Event #36: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em

After eight and a half levels of play, we're ready to conclude for the evening as our survivors from each Day 1 get ready to meet tomorrow when they will get into the money and work their way to a final table.

Today's field was predictably smaller than yesterday's. Of the 1,119 who signed up for play today, 165 will play tomorrow. They'll be joining 290 additional players for a field of about 455.

Those who didn't make the cut today include Shannon Elizabeth, James Akenhead, David Bach, Victor Ramdin, Men Nguyen, Chino Rheem,David Singer, Ylon Schwartz, George Lind, Gavin Griffin, Michael Mizrachi, Jimmy Fricke, Antonio Esfandiari and Allek Kessler.

That's not to downplay those who have had successful days. Players bagging their chips for the night include chip-leader Ryan D'Angelo (67,875), Svetlana Gromenkova (34,925), Eric "gpokerg" Wasserson (30,000), Antoine Saout (27,000), Ari Engel (24,900).

The money bubble will pop when we reach 324 players, and it shouldn't take too much time to do so. After that, it'll be a drive to the final table and a bracelet worth a whopping $481,760.

Make sure you join us tomorrow at 2:30pm local time as we bring you all the action fit to print for the final three days of Event #36.

When we arrived at the table the board was spread      and Antoine Saout fired a 1,800-chip bet from the big blind. Only the player in the small blind called.

The river card was a   and the small blind check-called a 4,000-chip bet from Saout.

The French tabled    and took the pot, is now up to 27,000 chips.

The player under the gun opened the pot with a 900-chip raise and next to speak, Adam Goulding re-popped it. Both player ended up all in pre-flop and our own Snoopy tabled   . His opponent showed    and without help from the board Adam is out of the tournament.

Shannon Elizabeth shoved all in from late position and might have realized she was in trouble when the small bind called and the big blind re-shoved with the small blind once again calling.

Elizabeth:  

Small blind:  

Big blind:  

The flop came   and was followed by the   on the turn and the   on the flop and that was it for Elizabeth.

In middle position, Antoine Saout opened the pot with a 1,000-chip raise, and player on the button called.

The flop spread    , Saout lead with a 1,500-chip bet and was called. The turn card was a   and Saout check-raised to 7,000 a 3,500-chip bet from his opponent.

The big blind tanked and eventually folded.

The 2009 November Nine is now up to 34,000 chips.

We were a little suspicious about what James Akenhead had when he limped in from middle position. A player in late position called as well, but Kenneth Damm raised to 1,250 from the cutoff. At this point Akenhead moved all in with the other player folding and Damm making the call.

Before cards were turned over Damm asked, "Do you have aces? Because I have kings" Damm showed his   and Akenhead shook his head and turned over  .

Upon seeing Akenhead's cards Damm asked, "Please hold up one more time," to which Akenhead said, "All he gets are aces and kings."

The flop was an unexciting  . The turn of   and the   on the river did nothing to change the situation and Akenhead exited the area wishing the players good luck.

We got to this hand to see a flop of   and about 10,000 chips in the pot. Mark Harris had just moved all in and Kenneth Damm was contemplating a call.

"If you have aces or kings it's a flip," said Damm before hesitantly making the call.

Damm:  

Harris:  

Damm was excited about his outlook, but quickly lost enthusiasm as the board ran out with the   on the turn and the   on the river. As Harris calmly collected his chips, Damm couldn't help but shake his head at what could have been.

Harris is now up to 31,500, while Damm has fallen to 8,500

Unfortunately we missed the action, but we did arrive at Table 3 in time to see Svetlana Gromenkova doubling up off James Akenhead.

Gromenkova is now at 13,400 chips, while Akenhead is down to 5,150.

When we arrived at the table, Men Nguyen moved all in pre-flop for about 500 chips, and three of his opponents called.

The board       was checked all the way and Nguyen tabled   , one of his opponents showed    and "The Master" is out of the tournament.

After taking a walk through the Pavilion, and the 440 or so players that are still alive, it looks like our current chipleader is Bashar Ramahi with about 42,000 chips.

He recently added a few more chips to his stack when he raised to 600 from under the gun and got two callers. He bet 1,150 into the   flop and took the pot down when the other players folded.