The cards are back in the air, and the remaining players are just 120 minutes away from Day 3!

The players are now on their final 20-minute break of the evening. Smoke 'em if ya got 'em.

We arrived at the table to see that Peter Eastgate and Blair Rodman were involved in a three way pot. There was about 8,000 in the middle when we got there, and the dealer had just fanned out a flop of . Eastgate checked to Rodman, who fired out 4,500. Both Eastgate and their other opponent made the call, and the turn brought the . All three players checked, and the same occurred when the hit the river.

Eastgate opened up for top pair, and that caused his two opponents to muck their cards. After collecting that pot, Eastgate is back up to 50,000.

Peter Eastgate

50,000

-20,000

Isaac Haxton has been sitting behind a fairly small stack for most of the afternoon and evening. That has finally changed just before this last break of the evening, as Haxton has managed to double up. When we arrived at the table, there was already 22,000 in the pot and it was on the turn of a board.

Haxton's opponent was first to act and checked. Haxton bet 14,000 and it was back on his opponent , who moved all in. Haxton called for his 41,200-chip stack and the two players turned their hands over.

Haxton:
Opponent:

Haxton was in front and it stayed that was as a on the river ensured that he doubled his stack.

Isaac Haxton

105,000

45,000

Action folded to Mike "The Mouth" Matusow in the cutoff and he opened for 2,100. Terry Grimes was on the button and pushed back to the tune of 4,200, and after the blinds got out of the way, Matusow shipped for roughly 26,000. Grimes made a quick call and Matusow was in trouble.

Showdown
Matusow:
Grimes:

Matusow was in need of some help and found a little on the flop, which gave him a flush draw. Unfortunately for him, neither the turn nor river would fill that draw and Matusow's 2012 World Series of Poker came to an end here on Day 2.

Terry Grimes	150,000	30,000
Mike Matusow	0	-24,000

Shaun Deeb's stack has ballooned over 400,000 this level, and we've been trying to catch a hand with him, but it's quite difficult. We were recently at his table for the majority of an orbit, and he won most of the pots with just a preflop raise.

On one hand, he and an opponent actually took a flop, and it was . The player check-folded to a bet from Deeb, who showed for top two.

Shaun Deeb

420,000

75,000

2010 November Niner Filippo Candio has been on a downward slide since returning from dinner and it's most evident on his wife's face. She's nervously pacing up and down the aisle, biting her finernails and generally just looking tortured.

Candio opend for 2,200 and got calls from the button and the big blind. The flop came , the big blind checked, Candio bet 3,000, the button called and the big blind folded.

The turn came and Candio check-called 3,200. The river came and both players checked. The button tabled and Candio mucked.

Filippo Candio

60,000

-90,000

We caught the action on the flop, which had come down . Lindgren bet out 4,500 in middle position, and the player on the button min raised to 9,000. It was back to Lindgren, and he tanked for a bit before putting out a stack of orange T5,000 chips that was enough to put his opponent all in. His opponent snap called, and the cards were tabled.

Lindgren:
Opponent:

According to the Pokernews odds calculator, Lindgren held the slightest of edges, as he was a 51% favorite. However, that all changed when the hit the turn. Lindgren would need to catch another ace or nine to win the pot, but the river brought the .

Lindgren shipped the chips to his opponent, knocking him down to 60,000 in the process.

Erick Lindgren

60,000

-24,000

The flop read and the small blinded player bet out 6,000. A player in middle position folded and former Main Event champion Pius Heinz called from the hijack.

The then landed on the turn and the small blind again bet out, this time for 12,000. Heinz called again and continued along for the ride. The on the river saw the small blind bet out again for the third time. The bet was for 15,000 and action was on Heinz, after about a minute or so Heinz grabbed a stack of chips and pushed forward a raise. Heinz made it 34,000, and after about 45 seconds the small blind called.

Heinz flipped over for two pair, queens and jacks. The small blind countered by exposing for a winning set of sevens. Heinz asked his opponent after the hand "were you thinking about folding", and his opponent shook his head and made it apparent he was going to raise if anything.

Heinz now sinks down to around 44,000 and needs to kick it in gear if he wants to move back into contention.

Pius Heinz

44,000

-43,000

When we got to the table, we saw that Daniel Negreanu was heads up with an opponent on a board that read . Negreanu check called a bet of 6,500, and the river brought the . Negreanu checked again, and this time, his opponent fired out 11,000. Negreanu tanked for about 45 seconds before tossing in the call, and his opponent immediately mucked his hand. Negreanu showed to claim the pot.

After that hand, Negreanu is all the way up to 330,000.

Daniel Negreanu

330,000

36,500

2012 Aussie Millions Champion Oliver Speidel has just arrived in Las Vegas for the 43rd Annual World Series of Poker Main Event. He's feeling fresh after choosing to spend the summer touring the US rather than grinding the felt.

Martin Staszko, who finished runner-up to Pius Heinz in the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event, was just eliminated by Hans Hein moments ago. According to the Dane, it went like this:

The action folded to Staszko, who raised to 2,500 from the small blind. Hein three-bet to 7,200, and Staszko called. The flop was , and Staszko check-called a bet. The turn was the , and Staszko check-called another bet.

The river was a "blank" (a player at the table said it was a four), and Staszko led out for 15,000. Hein moved all in for just 17,000 more, and Staszko called. Hein tabled two jacks for jacks full of aces, and Staszko mucked.

Hans Hein	205,000	139,425
Martin Staszko	0	-50,000

For the past few orbits Hasan Habib has been short-stacked and playing tight. We caught him opening to 2,300 and Joseph Rahme raised to 8,300. Action folded back around to Habib and after some thought he folded.

Two hands later he open-shoved and all the players folded. He picked the blinds and antes but is still in a desperate situation.

Hasan Habib

13,000

-44,000

We caught the action with 13,000 in the pot and a board reading when Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin bet a modest 3,000 into East Coast grinder Terry Grimes. The latter made the call and then watched Baldwin bet 6,600 on the river.

Grimes responded with a raise to 16,000, which prompted Baldwin to lean back and say, "I wasn't expecting that." The Wisconsinite thought for about 40 second before tossing in a call, but mucked when Grimes rolled over .

Eric Baldwin	133,000	-27,000
Terry Grimes	120,000

Mark Demirdjian has continued his late crushing of Day 2a here, managing to accumulate more chips than any player in in his field or over in 2b. We were recently passing by his table as he got up out of his chair to seemingly leave the table for a moment. "Got so many chips your going to have a break?" one of the players at the table joked.

"You haven't hit a set for ten minutes, so your going take some time off?" some others at the table joined in.

We can't find any past results for Demirdjian, but this certainly is a good start to creating a very illustrious poker resume.

Mark Demirdjian

465,000

55,000

Moments ago, Maria Ho and two opponents got all of their chips in the middle preflop, and Ho had them dominated with aces.

Ho
Opponent 1
Opponent 2

The board ran out , and Ho now has 250,000 chips.

Maria Ho

250,000

80,000

After some preflop action Tatjana Pasalic moved all in from the small blind for 22,600. Kahlil Qaqish called and talbed . Pasalic was at risk holding .

The ESPN crew instructed the dealer to wait and while they were waiting the player in the nine seat said plainly, "You're not in good shape."

"Hey, I work out everyday," Pasalic jabbed back with a smile.

With a camera at the table the board ran and Pasalic's Main Event was over.

Kahlil Qaqish	135,000
Tatjana Pasalic	0	-31,500