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Andrew Pantling opened to 4,000 and Praz Bansi reraised to 9,400. Pantling called and then simply raised all-in on a 
flop against a 10,000 bet.
Bansi grimaced and folded and Pantling flashed 
saying, "You need a lot of heart on day 2..."
We've been watching Praz Bansi and Andrew Pantling battle back and forth for a couple hours, but Table 4 has its own big perpetual war waging strong. Vincent Dalet and Phil Laak have tangled in several big pots, with Dalet coming out on top nearly every time. We pick up the action as the two of them become involved in another little pot.
Dalet had opened to 3,900 from the button, his standard open at this level. Laak came along from the big blind, and the two men checked through the turn on a board of 
. The 
river drew a bet of 8,000 from Laak, and Dalet looked him up with the call.
Laak said, "I play the board," with a flush. Dalet showed his 
for the better flush, good enough to take down yet another pot at Laak's expense.
Vincent Dalet opened to 3,9000 again, this time from under the gun. Phil Laak quickly called from the button, and it was just the two of them the rest of the way.
The flop came 
, and Dalet continued out with a bet of 6,100. Laak sloppily raised to something like 28,200, committing about 75% all of his remaining chips to the pot. Dalet announced an all in, and Laak quickly stuck the rest in there, now at risk for his tournament life.
Laak's 
were in the lead, but he'd need to sweat the spades against Dalet's 
. "Okay, we got a race," Laak said in jest. "John (Tabatabai, at the adjacent table)! John Tabs! I'm outta here. Here's my stuff." Laak stood and began to gather his belongings as the dealer put a safe 
down on fourth street. "Good game guys, it's been a real pleasure," Laak continued, but the river was safe too, the 
.
"Oh. An accident!" Laak said, surprised to still be afloat. He's doing better than just "afloat" now after finally getting his chips back from Dalet. "The Unabomber" is up to 94,000 courtesy of that double dip.
Laak - 94,000
Soteris Charlambous stepped into the whirlwind that is Willie Tann's upsurge, and didn't live to tell the tale. Moving all in for 14,000 with 
, Tann picked up 
one seat down and moved all in for 40,000. the rest of the table side-stepped out of the way and hands were revealed.
The combined preflop holdings equated to the dead man's hand, and with a 
board hitting the felt, Charlambous was pushing up the poker daisies. Tann, meanwhile, now has over 60,000 and a smile the width of the M1 motorway.
With the elimination of Soteris Charlambous, WSOPE Event #1 has arrived squarely on the money bubble with 25 players left. The next lady or gent out of the room will walk away with empty pockets, while the final 24 will all be guaranteed more than double their money back as a reward for surviving as long as they have.
We're dealing hand for hand until we find our unlucky bubbler.
Chris Moorman!
Our final player has turned up for the event just as the money bubble has hit. He would much prefer to have the 94,200 chips his stack held when the rest of the players began their day, but he's been blinded down to around 60,000, and he now has far less ammunition for this crucial bubble (and post-bubble) period.
It's unusual to pause hand-for-hand play for a level break, but that's what's happened here. T.D. Jack Effel announced that we'd be playing on until we crack the bubble, but a few complaints from around the room changed his mind. Getting outside to smoke is apparently more important than £5,600 right now.
We'll be back in 20 minutes to burst the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
164,500
49,500
|
49,500 |
|
||
|
|
160,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
140,000 | |
|
|
135,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
99,300
52,300
|
52,300 |
|
||
|
88,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
87,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
78,300
6,300
|
6,300 |
|
78,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
|
66,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
66,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
||
|
63,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
||
|
60,600
-18,400
|
-18,400 |
|
|
||
|
56,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
55,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
54,200
36,200
|
36,200 |
|
|
||
|
53,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
|
||
|
49,600
-15,400
|
-15,400 |
|
||
|
47,600
-24,400
|
-24,400 |
|
|
43,800
7,300
|
7,300 |
|
40,200
-4,300
|
-4,300 |
|
34,200
8,200
|
8,200 |
|
29,400
-17,600
|
-17,600 |
|
28,200
-31,800
|
-31,800 |
|
19,400
-17,600
|
-17,600 |
|
|
||
We're back in action with the blinds still at 800/1,600 and a running ante of 200. The level will bump up as soon as we knock out one more player.
David Peters has managed to double up to about 125,000 after he got into a raising war against the agressive youngster Daniel Colman. Peters held 
against Colman's 
and the board came a paint-free 
and Colman's sizeable stack took a big hit on the bubble.
