Tom Dwan raised to 525 from middle position and was flat called by a player on the button. The flop came 
and both players checked.
On the 
turn, Dwan led for 825, but his opponent two-bet to 2,325. Dwan seemed to be contemplating doing something crazy, but ultimately opted for the fold.
A minor hit for Dwan; he still has 15,500.
Just like yesterday, the players are dropping out fairly fast in this event. We're about 10 minutes away from dinner and there's 56 players left from the 195 that started the day. When we went on dinner break yesterday, 55 players remained from the 202 that started, or just over 27%. In order to see the same percentage drop, there will need to be 53 players left when we hit dinner today. A few more eliminations and we'll be there.
We just caught the tail end of this pot, the latest in a long string of slippery pots for one-time chip leader Chance Kornuth. For this hand, there was a board of 
out on board when we approached and a pot of about 3,000 in the middle of the table. Terence Tanner let out with a little overbet of 3,500 straight, and Kornuth tank-called.
Tanner showed up 
for kings up, and Kornuth nodded in acknowledgement as he slowly placed his cards into the muck. It seems like just moments ago he was riding the big stack of close to 25,000, but Kornuth has given most of that to Tanner (the new chip leader) and now finds himself back around double his starting stack (and below average) with 6,400.
Born in Edison, New Jersey, Tom “durrrr” Dwan is one of the youngest, brightest and biggest stars in the poker world. Dwan began playing poker online in $6 sit-n-gos after a deposit of just $50. After crushing those, he moved over to cash games where he grinded his way up the ranks. Dwan admits to having run extremely well and shooting up in limits within a few months. Before everyone knew it, “durrrr” was a staple in the biggest nosebleed limits possible.
Dwan was unable to play poker in the U.S. due to age restrictions and forced to play either online or outside of the States. In 2005 when he was just 19 years old, Dwan cashed in the Main Event on an EPT. His next tournament splash wouldn’t be until he was 21 at the World Poker Finals held at Foxwoods in Connecticut. At that event, Dwan placed fourth for nearly $325,000. That was in 2007.
In 2008, he placed second in an event at the Aussie Millions Championship for over $100,000 and then went heads up with Mike Sowers in a prelim event of the Borgata Winter Poker Open. Dwan finished second for over $225,000 there.
His first year of the WSOP came in 2008, but it was a solid first appearance. He made the final table of the $10,000 Mixed Championship. The final table included Sam Farha, Michael DeMichele, Eli Elezra and James “Mig.com” Mackey. Dwan went on to finish eighth. He also finished eighth in the $5,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw with Rebuys event, just missing the final table by one person.
Also in 2008, Dwan placed ninth in the Five-Star World Poker Classic for $184,670. The same year he competed in the National Heads-Up Poker Championship and defeated Phil Hellmuth after cracking his aces with pocket tens.
Dwan’s also been known to take on some of the toughest competition in poker in Bobby’s Room in Las Vegas. At first, his style seemed crazy and many believed he was just lucky. In time though, Dwan has garnered respect from other top professionals of the game for being one of the greatest minds in poker. To the young online kids, Dwan is a god. In high-stakes televised action, Dwan regularly participates in High Stakes Poker.
This year at the WSOP, Dwan placed second behind Simon Watt in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event. The event drew a ton of attention because if Dwan won, he was set to collect millions of dollars from bracelet bets. Unfortunately, he fell in second place. He had three other cashes this year in Vegas as well.
Dwan only has one WSOP Europe cash in the £5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event last year. He took 14th in that event for £12,713. Much like another poker juggernaut he regularly plays with in high-stakes games Phil Ivey, Dwan can't seem to get those top results he's after at the WSOP Europe. This year he has a ton riding on bracelet bets, but so far, nothing has come for Dwan.
He just recently doubled up to 11,000 and that may just be the momentum he's been looking for to start really building a stack here on Day 1b. Right now, Dwan sits with 18,625 in chips after having a pretty up-and-down start to his day, so that double may have been the spark that ignited the fire.
Priyan de Mel continues his ascent skywards, he snap-called a bet of 700 on a 
turn before betting out 1,100 on the 
river after his opponent checked.
One of those "I think you have it but I cannot bring myself to fold" moments followed and De Mel showed 
which was enough to scoop the pot.
According to the man himself, he squeeze-shoved 5,000 with 
and was called by the original raiser who tabled 
. The flop came a king with three spades, and then a fourth on the turn, before the case knave hit the river.
A coin flip preflop, but a cruel beat from the turn.
Ellis will never win anything with that kind of luck. Ahem. Is that the sound of gold clanging against wrists I hear?
A quick check of Greenstein's chips, and it appears as though the 'Robin Hood of Poker' is now up to 13,500.
Blowing the dust off my Miss Marple hat, I soon learned that he'd eliminated John Eames, finding the bullets once again and comfortably seeing off the Brit's Big Slick.
Has a monster been created?
After remaining as patient as a saint in a staring contest, Barry Greenstein was rewarded with a welcome double through when he hopped on a flight with the American Airlines.
All in for - I believe - 4,255 with , Greenstein found himself up against 
, but survived a scare-free 
board to double through to just under the 9,000 mark.
I sensed that perhaps they had a last-longer bet (or a similar wager), as Greenstein alerted Tom Dwan (who is seated on the neighbouring table) of his triumph, adding with a mischievous smile, "You know what I had."
Either way, the book 'Ace on the River' underneath Greenstein's chair remains closed, and it will be left for someone else to snap up the literary reward. Unless, of course, Greenstein snags his fourth bracelet to date.
On the flop of , two players checked to Dominik Nitsche, who fired 750. the first player called and the next one folded.
The turn brought the and action was checked by both remaining players to see the 
fall on the river. The first player checked and Nitsche fired 1,800. HIs opponent tank-folded and Nitsche moved to 13,000 in chips.
Tom Dwan is at the heady heights of 11,000 after doubling up. He had pushed all-in for 5,350 over the top of a 525 raise which would cost his opponent most of his own stack, but the latter made the call with against Dwan's .
The flop was 
i.e very helpful to Durrrr as his opponent was reduced to just one out, the 
helped neither on the turn and the 
river gave Dwan the nut flush to boost his stack to 11,000.
That Dwan, he's flipping good.
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