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Saturday, November 6, 2010 11:52 PM Local Time
Jonathan Duhamel has the button in Seat 4.
John Racener gets a walk.
Saturday, November 6, 2010 11:51 PM Local Time
Joseph Cheong has the button in Seat 2.
Action folds to Jonathan Duhamel in the small blind and he moves all in. Michael Mizrachi is in the big blind and takes some time to think. Mizrachi folds and Duhamel wins the pot.
Saturday, November 6, 2010 11:50 PM Local Time
Filippo Candio has the button in Seat 8.
John Racener takes the blinds and the antes with a single pre-flop raise.
Saturday, November 6, 2010 11:48 PM Local Time
John Racener has the button in Seat 7.
The action passes to the blinds where Filippo Candio announces an all in from the small. Big blind Joseph Cheong checks his cards and quickly folds.
Saturday, November 6, 2010 11:47 PM Local Time
Michael Mizrachi has the button in Seat 5.
Joseph Cheong raises to 2.5 million and wins another pot.
Saturday, November 6, 2010 11:46 PM Local Time
Jonathan Duhamel has the button in Seat 4.
Joseph Cheong opens to 2.5 million and takes down the blinds and antes without resistance.
Saturday, November 6, 2010 11:46 PM Local Time
Joseph Cheong has the button in Seat 2.
He opens with a raise to 2.5 million, and Michael Mizrachi moves all in from the big blind. A snap-fold from Cheong sends the (badly needed) pot to The Grinder.
Saturday, November 6, 2010 11:45 PM Local Time
Filippo Candio has the button in Seat 8.
John Racener raises to 2.75 million and wins the pot.
Saturday, November 6, 2010 11:43 PM Local Time
John Racener has the button in Seat 7.
Michael Mizrachi raises to 3.2 million. Joseph Cheong re-raises all in from the big blind after the players in between him and Mizrachi fold. Cheong has Mizrachi covered.
"The Grinder will be facing a call for all of his chips," MOC Jack Effel notes for the crowd.
After 30 seconds Grinder is no longer facing that call. He elects to fold.
Saturday, November 6, 2010 11:40 PM Local Time
Michael Mizrachi has the button in Seat 5.
Jonathan Duhamel raises to 2.75 million, and that wins him the blinds and antes.
Saturday, November 6, 2010 11:39 PM Local Time
Jonathan Duhamel has the button in Seat 4.
Duhamel raises and wins the pot.
Saturday, November 6, 2010 11:38 PM Local Time
Joseph Cheong has the button in Seat 2.
Filippo Candio raises to 2.4 million. Cheong calls from the button and Michael Mizrachi calls out of the big blind for a three-way pot. Mizrachi and Candio check the flop. Cheong puts in a small bet of 3.45 million, but it's big enough to do the job as Mizrachi and Candio both fold.
Saturday, November 6, 2010 11:36 PM Local Time
Filippo Candio has the button.
Michael Mizrachi opens to 3.1 million under the gun. From the big blind, Jonathan Duhamel makes the call, and we'll go heads up the rest of the way.
The flop comes , and the action checks through to the turn. Duhamel leads out with a bet of 3.4 million now, and Mizrachi calls after just a few seconds. The river draws another bet from Duhamel, 5.75 million this time. The call comes almost instantly from The Grinder, but it's not a good one.
Duhamel shows up his first, and Mizrachi's has once again gotten him in some trouble. He drops the pot, dropping more than 12 million chips off his stack in the process.
Saturday, November 6, 2010 11:31 PM Local Time
Cards are back in the air.
Saturday, November 6, 2010 11:06 PM Local Time
We've reached the end of the level and the next break. The break is scheduled to last 20 minutes but if the other breaks today are any indication, this one will run long.
Saturday, November 6, 2010 11:06 PM Local Time
John Racener has the button in Seat 7.
Michael Mizrachi raises to 2.5 million. Joseph Cheong makes the call from the big blind and the two are off to a flop.
The flop comes down and both check. The turn is the and Cheong reaches for chips. He bets 2.525 million and Mizrachi calls.
The river is the , black, but not another spade. Mizrachi shows the after both players check and wins the hand.
Saturday, November 6, 2010 11:03 PM Local Time
Michael Mizrachi has the button in Seat 5.
Joseph Cheong opens from first position with a minimum-raise to 2 million. Filippo Candio gets in there from the big blind and has first action on a flop of . He leads into Cheong with a bet of 2.8 million.
Cheong tuns to MOC Jack Effel and asks a question. It looks like he wants a rough count on how many chips Candio has behind his bet (about 25 million). Cheong then folds his hand.
Saturday, November 6, 2010 11:01 PM Local Time
Jonathan Duhamel has the button in Seat 4.
He opens to 2.2 million when the table folds to him, and Michael Mizrachi calls from the small blind. John Racener does so as well from the big, and we've got three-way action.
The flop rolls out , and the blinds check to the raiser. Duhamel continues out with 3.675 million chips, Mizrachi calls, and Racener ducks out of the way.
Turn: . Mizrachi checks, and a deliberate Duhamel cuts out a bet of 8.5 million and slides it forward. Mizrachi takes a long soak in the tank before uncapping his cards and sliding them into the muck. Camp Duhamel, which had been standing biting their lips, instantly burst into cheers.
Saturday, November 6, 2010 10:54 PM Local Time
Joseph Cheong has the button in Seat 2.
John Racener raises to 2.5 million from under the gun. Filippo Candio reraises all in from the next seat for 22.975 million. Action then folds back around to Racener and he begins his thought process. Racener folds his hand and Candio wins the pot after not having been involved for quite some time.
Saturday, November 6, 2010 10:52 PM Local Time
Filippo Candio has the button in Seat 8.
John Racener is the second player to act this hand. He makes it 2.3 million to go after Michael Mizrachi folds. Candio (who has disappeared recently) folds his button, allowing Joseph Cheong to three-bet to 5.5 million. Jonathan Duhamel folds the big blind and, after about a minute, Racener follows suit.