Joe Kuether and Phil Hellmuth, who both hail from Wisconsin, each put in 3,500 preflop and then the latter checked dark. Kuether wasn't intimidated and bet 5,000, Hellmuth called, and then both players checked the turn and river.
"King," Hellmuth said and tabled . Kuether silently mucked his cards and Hellmuth was pushed the pot.
"I just had four hours sleep," said a sprightly Phil Hellmuth. "All these guys have been playing all day."
Hellmuth said these words to us after he three-bet Martin Jacobson off a hand with . "I've three-bet six out of nine times. If they three-bet me, I call every time!"
"I feel F#ck Ese," came his last comment to us in an Italian accent.
Phil Ivey's table broke and he has been moved between Roger Hairabedian and Jennifer Tilly. He wasted little time in battling against Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier, to the detriment of his stack.
We missed the action but the river of a board was checked through. ElkY opened for a straight and Ivey mucked.
Action folded around to Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier on the button and he raised to 1,000. Dori Yacoub, who has been very active today, proceeded to three-bet to 2,850 from the small blind, and after the big blind got out of the way, Grospellier four-bet 6,850. Yacoub thought for a bit and then tossed in the call before both players checked the flop.
When the dealer burned and turned the , Grospellier called a bet of 6,000 and then watched Yacoub fire out 10,000 on the river. Grospellier then sprung into action by moving all in, and Yacoub, who had 15,000 behind, threw his hands in the air and then sent his cards to the muck.
If you read in our coverage earlier that JC Alvarado and Roberto Romanello were in very bad shape and assumed they were destined to fail, shame on you!
Both of them are firmly on the comeback trail.
Alvarado raised to 1,200 from the cut-off to see Noah Schwartz three-bet him to 3,300 from the next seat. Alvarado put in a four-bet to 8,200 and called all in for 33,300 when Schwartz set him in.
Alvarado was in great shape with to his opponent's but made made to sweat all the way down the board. He fell behind on the flop before getting out of it on the river.
Romanello meanwhile was showing how much heart he has to double back up to his starting stack.
He raised to 1,600 after Imad Derwiche limped in front of him. Another player and Derwiche called to a flop. Romanello continued for 1,800 and only Derwiche called. Both players checked the turn before Derwiche set Romanello all in on the river. The Welshman called with and was right as his opponent mucked.
Jonathan Aguiar opened for 1,000 from middle position and received a call from Ognjen Sekularac in the small blind. The flop saw Sekularac lead out for 1,525, Aguiar call, and the appear on the turn. Both players checked, the peeled off on the river, and Aguiar called a bet of 3,800 from Sekularac. The latter turned over for a missed gut-shot straight draw, which was no good against Aguiar's .
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We just witnessed a very strange hand occur in the back of the room. We're not 100% positive, but it appeared action folded to Phil Hellmuth and he raised on the button. John Juanda was in the big blind and we think he moved all in, to which Hellmuth snap-called off for 23,300 with .
"Oh," Juanda said with a hint of surprise in his voice, "I didn't look." He then tabled . The board ran out an uneventful and we were left scratching our heads as to whether or not we might have missed something.
Mori Eskandani opened for 1,500 under the gun only to have McLean Karr shove all in for approximately 11,000 from the hijack. Fung Cheung was next to act in the cutoff and she promptly moved all in herself for 31,350. Eskandani asked for a count and then put in a call.
Showdown
Karr:
Eskandani:
Cheung:
Cheung had the best of it and was never in any serious trouble as the board ran out . With that, an unhappy Karr ran out of gas.
turn and 
river.
. Kuether silently mucked his cards and Hellmuth was pushed the pot.
. "I've three-bet six out of nine times. If they three-bet me, I call every time!"
board was checked through. ElkY opened 
for a straight and Ivey mucked.
flop.
, Grospellier called a bet of 6,000 and then watched Yacoub fire out 10,000 on the 
river. Grospellier then sprung into action by moving all in, and Yacoub, who had 15,000 behind, threw his hands in the air and then sent his cards to the muck.
board. He fell behind on the flop before getting out of it on the river.
flop. Romanello continued for 1,800 and only Derwiche called. Both players checked the 
turn before Derwiche set Romanello all in on the 
and was right as his opponent mucked.
flop saw Sekularac lead out for 1,525, Aguiar call, and the 
appear on the turn. Both players checked, the 
for a missed gut-shot straight draw, which was no good against Aguiar's 
board. She called with 
