a constant search for new big stacks. Just now, over on Johnny Chan's table, we spotted Frank Passantino who's sitting on around 105,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000 |
The buy-in for the Main Event may be $10,000 but table 391 proved that it is still just a fun game of cards for some players. The player with the most chips at the table got the rest of the players to agree to show one card of their choosing at the end of a non-showdown win.
The instigator was in the big blind the next hand and the player to his right joked that all they would be seeing from him was a succession of aces. Another player opened the action for 1,000 and the big blind called.
The flop of 
was checked and the turn card was the 
. The original raiser bet 1,000 with 7,000 behind, and the big blind folded. Time to show one card and he said, “Which ten do you want to see?” and showed the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
62,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
||
|
45,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
32,500
-500
|
-500 |
|
25,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
17,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Shang Dai and Johnny Chan have been clashing all day and just now it was the former who got the best of it.
The actions started with a raise from Matthew Ashton to 800 and Chan called. Both blind, including Dai from the small, made the call. The flop came down 
and the action was checked to Chan who bet 2,400.
Only Dai called and the turn, the 
, and the river, the 
, were checked. Dai showed 
and he won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
82,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
||
|
41,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
119,000
50,500
|
50,500 |
|
|
||
|
94,000
-5,350
|
-5,350 |
|
90,000
26,300
|
26,300 |
|
|
||
|
65,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
|
|
59,500
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
58,000
19,100
|
19,100 |
|
54,500
25,500
|
25,500 |
|
52,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
51,000
21,100
|
21,100 |
|
47,300
-2,700
|
-2,700 |
|
47,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
45,500
-7,500
|
-7,500 |
|
45,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
44,000
-8,700
|
-8,700 |
|
||
|
43,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
||
|
39,000
-9,600
|
-9,600 |
|
37,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
35,300
900
|
900 |
|
32,000 | |
|
27,500
100
|
100 |
|
23,400
-14,600
|
-14,600 |
|
21,500
10,200
|
10,200 |
|
15,800
-12,300
|
-12,300 |
|
|
||
|
14,800
6,800
|
6,800 |
|
|
||
Joe Tehan opened to 1,000 and both Tim Phan and Nam Le made the call from the cutoff and the big blind.
Tehan continued for 1,500 on the 
flop only to have Phan raise it up to 4,000 as Le mucked. Tehan made the call before the 
was checked through on the turn.
The river landed the 
and Tehan bet out 5,100 with Phan quickly folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
56,400
-3,100
|
-3,100 |
|
|
34,125
6,625
|
6,625 |
Duncan McLellan has soared past the 100,000 chip barrier and is currently armed with 114,000 chips. Also on the rise are McLellan's fellow Brits Barny Boatman and Andrew Teng.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
114,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
67,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
53,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
42,000 | |
|
||
|
34,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
|
33,300
4,800
|
4,800 |
|
21,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
17,600
-18,100
|
-18,100 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
103,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
||
|
76,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
61,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
53,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
52,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
49,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
||
|
47,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
||
|
47,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
42,000
14,700
|
14,700 |
|
|
||
|
23,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
22,000
-41,500
|
-41,500 |
|
|
||
From middle position, Tim Phan raised to 1,100. Naoya Kihara called from the hijack seat, the player in the small blind called, and David Paredes called out of the big blind.
All four players saw the flop come down 
, and the first two checked the action over to Phan. He bet 2,300, Kihara called, then the other two folded.
On the turn, the dealer added the 
to the board. Phan checked, Kihara bet 5,100, and Phan called.
Then, after the 
river card, Phan led for 9,500. Kihara tanked, then called.
Phan tabled the , and Kihara mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,000
38,600
|
38,600 |
|
|
62,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
37,000
1,700
|
1,700 |
David Shaw, one of the biggest stacks in the room, has lost some chips but he's still sitting on around 92,000 after chopping a big pot just now.
When we arrived on the scene Shaw had put in an 11,000 pre flop raise while the big blind had 4,250 out in front of him. The big blind eventually called and the flop came down 
.
Both players tanked for a bit and checked.
On the turn the 
hit and the big blind checked after which Shaw bet 13,000. The big blind called with just 15,000 behind and the river was the 
.
Both players checked again and Shaw tabled 
. The big blind showed 
and the pot was chopped.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
92,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
