Event #67: MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold'em World Championship

JC Tran opened to 1,200 from under-the-gun and the player directly behind him shoved for his last 8,000. Action folded back around to Tran, who called to put his opponent at risk.

JC Tran:   
Utg+1:   

Tran was dominated, but the       runout left Tran with a rivered straight and he collected the rest of his opponent's chips.

JC Tran

90,000

10,000

Jonathan Dimmig raised to 2,000 from under the gun and was called by Kevin Eyster who sat directly to his left, along with the cutoff.

The     flop saw Dimmig continue for 2,000, in which Eyster and the cutoff called.

After the   fell on the turn, action was checked to the cutoff who fired out 4,000 and Dimming called before Eyster raised to 16,000.

The check-raise did Eyster justice as both as both his opponents folded and he collected the pot.

Kevin Eyster	62,100	25,600
Jonathan Dimmig	13,200	-33,800

The players are now on a scheduled 75-minute dinner break and they will return at approximately 7.07 pm local time. Another two levels of two hours each remain for tonight. Below are some highlights of the past level.

- Tauber Busts Brinkenhoff

- Petit Triples Up

- Jattin Chips Up

- Bargas Flops a Royal Flush

- Choi Nears 300K

- Shevlyakov Scores a Massive Pot

On a flop of    , a player in the lojack checked to Susan Choi, who bet 5,000. Salin Admon then raised to 12,000 and action folded back to Choi, who called.

Both players checked on the   turn; however, Choi led out for 15,000 on the   river.

Admon thought for a bit and then shoved for 41,400 total.

"I have a six," Choi said.

"A six would have already called," Admon responded.

"I put you on ace-four," Choi said back.

Choi decided to fold and Admon took down the pot.

Susan Choi	212,000	-21,000
Salim Admon	77,000	77,000

Picking up the action on the      turn, the action checked to Joe Tauber and he bet 15,000. Michael Brinkenhoff called on the button and the third player in the hand tank-called. The   river was checked to Brinkenhoff, who jammed for 42,100. His all-in amount was asked upon as the third player folded while Tauber quickly called.

"Do you have king-ten?" Tauber asked and Brinkenhoff instantly replied "no I don't" before rolling over the    for a bluff. Tauber had that beat with    and scored the knockout.

Joseph Tauber	165,000	112,000
Michael Brinkenhoff	0	-75,000

With 31,100 chips in the middle, the board read       and Thomas Zeitler was all-in for 23,000. His opponent took about three minutes before letting his hand go and the pot was sent to Zeitler.

Thomas Zeitler	54,100	4,200
Steven Grybas	51,000	1,000

Dusti Smith raised under the gun to 1,100 and Robert Whyte, Jesse Capps and Howard Mash all called.

Mash checked smoke as the dealer fanned a flop of     and Smith continued for 2,700. Whyte made the call and both Capps and Mash folded.

The   fell on the turn and Smith fired a bet of 6,400 into the middle. Whyte paused for a moment and raised to 16,800 which forced Smith to surrender the pot.

Jesse Capps	110,000
Dusti Smith	99,200
Robert Whyte	92,500
Howard Mash	76,700	-6,300

Rosalie Petit was all in from early position on the turn as the board read      with three players in the hand. She got called by a player in middle position. The cutoff, Matthew Stahler then raised to 40,000. The middle position player thought a while before he folded to make it a heads up pot with Petit at risk.

Rosalie Petit:   
Matthew Stahler:   

Petit was ahead and in a great spot to triple up. The river was the   as she confirmed her triple as a crew of people watching her celebrated.

Matthew Stahler	165,000	28,000
Rosalie Petit	36,500	20,200