Friday, June 26, 2009 10:34 PM Local Time
Thomas Keller is out. So are Shaun Deeb and Michael Craig.
Friday, June 26, 2009 10:34 PM Local Time
Greg "FBT" Mueller, winner of Event No. 33 (the $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em event), raised from the button, and James Massar called from the small blind. The flop came
, and Massar check-called Mueller's bet. Massar would likewise call Mueller's bets on both the turn --
-- and river --
.
"King-high," said Mueller when the betting was done. Massar turned over
for aces. "Ah, why'd that card have to come?" asked Mueller with a smile.
Those two are leading their four-handed table at the moment, with Massar at 14,000 and Mueller at 11,000.
Friday, June 26, 2009 10:23 PM Local Time
The 64 players who win their tables tonight will all stand to receive at least $4,350. Those who win their tables tomorrow will reach Sunday's final table, where the payouts will go as follows:
1st -- $194,854
2nd -- $120,614
3rd -- $77,138
4th -- $51,145
5th -- $35,058
6th -- $24,824
7th -- $18,136
8th -- $13,655
Friday, June 26, 2009 10:16 PM Local Time
"Crazy Mike" Thorpe is our first winner this evening. After chipping his opponent down to just a couple of big bets, Thorpe finally took the last of the chips when he finally used
to overcome his opponent's
on a board of
.
Thorpe guarantees for himself a payday of $4,350 from this event.
Friday, June 26, 2009 10:05 PM Local Time
Jerrod Ankenman, who recently won his first WSOP bracelet in Event No. 42 ($2,500 Mixed Game), opened with a raise from the cutoff, and Josefine Karlsson called from the small blind.
The flop came
. Karlsson checked, Ankenman bet, Karlsson check-raised, and Ankenman called. The turn was the
. Karlesson bet, and Ankenman called.
The river brought the
and a check from Karlsson. Ankenman checked behind. Karlsson turned over
for the set, and Ankenman mucked.
Ankenman remains the chip leader at their six-handed table with about 12,000. Karlsson is at 7,500.
Friday, June 26, 2009 9:53 PM Local Time
Nick Binger has the advantage at his three-handed table with about 28,000 chips at the moment.
Also, "Crazy Mike" Thorpe has finally gotten to heads up with a big advantage over his opponent (about 4-to-1).
Friday, June 26, 2009 9:44 PM Local Time
While most tables have lost at least one or two players, and some are down to three- or four-handed, there is one table here at the start of level 5 that still has all of its original nine players left. David Plastik appears to have a slight chip advantage there (over Scott Seiver and the others).
Friday, June 26, 2009 9:36 PM Local Time
Players are back in their seats and play has resumed.
Friday, June 26, 2009 8:35 PM Local Time
Players are currently on a 60-minute dinner break. No one has won his or her table yet, though a few are close.
Cards will be back in the air at approximately 10:35 p.m.
Friday, June 26, 2009 8:32 PM Local Time
David Williams is leading his four-handed table currently with 14,700. Brock Parker looks to be close to the lead at his with 10,500 -- his table is also four-handed at the moment.
Friday, June 26, 2009 8:27 PM Local Time
J.C. Tran, Sorel Mizzi, and Victor Ramdin are among the recently eliminated players.
We are about ten minutes away from the dinner break. Andre Boyer just eliminated Morgan Stringham over at Table #174, leaving just three players left at that one. "Crazy Mike" Thorpe has most of the chips there, though, with over 30,000, while both of his opponents have less than 10,000. Thorpe appears in good position to be the first to win his table tonight. Whether he can do so before the dinner break remains to be seen.
Friday, June 26, 2009 8:23 PM Local Time
Both Alan Goehring and Jimmy Fricke were recently eliminated at their table, leaving five players. Xiaofan Zhao is the chip leader, while Shaun Deeb is on the short stack.
Friday, June 26, 2009 8:16 PM Local Time
Tom McEvoy was just eliminated in a three-way hand in which Jeff "YellowSub86" Williams made aces up on the river.
Williams, Evelyn Ng, and Dennis Phillips are fighting for the chip lead currently at that six-handed table.
Friday, June 26, 2009 8:02 PM Local Time
Another player was just eliminated over at Robert Suer's table, where he continues to maintain a chip advantage with six players left. Jean-Robert Bellande is there as well, and isn't too far behind Suer. Sorel Mizzi, meanwhile, is nursing the short stack.
Friday, June 26, 2009 7:50 PM Local Time
"Crazy Mike" Thorpe is up to 18,000 now, enjoying a healthy chip lead at his currently five-handed table.
Friday, June 26, 2009 7:48 PM Local Time
Allen Cunningham, Mark Seif, and Joe Sebok have recently been eliminated.
Friday, June 26, 2009 7:43 PM Local Time
Marco Traniello is out. He had become short-stacked and was all in by the turn against Stefan Rapp with the board showing
. Traniello held
, but was already drawing dead against Rapp's
.
Rapp has the chip lead at the moment at his table, although eight players remain in action over there.
Friday, June 26, 2009 7:38 PM Local Time
Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi was just eliminated. After losing most of his stack in a hand versus James Meehan, the Grinder lost the rest after being forced to commit his last chips with
against Dylan Linde's
. The board came
, and Mizrachi is out.
Eight remain at that table, where Linde is also now short with 1,800 and Meehan has 7,500.
Friday, June 26, 2009 7:35 PM Local Time
The total number of entrants for Event No. 50 is 572. We're still looking at 64 tables, the great majority of which ended up being nine-handed.
Friday, June 26, 2009 7:27 PM Local Time
David Williams raised from middle position, a player three-bet behind him, then Rep Porter made it four bets from the cutoff. Both Williams and the third player called.
The flop came
. It checked to Porter who bet, and only Williams called. The turn brought the
. Williams checked, Porter bet, Williams check-raised, Porter three-bet, Williams four-bet, and Porter called.
The river was the
, and this time Porter just called Williams' bet. Williams showed
for the club flush, and Porter mucked.
Williams is up to 14,000, giving him a nice-sized lead currently at his eight-handed table. Porter tumbles to 2,600.