Sunday, July 5, 2009 3:51 PM Local Time
The following hand occured right before the break.
On a board of
a player checked to Justin Bonomo who bet about 6,000. His opponent called.
The river paired the board with the
. After another check from his opponent, Bonomo moved all in for 13,850.
His opponent made the call, but mucked his hand after Bonomo showed
. He doubled up and is now at 53,000.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 3:48 PM Local Time
Cards are back in the air as play resumes at Level 3 with blinds of 150 - 300.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 3:27 PM Local Time
As Level 2 comes to a close, players take a 20-minute break.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 3:26 PM Local Time
After some preflop action, the small blind, Fabio Coppola, put in his remaining 2,675 chips in the pot against the player from the button. The player made the call with
. Coppola held
.
A three flopped to put Coppola in the lead and after the entire board ran out, he was still in the lead. Coppola earned the double up to just over 10,000 chips.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 3:26 PM Local Time
Six players limped into the pot and saw a flop of
.
The big blind led out for 625 and got called by the player under-the-gun before action folded to Matt Graham who raised to 2,625 from the cutoff.
When action moved back to the small blind, he reraised to 6,500 and under-the-gun tanked before finally making the call. Graham then moved all in for his final 7,325 and got called.
The turn brought the
and under-the-gun bet 6,000 into a dry side pot. The small blind called and both players checked the
on the river.
The small blind showed
for top two pair and took the pot, ending Matt Graham's Main Event.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 3:24 PM Local Time
Under the gun, a player raised to 500 and both blinds called. Rep Porter was in the big blind. The flop came down
. Action checked to the preflop raiser and he bet 1,000. Only Porter came along for the ride.
The turn brought the
and Porter checked. His opponent fired 1,500 and Porter called again.
The river was the
and Porter check-called another bet, this time for 2,500. His opponent tabled
for a full house and Porter mucked his hand, dropping to 16,500 in the process.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 3:19 PM Local Time
Robert Cheung just busted an opponent on a board of
holding
. His opponent held
. We're not sure when the money went in, but we do know that Cheung is now over 50,000 chips.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 3:16 PM Local Time
David "Chino" Rheem was eliminated a short while ago when he ran into a full house from Jean-Robert Bellande. According to Bellande, he turned a set of queens and then rivered the boat.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 3:10 PM Local Time
We caught up a little late to this hand, but here's what we know. Working against a single opponent, Matt Graham got tangled up in what would become a sizable pot. The flop showed
, and the betting action put about 26,000 chips in the pot going to fourth street.
Catching up live now, the turn card came the
, and both players checked. On the river, the
drew a bet from the unknown player. He fired 12,000 at the pot, sending Graham into the tank. After a long delay, Graham made the call with
. It was no good though; his opponent showed down
for the winning eights full. Despite that monster flop, Matt Graham couldn't hold, and his stack has plummeted to 10,400.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 3:08 PM Local Time
It took a while, but Joe Hachem finally seems to have found his sea legs. Sitting in position, he called a preflop raise to 650. Hachem called another 950 on the
flop and another 2,200 when the
hit the turn. At the river
Hachem's opponent finally slowed down and checked. Hachem bet 6,200 and was rewarded with a call. He opened
, having rivered trip fours to crack his opponent's
.
Hachem is up to 38,000.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 3:06 PM Local Time
4,900 chips were already in the pot on the river, the board reading
. The big blind led out for 2,400, Abe Mosseri raised to 5,000 and the big blind came back over the top for 10,000. After a bit of a tank, Mosseri folded
face-up, conceding the pot to the big blind.
Mosseri is down to 28,200 in chips.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 3:03 PM Local Time
A six-way limped pot at Brett Jungblut's table improbably checked through on a flop of
. One player bet 600 on the
turn and was called by a second player and by Jungblut, in position. When the river paired the board
, the turn aggressor bet another 1,800. He was called before Jungblut raised to 6,300. The turn aggressor was the only player to call that raise, turning up a small full house,
. Jungblut out-turned that hand with
by making a bigger full house.
Jungblut is up to 47,000.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 3:01 PM Local Time
Mike "Little Man" Sica raised to 550 first in from the button. The small blind folded, but the big blind came along to the flop.
It brought
. After a check, Sica continued out with 875 more chips. Not missing a beat, his opponent check-raised to 2,400, and Sica smooth-called.
The turn was the
, and both men checked. On the river, the
drew a leading bet from the big blind. He pushed out 5,000 chips, and Sica instantly called as he stood up from his chair so that he could be eye-level with his opponent. The big blind showed
, and Sica turned over the winning
.
With his set of threes, Sica has upped his count to 50,000.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 2:58 PM Local Time
David Singer was pretty steamed late in Level 1. He seems to be in a better mood now. He raised to 550 preflop and was called by big blind Kevin Saul. Both players checked to the turn,
, where Saul led out for 825. Singer called.
When the river fell
, both players quickly checked. Singer opened unimproved
, which was enough to win the pot. He's up to 47,500.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 2:57 PM Local Time
The flop came down
. Alex Fitzgerald bet 1,700 after one player checked. The player on the button raised to 5,000 and the first player folded. Fitzgerald reraised to 12,000 and the button called.
The turn brought the
and Fitzgerald bet 12,000. His opponent on the button moved all in and Fitzgerald called. Fitzgerald held
for a Broadway straight. His opponent held
for a Broadway straight as well.
The river was the
and the two players chopped the pot.
"Amazing you have an ace there, too!" commented Fitzgerald.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 2:51 PM Local Time
Under the gun, Bill Chen made it 500 to play. The player to his left and the button came along to a three-handed flop that showed up
. Chen fired another 1,000 chips at the pot, and both opponents called.
When the
hit fourth street, it temporarily killed the action as all three men checked. The
filled out the board on the river, and Chen checked again. The player to his left bet 3,500, and the player on the button tanked for a bit before releasing his cards. With the action back on him, Chen instantly called. His opponent turned over
, and Chen tapped the table in acknowledgement as he returned his cards to the muck.
Bill has slipped back to 44,000.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 2:49 PM Local Time
We caught this hand as all the money went in on the turn with a board of
.
Davis Bowen:
Opponent:
Bowen was getting ready to walk away when the river brought a miracle card - the
- giving him quad deuces to beat his opponent's full house. Bowen now sits with 63,000 chips.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 2:49 PM Local Time
The action between Sanghyon Cheong and his opponent was very straight-forward until the river. Cheong's opponent check-called 350 on a flop of
and 600 on the
turn. When the river fell
, Cheong's opponent led out for 1,000. Cheong raised that bet to 2,500, then showed
for a flopped straight after his opponent called. His opponent showed
, trip kings.
Cheong is on 42,500 in chips.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 2:46 PM Local Time
We missed the actual hand, but Suzie Lederer was kind enough to describe the details for us on how she moved her chip stack up to 65,000.
She raised preflop to 750 with
and the button called. The flop came down ten high with two clubs on board. Lederer led with a bet and her opponent elected to try and play a big pot. The two wound up getting all in. Lederer's opponent held
for two overcards and a flush draw.
The turn and river both came sixes with no club. Lederer's queens dodged all of the outs from her opponent and she was able to win a massive pot to move up to 65,000 chips.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 2:42 PM Local Time
We picked this hand up after Scotty Nguyen called his opponent's preflop all in bet. With about 10,000 in the pot, the board ran out
and Nguyen's
gave him a better two pair than his opponent's
.
Nguyen is now stacked at about 48,000.