Tony Cousineau in the cutoff saw his 1,250,000-chip stack being called by Christopher Hannel in the small blind.
Tony Cousineau: K♥K♣10♠8♠ 
Christopher Hannel: A♥K♠Q♥8♦
Cousineau's kings held on 3♣3♦J♦Q♦J♥ and he doubled up.
After Christopher Hannel limped from under the gun, Toby Joyce in early position raised to 700,000. All the other players folded to Hannel, who called.
Both players checked the 9♣10♠9♦ flop, leading to the 7♠ turn, which saw Hannel bet 900,000. Joyce went deep into the tank and called.
The 7♥ river was checked by both players, so Hannel flipped over K♥Q♣J♣9♥ for trip nines. Joyce looked at his cards and mucked his hand.
Action was picked up as Muhamet Perati was all in against Francois Scapula.
Muhamet Perati: A♥A♣9♥9♦
Francois Scapula: A♦A♠J♠2♦
The board ran out K♠Q♥5♥3♣J♥, and Perati hit a flush to double his stack.
Level: 31
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
Poker fans were treated to many exciting hands at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) the past week.
But there's always a player involved in one of these juicy hands who doesn't find it as interesting as the rest of us. Take Allen Kessler, for example, who took a cruel Razz bad beat to bust from the $3,000 Nine Game Mix event, a hand you'll read about in just a bit.
"The Chainsaw" isn't the only recipient of a bad beat or on the wrong end of a brutal cooler the past week at the WSOP.
The 14 remaining players are on their first break of the day.
Heads-up on a board of J♥J♠3♣9♣A♥ with 1,100,000 in the pot, Harry Rubin in the small blind bet 675,000, and Paul Zappulla on the button went deep into the tank. The clock was called, but Zappulla eventually folded.
In the next hand, with a board of Q♣10♣A♦8♦, Rubin potted to 2,440,000. Once again, Zappulla went deep into the tank, but this time, he called off his last 2,350,000.
Paul Zappulla: J♠10♠10♦9♠
Harry Rubin: K♥J♣10♥8♥
Zappulla had flopped a set of tens, but Rubin had flopped Broadway. The turn gave Zappulla an inferior straight, but the Q♠ landed on the river, improving Zappulla to tens-full and securing a double-up.
Nuno Duarte opened to 420,000 from the hijack. Toby Joyce in the cutoff potted, Duarte moved all in for 2,800,000, and Joyce snap-called.
Nuno Duarte: K♠K♥10♦10♠
Toby Joyce: A♥A♣J♠3♣
Duarte ran his kings into aces and failed to improve on 3♥7♣Q♣2♦6♥.
Sasha Guerin raised to 260,000 from middle position, Bobby James called on the button, and Paul Zappulla called in the big blind.
The flop came 5♥4♦10♣, and Guerin fired out a bet of 960,000. James then announced "pot" for 2,865,000, and to his surprise, Zappulla snap-raised all in for 3,200,000. Action was on Guerin, who went deep into the tank. At this point, James had his camera out and started taping the situation, saying, "What the hell have you got?!" to Zappulla in a light-hearted manner.
Guerin politely asked the dealer to pull 960,000 from each player to better understand the pot odds, and after a long deliberation, he made the fold.
Bobby James: 9♦8♥7♣6♦
Paul Zappulla: 7♠6♠3♥2♥
The best turn in the deck for Zappulla was the 8♣, and the Q♠ on the river meant they chopped up the pot.
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