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Tuesday, June 12, 2012 3:27 PM Local Time
The final nine players have taken a short break and action will be underway shortly.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 3:09 PM Local Time
Dan Smith started out a recent hand by making it 53,000 preflop from the button. After the small blind folded action was on Noah Vaillancourt who three-bet to 128,000. Smith then countered by moving all in, and Vaillancourt made the call after a few seconds.
Smith:
Vaillancourt:
A flop gave Smith a pair of sixes, but they were still second best to Vaillancourt's eights. A on the turn actually gave Vaillancourt a straight flush. There was no card that could come that would save Smith, but a fell on the river none the less.
We are now at our official nine-handed final table, we will have official chip counts shortly.
| Noah Vaillancourt | 2,100,000 | 730,000  |
| Dan Smith | 0 | -540,000  |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 2:56 PM Local Time
Noah Vaillancourt opened for 48,000 and Jamie Armstrong made it 125,000 from the button. The blinds released and Vaillancourt called. The flop came and both players checked. The turn came , Vaillancourt checked and Armstrong bet 88,000. Vaillancourt made a sloppy call and the river came . Both players checked and Vaillancourt tabled to take the pot.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 2:43 PM Local Time
The first few hands here at this final table of ten have consisted of raises preflop that end with the table folding. Joshua Fields and Jason Manggunio have also been pushing all in preflop and have taken down the blinds and antes with no show downs.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 2:32 PM Local Time
The final ten players have taken their seats and here are their counts.
| Jamie Armstrong | 2,400,000 | -100,000 |
| Noah Vaillancourt | 1,370,000 | -80,000 |
| Jean-Louis Santoni | 1,000,000 | 619,000 |
| Michael Gathy | 930,000 | 550,000 |
| Eric Baldwin | 900,000 | 180,000 |
| Dan Smith | 540,000 | 5,000 |
| Joshua Field | 360,000 | -10,000 |
| Eric Davis | 320,000 | -240,000 |
| John Esposito | 320,000 | -68,000 |
| Jason Manggunio | 210,000 | -135,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 2:28 PM Local Time
Cards are now in the air on the Mother Ship, aka, the ESPN Main Stage.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 2:26 PM Local Time
Feature Table
| Place | Player |
|---|
| 1 | Joshua Field |
| 2 | Noah Vaillancourt |
| 3 | Jason Manggunio |
| 4 | Eric Baldwin |
| 5 | Eric Davis |
| 6 | Jamie Armstrong |
| 7 | John Esposito |
| 8 | Jean-Louis Santoni |
| 9 | Dan Smith |
| 10 | Michael Gathy |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 2:06 PM Local Time
The field is on their first break of the day. They will do a compete redraw and combine at ten players on the ESPN Main Stage in the Amazon Room.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 2:05 PM Local Time
On the very next hand after Derek Wolters was eliminated, we had an all in preflop situation between Michael Gathy and Hok-Leung Wong.
Wong:
Gathy:
The board ran [X] and Gathy made the straight to eliminate Wong.
| Hok-Leung Wong | 0 | -270,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 2:01 PM Local Time
We missed the preflop raising but the short story is that Derek Wolters and Jean-Louis Santoni had an all in preflop showdown.
Wolters:
Santoni:
Santoni came from behind right way when a jack spiked on the flop. The board ran and Wolters was eliminated.
| Derek Wolters | 0 | -403,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 1:58 PM Local Time
Dan Smith started the action by opened to 42,000 and Noah Vaillancourt raised to 93,000 from the cutoff. The blinds released and Smith re-raised to 177,000. Vaillancourt took some time to think and then called.
The flop came , Smith bet 146,000 and Vaillancourt called. But that took quite some time. The turn came which both players eventually checked. The river brought the , Smith checked and Vaillancourt bet 238,000 after an excruciatingly long tank. Smith folded rather quickly compared to the pace of the hand and Vaillancourt chipped up significantly.
All in all the hand took about ten minutes to play out.
| Noah Vaillancourt | 1,450,000 | 390,000 |
| Dan Smith | 535,000 | -535,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 1:48 PM Local Time
Joshua Field was on the button and opted to make it 40,000 to anyone who wanted to see a flop. Glen McCaffrey in the small blind then took a few moments before moving all in for about 340,000. Jamie Armstrong in the big blind then moved all in. Field quickly folded and we had a showdown.
Armstrong:
McCaffrey:
A board was exposed and McCaffrey was sent to the rail with 13th place's money.
| Jamie Armstrong | 2,500,000 | 600,000 |
| Glenn McCaffrey | 0 | -240,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 1:20 PM Local Time
Here is an update on how table #440 is fairing.
| Jamie Armstrong | 1,900,000 | 100,000 |
| Eric Baldwin | 720,000 | -167,000 |
| Eric Davis | 560,000 | 33,000 |
| Joshua Field | 370,000 | 217,000 |
| Jason Manggunio | 345,000 | -55,000 |
| Glenn McCaffrey | 240,000 | -3,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 1:14 PM Local Time
Randy Green managed to get all in versus Jamie Armstrong and looked to be in great shape to double up as he tabled . Armstrong could only counter with and needed some help if he wanted to knock out another player.
A board came out and the two jacks were enough to send the unfortunate Green home.
| Jamie Armstrong | 1,800,000 | 160,000 |
| Randy Green | 0 | -270,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 1:12 PM Local Time
| Dan Smith | 1,070,000 | 340,000 |
| Noah Vaillancourt | 1,060,000 | -152,000 |
| Derek Wolters | 403,000 | -187,000 |
| John Esposito | 388,000 | 224,000 |
| Jean-Louis Santoni | 381,000 | 321,500 |
| Michael Gathy | 380,000 | 71,000 |
| Hok-Leung Wong | 270,000 | -40,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 1:11 PM Local Time
Jonathan Poche opened a recent hand by moving all in from the cut off. Jamie Armstrong in the big blind completed the call and Poche was at risk.
Poche:
Armstrong:
After a board ran out Poche was eliminated and we were down to 14 players.
| Jamie Armstrong | 1,640,000 | 206,000 |
| Jonathan Poche | 0 | -320,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 1:07 PM Local Time
We caught up with this hand on the turn between Dan Smith and Jean-Louis Santoni. The board showed and Santoni bet 145,000. Smith called after a bit and the river came .
It took Santoni quite a bit of time to consider his action on the river. So much in fact John Esposito asked, "Is it someone's turn here?"
Santoni finally checked and Smith bet 263,000. Santoni took just a moment to fold.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 12:41 PM Local Time
Noah Vaillancourt opened for 33,000 and Derek Wolters called behind him. Hok-Leung Wong moved all in for the small blind for 112,000 more. Vaillancourt folded and Wolters called.
Wolters:
Wong:
The board ran out clean for Wong and he doubled up.
| Derek Wolters | 590,000 | -275,000 |
| Hok-Leung Wong | 310,000 | 65,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 12:28 PM Local Time
Eric Baldwin is one of the most dangerous players on the felt today. Take a look at What To Watch For.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 12:25 PM Local Time
Mitch Merritt was eliminated in unknown action.
| Mitch Merritt | 0 | -388,000 |