Pellegrino Marotta bet 150,000 from middle position. Rassoul Malboubi in the cutoff made it 700,000 and was immediately shoved on by Marotta for 1,100,000. Malboubi made the call.
Pelegrino Marotta: A♠A♥
Rassoul Malboubi: 10♥10♠
Malboubi was behind but rocketed to the lead when he spiked a set on the K♠10♦3♠ flop. There was no help for Morotta whose aces were cracked by Maloubi's tens full of threes and headed to the exit.
Jeffrey Yarchever moved all in for 275,000 from the hijack before Ronald Swain reraised to 500,000 on the button. Jeanclaude Perrot, in the big blind, then four-bet to 1,000,000 and Swain got out of the way.
Jeffrey Yarchever: 4♥4♣
Jeanclaude Perrot: A♦K♥
"I need this one. Four in the window," Yarchever pleaded. But the dealer didn't comply, instead putting the A♣ in the window followed by the 9♥10♠.
The board ran out 6♣5♥ and Yarchever and his German Shepherd dog were sent to the rail.
"Why did I rub your tummy? You mean I could've just pet the dog," Pamela Belote said after noticing the dog from another table.
"That gentleman must have misplayed the dog's hand. It's a well-trained dog. It doesn't make mistakes," another player added.
Terry Turner moved all in for around 560,000 before Robert Damelian reshoved from the button. The blinds got out of the way and Turner and Damelian went heads-up.
Terry Turner: 8♠8♥
Robert Damelian: K♦K♥
"Nice hand. If I'm going to get beat at least it was by kings," Turner said. The board ran out 3♠J♠5♥4♦Q♦ and Turner was sent to the payout desk in 24th place while the rest of the field headed off on dinner break.
The remaining 23 players are now on a 60-minute dinner break.
Play should resume around 6:10 p.m. local time.
With its ever-growing backlog of deserving players and industry professionals waiting for their time to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, some players are calling for changes to the nomination and induction process.
One of those players is Daniel Negreanu, poker's biggest ambassador and himself a member of the Poker Hall of Fame who was inducted in 2014. Negreanu has long called for overhauls to the Poker Hall of Fame nomination process and renewed his calls this week on his daily vlog during the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
"How I would fix the Hall of Fame is this: every single year, two players get in — players, not contributors," Negreanu told his vlog viewers. "Every single year, two players get in. Every third year ... we add an additional third person who is a contributor to the game. That would be the Isai Scheinbergs and the Matt Savages of the world. Every three years, one of them would get in. That way, we don't have to constantly compare apples to oranges."
Level: 27
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
The players have returned from their dinner break.
The 23 remaining players have locked up at least $14,292 and are gunning for the top prize of $371,603.
Robert Whalen raised to 200,000 in middle position and was called by Richard Wallace next to act.
The flop came Q♥5♣6♠ and Whalen continued for 150,000. Wallace called and both players checked the 7♦ turn.
The river came the 2♠ and Whalen now tossed out 600,000. Wallace quickly called and Whalen turned over Q♣Q♠ for the flopped set. Wallace flashed two tens before mucking.
Robert Damelian bet 200,000 on a flop of A♥8♣Q♦ and Kevin Wickersheim called in the big blind.
Both players checked the 6♥ turn before Wickersheim fired out 450,000 on the 6♠ river.
Damelian quickly called and Wickersheim tapped the felt, acknowledging he was beaten as he showed K♠10♥. Damelian had A♣9♣ for top pair to take the pot.
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