Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:48 PM Local Time
Vladimir Mefodichev opened for 35,000 from the button and was called by Eric Legoff in the small blind.
The flop came and Legoff checked. Mefodichev paused and then slid two stacks of yellow into the middle for a 43,000 bet. Legoff responded by re-popping it to 101,000. Undeterred, Mefodichev announced he was all in and Legoff snap-folded.
Mefodichev is sitting on 650,000 while Legoff slipped to 1.2 million.
Eric Legoff | 1,200,000 | -310,000 |
Vladimir Mefodichev | 650,000 | -105,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:46 PM Local Time
Jeffrey Schobert has hit the rail here during Level 21, with Vanessa Selbst the one collecting his chips and adding to her ever growing stack.
Down to his last 80,000, Schobert was all in with against Selbst's . The flop came and the turn the , giving Schobert a flush draw, but the river was the and he's out.
Vanessa Selbst | 2,060,000 | 225,000 |
Jeffrey Schobert | 0 | -410,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:40 PM Local Time
We have limited access to the blue section, but during the break, we went over to get counts for all the players over there.
Paul Volpe | 3,550,000 | 0 |
Joseph Cheong | 2,150,000 | 20,000 |
Kyle Keranen | 1,700,000 | -340,000 |
David Randall | 1,480,000 | 586,000 |
Luke Brereton | 1,270,000 | 220,000 |
Steve Merrifield | 818,000 | 80,000 |
Taylor Paur | 700,000 | 0 |
Dan Shak | 687,000 | 268,000 |
Matt Marafioti | 650,000 | -170,000 |
Gregory Brewer | 615,000 | 140,000 |
Craig McCorkell | 550,000 | -68,000 |
Kevin Pollak | 458,000 | 28,000 |
Daniel Sauva | 383,000 | -203,000 |
Perry Green | 300,000 | -15,000 |
Jim Burns | 290,000 | -65,000 |
Erkut Yilmaz | 135,000 | -292,000 |
Roman Duiunov | 106,000 | 45,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:40 PM Local Time
"That's poker."
So said Jose Gomez as he walked over by the payout desk. He'd just been eliminated, in especially unfortunate fashion, but he was taking it in stride.
Gomez was all in for 289,000 with and up against the of Rodrick Kennedy. "Do you have me covered?" asked Kennedy as they waited for the community cards to come, and a quick comparison showed the stacks were close but Gomez was the one at risk.
The flop came , and Kennedy stood by his chair with a grin of acceptance on his face. The turn brought the and a flicker of hope, but Kennedy was still smiling as though he were ready to make an exit.
Then came the river… the . "Ohhhh," said the table, as though collectively reacting to a blow. Kennedy's shoulders immediately slumped. "Tough beat, man," he said to Gomez. "I'm sorry."
In fact, Kennedy looked more disappointed than Gomez, who wished the others a good game and accepted congratulations from his supporters, before taking that walk to the payout desk.
Rodrick Kennedy | 628,000 | 382,000 |
Jose Gomez | 0 | -305,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:37 PM Local Time
We caught up to find Anthony Thambynayagam all in for his tournament life against Scott Abrams. Thambynayagam held and was racing with Abrams' .
Abrams kept the lead on the flop and clinched his victory by turning a full house when the fell. The completed the board and Thambynayagam was sent packing.
Scott Abrams | 1,070,000 | 440,000 |
Anthony Thambynayagam | 0 | -360,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:30 PM Local Time
We caught up with the action on a three handed flop of . JP Kelly checked to Nicolas Divella, who fired out 36,000. Daniel Negreanu was next to act, and he min raised it to 72,000. Kelly quickly got out of the way, but Divella made the call. The turn was the , and Divella checked as did Negreanu. The river came the , and Divella checked to Negreanu, who assembled a bet of 105,000, and stuck it in.
Divella tanked for about three minutes, checking his cards a few times before sending them towards the dealer. Negreanu shoots up to 495,000 after that hand, while Divella drops to 651,000.
Daniel Negreanu | 495,000 | 169,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:27 PM Local Time
The cards are back in the air!
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:26 PM Local Time
Level: 21
Blinds: 8000/16000
Ante: 2000
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:18 PM Local Time
Eric Buchman | 2,200,000 | 80,000 |
Leo Wolpert | 1,950,000 | 115,000 |
Daniel Strelitz | 1,800,000 | -125,000 |
Nicco Maag | 1,700,000 | -120,000 |
David Kluchman | 1,580,000 | 568,000 |
Francois Safieddine | 1,550,000 | 282,000 |
Tony Lay | 1,400,000 | 540,000 |
Cylus Watson | 1,375,000 | 545,000 |
Andrew Flaherty | 1,240,000 | -101,000 |
Steffen Retterholt | 1,180,000 | -370,000 |
Nicholas Abourisk | 1,165,000 | -255,000 |
Jan Heitmann | 1,100,000 | 312,000 |
Niels van Alphen | 1,030,000 | 320,000 |
Lasell King | 950,000 | -178,000 |
Mads Andersen | 945,000 | -155,000 |
Niall Farrell | 940,000 | 211,000 |
Jordan Batt | 880,000 | 50,000 |
Daniel Dizenzo | 860,000 | 441,000 |
Stephane Bisson | 725,000 | -200,000 |
Frank Calo | 645,000 | -85,000 |
Klaus Pautrot | 645,000 | 285,000 |
Scott Abrams | 630,000 | 16,000 |
Sachin Modi | 450,000 | -103,000 |
Percy Mahatan | 428,000 | -246,000 |
Derek Chisholm | 420,000 | -40,000 |
Bryan Vanrijsbergen | 405,000 | -694,000 |
Robert Bresner | 370,000 | -282,000 |
Anthony Thambynayagam | 360,000 | -177,000 |
Charles Clark | 321,000 | 21,000 |
John O'Shea | 312,000 | -283,000 |
Peter Malkoun | 306,000 | -42,000 |
Jonathan Fountain | 300,000 | -64,000 |
Svyatoslav Belyaev | 245,000 | 62,000 |
Ronny Schenk | 212,000 | -7,000 |
Eugene Du Plessis | 146,000 | -4,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:10 PM Local Time
The players are on their first 20-minute break of the day. Thus far, we've lost notables like John Juanda, Andrey Zaichenko, 2012 WSOP bracelet winner Brent Hanks, and Fabrizio Gonzalez.
Robert Salaburu is battling with Paul Volpe for the chip lead, and a few big hands went down:
Quad aces for "The Monkey"
Green goes runner-runner
Selbst makes quads
While you wait, check out how our very own Mickey Doft counts some of the tough stacks on the floor.
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:10 PM Local Time
Eric Legoff opened to 26,000 from middle position, Freddy Deeb moved all in for 115,000 from the button, Timothy Adams re-raised to 210,000, and Legoff re-raised to 500,000. Adams folded.
Legoff:
Deeb:
The board ran out , and Deeb doubled.
Eric Legoff | 1,510,000 | -437,000 |
Freddy Deeb | 389,000 | 284,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:06 PM Local Time
Action folded around to Kyle Knecht's button and he popped it up to 24,000. Erik Cajelais three-bet to 68,000 in the big blind. Knecht called and the flop came down .
Cajelais continued out with a bet of 75,000 and Knecht mucked his hand. Cajelais shrugged and casually flipped over for top set. Cajelais has been having a stellar day and is currently sitting on about 2,075,000 in chips.
Erik Cajelais | 2,075,000 | 375,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:05 PM Local Time
We caught up with the action on a board reading , where Freddy Deeb was in a pot with Dave D'Alesandro.
D'Alesandro had already bet enough to put a short-stacked Freddy Deeb all in and Deeb made the call to put himself at risk.
"You have a pair man?" Deeb asked.
D'Alesando then tabled for an open-ended straight draw.
"Oh good," Deeb said as he tabled for a pair of fours.
"Pair the board!" Deeb shouted.
The dealer then dealt the , keeping Deeb in the lead and chipping him up to 105,000.
Freddy Deeb | 105,000 | -80,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:04 PM Local Time
We didn't catch the hand as it happened, but Sam Holden informed us of Andrey Zaichenko's. According to last year's November Niner, Zaichenko shipped his stack under the gun with . Holden, who was next to act, then looked down at and made the call. The board ran out dry for Zaichenko, and he made his way to the payout desk just shy of the first break.
Sam Holden | 1,060,000 | 455,000 |
Andrey Zaichenko | 0 | -330,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:03 PM Local Time
Action folded to Nghi Van Tran in the cutoff seat and he raised to 27,000. On the button was Jacob Balsiger and he reraised to 63,000. From the small blind, Lawrie Gibson moved all in for 349,000. Play folded back to Tran and he tanked for a couple of minutes before folding. Balsiger quicly mucked right after and Gibson won the pot.
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:03 PM Local Time
We are nearing the end of Level 20, and Jarrett Nash's seat has remained empty all afternoon. Blinds and antes have claimed about a third of his starting stack thus far.
Jarrett Nash | 350,000 | -176,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:01 PM Local Time
We're unsure of the action, but Amit Makhija recently eliminated Gilbert Diaz from the Main Event.
Amit Makhija | 600,000 | 193,000 |
Gilbert Diaz | 0 | -275,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:00 PM Local Time
Omar Saeed started the action by raising to 26,000 from early position. Korntuh called from middle position, and Daniel Negreanu also came along in the big blind. The dealer fanned out a flop of , and Negreanu checked to Saeed, who fired out 47,000. Kornuth called, but Negreanu got out of the way. The turn was the , and Saeed led out again for 78,000 Kornuth called that, and the river came the .
Saeed kept his foot on the gas, firing out a third barrell of 118,000. Kornuth tanked for about a minute before giving his hand up, and Saeed took another nice sized pot off of Kornuth. Saeed jumped up to 969,000 after the hand, while Kornuth fell to 953,000.
Omar Saeed | 969,000 | 165,000 |
Chance Kornuth | 953,000 | -115,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 12:54 PM Local Time
We caught up to see November Niner and 9th place finisher in the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event score a double up through Andrey Zaichenko.
Holden was all in for 289,000 holding against Zaichenko's . The board fell and Holden was able to double his stack to about 605,000.
Sam Holden | 605,000 | 285,000 |
Andrey Zaichenko | 330,000 | -320,000 |