From middle position, Ronald Lee raised to 6,500. Jean Paul Seatelli reraised from the hijack seat to 11,900 and then action moved over to Yevgeniy Timoshenko on the button. He four-bet to 28,000. Everyone folded and Timoshenko picked up the pot to move to 310,000.
That's right, South Africa will be a stop along the World Series of Poker Circuit this year. From Tuesday, October 26, 2010 to Sunday, October 31, 2010, the Emerald Casino in Gauteng, South Africa will play host to two events, an $1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha event and a $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event.
This event will be the first time the WSOP travels to Africa and broadens its horizons. For more information on the schedule, head to the tournament page and browse around.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
786,000 | 331,000 |
|
525,000 | 85,000 |
|
464,000 | -16,000 |
|
460,000 | 87,500 |
|
453,500 | -56,500 |
|
400,000 | |
|
346,000 | 1,000 |
|
314,600 | -5,400 |
|
282,000 | 22,000 |
|
280,000 | -29,300 |
|
255,000 | 55,000 |
|
250,000 | -19,000 |
|
241,000 | -24,000 |
|
230,000 | -36,100 |
|
220,000 | 120,000 |
|
218,000 | 33,000 |
|
207,000 | 31,700 |
|
198,000 | 23,000 |
|
195,000 | -65,000 |
|
192,500 | -2,500 |
|
190,000 | 80,000 |
|
184,000 | -11,000 |
|
180,000 | 28,000 |
|
|
178,100 | 67,400 |
|
175,000 | 8,800 |
Fifty-three players remain to enjoy this break rather than use it to rue their bad play/outdraw/poor flip skills. They'll be back in 20 minutes.
Clint Coffee his eliminator with 
which housed up on the river to bring him Andy Frankenberger's entire stack. The final board: 
and it's curtains for the WPT champ.
In early position, Magnus Persson opened to 5,200, and the table folded around to the blinds. In the big, November Niner John Dolan announced an all in for just a bit over 50,000. Persson asked how much it was, and he made the call while the dealer was still breaking down the stacks, Dolan now at risk for his tournament life.
Showdown
Persson: 
Dolan: 
Dolan stood up to sweat his fate, and he would not get to sit back down again. The board ran 
, and he has been eliminated from this Main Event.
Get used to the name, though; you'll see John Dolan again in about six weeks. As sweet as this prize pool is, Dolan is playing for much bigger stakes on a much grander scale in November. He's second in chips at the WSOP Main Event, eight players standing between him, a gaudy bracelet, and almost nine million dollars.
With Dolan's exit, the November Nine have been eliminated from the WSOPE.
Explosive, Dan-Shak-eliminating action on the turn just now, where a pot of 35k grew to over 400k and sent Shak to the rail and his chips to Bojan Gledovic. The board: 
, with the Deuce the latest arrival, and Shak checked out of the big blind to the preflop raiser.
30k was the bet from Gledovic. Shak brought forward his whole red stacks now, 115k in total, and pushed it forward. The dealer cut it down into neat piles, and the action was back on Gledovic. Who moved in. Some arm-crossing, chair swivelling, and finally, standing up, Shak called.
Gledovic showed 
for the flopped set and Shak announced quietly, "I'm drawing dead." The dealer hesitated, and Shak kept his hand face down, repeating calmly, "Drawing dead." The floor man apologetically informed them both that he still really had to turn his hand face up, so face up it went: 
. He was indeed drawing dead, and the river was irrelevant; he was already walking away.
Arnaud Mattern just busted Steven van Zadelhoff with pocket jacks and has seen his stack grow to right about 400,000. He's now one of the biggest stacks left in the event.
JP Kelly is still technically in with a chance to become the youngest player ever to win three bracelets - he's 18 months younger now than Phil Ivey was when he did it - but he's going to have to wait until next summer to break that particular record, as he is no more for this particular tournament.
Thomas Bichon raised with 
and Kelly shoved with pocket fours. An ace dropped on the flop and no more fours came in for Kelly, meaning that Kelly is heading home empty-handed this time. Bichon however is back up near the top of the chip counts, on 320,000.
