The flop read 
when a player ended up all in for his tournament life against Jesse Wilke.
Wilke: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
, 
and Wilke knocked out another player to boost his stack up to 665,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
665,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
Picking up the action after a 
flop, the blinds checked to a player in middle position who bet 16,000. Maria Mayrinck called on the button, the blinds folded and the 
hit the turn. The middle-position player checked to Mayrinck this time and she bet 21,000. Her opponent called and both checked the river.
Mayrinck tabled 
for queens and tens, her opponent angrily mucked 
face up and Mayrinck collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
446,000
65,500
|
65,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
874,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
830,000
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
|
665,000 | |
|
644,500
65,500
|
65,500 |
|
450,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
230,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
|
162,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
154,000
58,500
|
58,500 |
|
111,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
105,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
||
|
67,000 | |
|
|
40,500
40,500
|
40,500 |
Phil Ivey opened the pot and got a call from an older gentleman in the big blind. The flop was 
and it was checked to Ivey. He bet 8,000 and got a call. The turn was the 
and now the big blind led for 25,000.
Ivey looked affronted and asked, “How much you got?” He saw a stack of 18,000 behind and gave his man an Ivey glare. There can’t be many scarier things at a poker table than that but this gentleman was wearing a Vietnam Veterans hat and didn’t look like he was too intimidated.
Ivey threw in the call and while army experience helps steel nerves under pressure, so does a set as Ivey faced 
and had made the call with just 
. The river bricked out and another chunk of Ivey’s stack went missing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
410,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
On Table 355 in the Amazon Tan section there are two players, seated just two seats apart, with enormous stacks. Leonardo Emperador, from Venezuela, sits on 785,000 and he looks to improve on his 2008 finish when he placed 261st in this event.
Andrew Liporace has not made the money in the WSOP Main Event just yet, but his current stack gives him a very good chance to make it there.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
785,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
715,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Bracelet winner Aaron Steury won't be adding to his collection by taking down the Main Event, as he just went busto. According to his old table, Steury got his chips in with 
against 
and came out on the losing end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Picking up the action after the river of a board reading 
, the bet was 21,000 to Faraz Jaka from an opponent. After about 30 seconds Jaka called. His opponent mucked and Jaka tabled 
for trips to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
203,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
420,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
390,500
115,500
|
115,500 |
|
380,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
325,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
310,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
||
|
235,000
66,300
|
66,300 |
|
195,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
143,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
||
|
142,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
110,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
65,500
65,500
|
65,500 |
|
57,500
42,500
|
42,500 |
|
42,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
Facing a raise to 8,500 and a call from Matthew Haugen, Griffin Benger three-bet from the small blind to 29,500. The original raiser four-bet to 78,500 as Haugen folded before Benger went all in and his opponent called off his final 50,000.
Benger:
Opponent:
Haugen announced he folded a nine as the 
board was spread by the dealer to ensure Benger was pushed the pot to move to 585,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
585,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Over on Phil Ivey's table, we've just spotted Mehrdad Yousefzadeh with a monster stack! A close examination taught us that Yousefzadeh now sits on 1,050,000 chips and that means he's the first player up to over one million chips during this year's Main Event.
Mister Phil Ivey himself sits on around 370,000 chips, and with Yousefzadeh two seats to his left he will have his work cut out for him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,050,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
|
370,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
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