Having reached the end of Level 3, all remaining Day 1b players are now off to take a 90-minute dinner break before returning this evening for two more two-hour levels. Play will resume about 8:15 PM Vegas time.

The amazing PokerNews video team of hostess Kristy Arnett and cameraman Will Thomas took to the floor of the World Series of Poker to find out how players, fans and media would describe the WSOP Main Event using only one word. Check it out!

A middle position player raised and got a caller one seat over, then Layne Flack reraised. It folded back around and the original raiser bumped it up again to 3,150, the first caller folded, and Flack stuck around.

The flop came and Flack's opponent again bet 3,150. Flack quickly called. The turn was the and after a pause the original raiser checked, and Flack immediately patted the felt with an open palm.

The river was the . This time Flack's opponent pushed out a bet of 5,050, and Flack called instantly. Flack's opponent showed for a set of aces, and Flack tossed his cards into the muck.

Layne Flack

9,700

-5,400

Maria Ho opened for 700 from middle position and action folded around to the big blind, who made the call.

The flop came and Ho's opponent checked - prompting a 750 c-bet from Ho. Her opponent responded by check-raising to 1,850. Ho thought it over and made the call.

The turn brought the and Ho's opponent continued his aggression and fired 3,025 into the middle. Undeterred, Ho again called.

The completed the board and the player in the big fired one last time for 8,000. Ho paused, and then raised to 19,400 total. Her opponent immediately announced, "Call," and Ho tabled for a rivered tens-full of deuces. Her opponent revealed that he had the for an inferior full house and mucked.

Ho has been on quite a roll this past level - she is up to 90,000.

Maria Ho

90,000

37,000

We caught up to the action to see a board of . Scott Seiver was heads up in the hand with about 5,000 in the pot. Seiver led out for 4,000 and his opponent tanked for well over two minutes. Eventually, his opponent announced a raise and tossed 11,000 into the middle.

Seiver tanked back for about ninety-second before announcing that he was all in. It was actually Sevier's opponent's tournament life that would have been at risk had there been a call. Seiver's opponent folded, however, and Seiver is now sitting at 49,500 in chips.

Scott Seiver

49,500

11,500

A player raised from middle position and made it 700 to see a flop and Matt Vengrin called from late position. The Big blind also came along for the ride and we had three to the flop. The flop came and the big blind checked. Next it was on to the middle position player who bet out 1,150. Matt Vengrin made the call and the big blind folded.

The on the turn saw another bet from Vengrin's opponent, this time for 2,850. Again Vengrin called and the dealer felled the last card, the . It was here that the middle position player bet out 4,200. After a few moments of thinking Vengrin made the call.

The middle position player flipped over and Vengrin commented "I should have gone broke", but alas Vengrin sits with around 17,000.

Matt Vengrin

17,000

-12,000

A series of preflop raises led to John Dolan calling all in for about 21,000 total with .

He was in bad shape against his opponent's and Dolan found no help from the board that ran out .

John Dolan

0

-29,000

We don't know exactly how the action went, but from what we were told this is what happened.

The board read and Barny Boatman moved all in. Boatman's opponent took a considerable amount of time thinking about calling, so long in fact that the clock was called. Eventually Boatman's opponent made the call and flipped over for a full house twos over aces. Boatman countered by flipping for a superior full house and took down the pot.

Barny Boatman

70,000

40,000

We didn't catch the hand, but we can confirm that Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon has been eliminated from the Main Event. As Kroon posted on his social media:

"I'm coming home a big loser :(. I Raise with AK old fart calls. Flop QhJh10. I bet 775 he raises to 1900 I make it 4100 he calls turns 6c I bet 7100 he shoves I call he has 9h8h. River Ah I lose 50 k fucking pot flopping the nuts . . . I love the way poker and I are in a love/hate relationship."

Mark Kroon

0

-28,000

Mark Thoennes has had a good afternoon thus far, having chipped up over the 90,000 mark by the middle of Level 3. He just took a small hit in a three-way all-in situation, but still sits with a healthy stack as we move into the last half-hour before dinner.

We came upon the hand with Thoennes contemplating calling two all-in reraises by short-stacked opponents, then finally deciding to do so. One had , the other , and Thoennes . The board came nine-high — — leaving one player on the rail, another surviving, and Thoennes giving up a few from his big stack.

Mark Thoennes

79,500

-12,500

Greg Raymer opened to 700 from the cutoff seat and Gaeton DiMaria called on the button. Action then folded over the player in the big blind, who squeezed to 2,200 total. Raymer then pushed all in for his last 13,000. DiMaria also pushed all in for about 60,000 and the player in the big called all in for his remaining stack.

Raymer:
DiMaria:
Big Blind:

The board kept the player with pocket queens in front and he nearly tripled up - eliminating Raymer in the process.

Greg Raymer

0

-9,500

After the under-the-gun player opened to 650 and a middle-position player three bet to 3,000, Rob Perelman called from the big blind. The original raiser folded and the flop came down .

Perelman check-called a bet of 3,500 from his opponent and both players checked the turn card. Perelman bet 2,200 on the river, his opponent called, and Perelman table for a set of kings.

His opponent mucked and Perelman took down the pot.

Rob Perelman

36,000

8,000

Event 31: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em bracelet winner Carter Phillips has been eliminated, joining those going out here on Day 1b shy of the dinner break.

Carter Phillips

0

-14,400

Here are some assorted chip counts from the Orange section of the Amazon room. Recent eliminations include former November Niner Scott Montgomery and recent bracelet winner Adam Friedman.

Eugene Katchalov	77,000	18,300
Bernard Lee	69,000	36,000
Vanessa Selbst	65,000	-4,000
Ryan Lenaghan	59,000	8,000
Christopher George	45,500	5,500
JC Tran	42,800	16,800
Scott Seiver	38,000	7,000
Sam Stein	38,000	-3,000
Roland Israelashvili	37,800	2,800
Justin Bonomo	32,000	-1,000
James Akenhead	25,400	-2,600
Matthias De Meulder	24,000	2,400
Bryan Devonshire	22,000	-2,000
Josh Brikis	17,500	-10,500
Ray Henson	9,500	-14,500
David Singer	9,200	-20,300
Adam Friedman	0	-38,000
Scott Montgomery	0	-28,500

We caught up with the action on a board, where Galen Hall was in a heads-up pot against Vitaly Lunkin. Hall had already fired a 2,800 bet from middle position and Lunkin made the call directly behind him in the hijack seat.

The river brought the and Hall checked. Lunkin checked behind and Hall disgustedly tossed faceup for nines-full of fives and scooped the pot. Lunkin revealed he had the and mucked.

Galen Hall	32,000	2,000
Vitaly Lunkin	20,000	-5,000

We arrived at Abe Mosseri's table and found him all in for 25,400 with . He led his opponent's and took down the pot when the board rolled out .

"Just quads?" asked his opponent.

Mosseri shrugged, laughed, and collected the chips.

Abe Mosseri

52,000

34,000