Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:47 PM Local Time
Maxwell Troy completed for 25,000 only to have Melville Lewis two-bet to 50,000. Troy called that bet then led on fourth before smooth-calling fifth only to raise sixth and bet seventh with Lewis calling each time.
Troy: (X)(X) / / (X)
Lewis: (X)(X) / / (X)
Troy tabled his for a ten-seven low and Lewis tabled his for the exact same ten-seven low to see the pot chopped up.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:46 PM Local Time
Frank Kassela completed with a five up, and Mikko Pispala raised to two bets with a seven in the door. Kassela called. Pispala would be all in for 20,000 on fourth street.
Kassela called him down, and his board ran ( )/ / to five him a nine-eight-six. Pispala was drawing live to an eight by the time his sixth street card gave him a board of ( )/ /(X), but he said, "Pair," after receiving his seventh card, and another sends him out the door with an inferior ninety-eight.
Mikko Pispala put on a good show today, and for the last three days, but he's out the door in fifth place, good for more than $45,000.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:41 PM Local Time
We caught up with the action on fifth street in this heads-up pot.
Frank Kassela: (X)(X)/ /(X)
Mikko Pispala: (X)(X)/ /(X)
When we joined on fifth street, Kassela was betting and Pispala was raising. Kassela called the extra bet, and he led right back out on sixth street. Pispala called, and he was faced with one more Kassela bet on seventh street. He couldn't call, though, and he mucked his cards to leave himself on the very short stack.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:25 PM Local Time
Mikko Pispala completed and Maxwell Troy called before Pispala lead on fourth street before Troy lead on fifth and sixth until Pispala was all in for his last 20,000.
Pispala: /
Troy: /
With Troy finding an on seventh and Pispala a , the Finn doubled through to 280,000 as Troy slipped to 500,000 in chips.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:24 PM Local Time
We caught up with the action on fifth street as Maxwell Troy was betting his board. Mikko Pispala called with his board showing .
Pispala caught a on sixth street, and he bet it out. Troy paired his , and he made the call. On seventh street, Pispala fired again, and Troy made one last reluctant call. Pispala held his cards over the muck, waiting to see the hand that likely beat him.
Troy revealed his hand: ( ) and his ten-nine low was good enough to win the pot. He's up to 665,000 now, while Pispala has slipped down to 275,000.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:10 PM Local Time
Frank Kassela completed for 20,000 and Mikka Pispala called before leading on fourth, fifth and sixth street with Kassela calling him down.
Kassela: (X)(X) / / (X)
Pispala: (X)(X) / / (X)
Kassela tabled his for a ten-six, but it would be Pispala's in the hole for a nine-seven low to collect the pot and move to 410,000 as Kassela slips to 290,000 in chips.
"Why you so evil?" asked Kassela in the direction of the dealer.
"I think he is fair" replied Pispala as he stacked all his chips.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 8:55 PM Local Time
Melville Lewis had the bring-in with a jack, and he called a completion from Vladimir Shchemelev and his ace up.
Lewis: (X)(X)/ /(X)
Shchemelev: (X)(X)/ /(X)
Shchemelev bet his lead on fourth street, and he called bets on fifth and sixth streets when Lewis picked up the betting lead. Lewis fired one more bet on seventh street, and a big grin crossed Shchemelev's face. He started mumbling to himself in Russian, enough that the floor had to warn him about the English-only rule. Shchemelev's smirk grew even bigger, and he plunked the call into the pot after about a minute.
Lewis turned over and threw his hands up in the air at his jack-low with two pair. Shchemelev had made a good call with , and his ninety-five earns him the pot.
Shchemelev - 610,000
Lewis - 805,000
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 8:42 PM Local Time
Vladimir Shchemelev completed to 20,000 only to have Maxwell Troy two-bet to 40,000.
Shchemelev called and led out on fourth and fifth street with Troy calling each time, until he chose to lead on sixth street to prompt a fold from Shchemelev.
Shchemelev: (X)(X) /
Troy: (X)(X) /
With Shchemelev slipping to 360,000, Troy climbed to 640,000 in chips.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 8:37 PM Local Time
Vladimir Shchemelev completed, and Maxwell Troy raised. Shchemelev made it three bets to go, and Troy called to see fourth street.
Shchemelev: (X)(X)/ /(X)
Troy: (X)(X)/ /(X)
Shchemelev bet his lead on fourth street, and Troy called. On fifth, Shchemelev snuck in a check-raise, and both he and Troy put in two bets apiece. "Looks like we're going to have a new chip leader after this pot," someone at the table said. Troy bet sixth and was called, and Shchemelev bet out on seventh. Troy raised, and Shchemelev called to put a huge pot up for grabs.
Shchemelev's down cards were to make him a seven-five-four-thee-one low. Troy tabled his , and that makes him the exact same hand. Both men get their money back, and it's on to the next hand with no damage done.
What a letdown.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 8:30 PM Local Time
Here are the updated counts as players return from their dinner break.
Melville Lewis - 945,000
Maxwell Troy - 545,000
Vladimir Shchemelev - 455,000
Frank Kassela - 390,000
Mikko Pispala - 385,000
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 8:25 PM Local Time
The cards are back in the air!
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 7:20 PM Local Time
Jen Harman's elimination came just as the clock was ticking its way down to zero. That's four levels behind us, and the remaining five players are off for their one-hour dinner break.
Play resumes at 9:20 p.m.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 7:19 PM Local Time
Jennifer Harman called the bring-in and then a completion from Melville Lewis.
Harman fired out on fourth with Lewis calling before she bet 30,0000 on fifth. Lewis put her all in for her last 2,000 and Harman obliged with a call.
Harman: /
Lewis: /
On sixth street Harman caught a and Lewis a before Harman paired up on seventh with a . Lewis managed to squeeze out a to send Harman to the rail with a seven-six low as she made her way to the cage to collect for her tournament efforts.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 6:44 PM Local Time
Since Stuart Rutter was eliminated about eight hands ago, we've seen the action really slow to a crawl.
Every pot since then has gone to fourth street heads up, and every pot has promptly ended with one bet there. We haven't made it to fifth street in a long while. The stacks are pretty deep, and there's plenty of poker left to be played from the looks of it.
The pay jumps are starting to get a bit more significant now.
We'd agree with Frank Kassela's last quip, laced with sarcasm: "This is exciting!"
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 6:36 PM Local Time
Vladimir Shchemelev was the bring-in with the and Stuart Rutter completed with a showing. Shchemelev was the only caller, and Rutter was getting short.
Shchemelev: (X)(X)/ /(X)
Rutter: (X)(X)/ /(X)
Schelemev bet fourth street, and Rutter considered carefully before calling. On fifth, Shchemelev bet again, Rutter announced a raise, and he soon found himself all in for about 80,000 total. He turned up , and he was not in good shape when Shchmelev showed his for the made ten-low.
Rutter bricked out on sixth with that pair of queens, and another bricky on seventh street cued the good luck wishes and the handshakes all around. After a deep run through this razz field, Stuart Rutter is out in seventh place, and he's gone straight over to the other side of the room to play the next one, the [URL="http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2010-wsop/event-43/"+]H.O.R.S.E. World Championship[/URL].
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 6:18 PM Local Time
Melville Lewis completed with his , and Maxwell Troy raised to two bets with a up.
The dealer burned a card and dealt three face-down on board, just about ready to turn over a flop! The players stopped him just before a disastrous exposing of cards, and everything was pulled back to give Lewis a and Troy a . Lewis called a bet, but he folded when Troy drew a on sixth street.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 6:09 PM Local Time
Everyone's got two stacks now, one on this table and one over on the HORSE side of the room. We're back in action over here.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 6:00 PM Local Time
The clock has been paused while six of our seven players head over to register for the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. event that started at 5:00 p.m. tonight.
We'll be back shortly.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 5:58 PM Local Time
Maxwell Troy completed with an ace, and there would be four-way action for the duration.
Troy: (X)(X)/ /(X)
Rutter: (X)(X)/ /(X)
Harman: (X)(X)/ /(X)
Lewis: (X)(X)/ /(X)
Jen Harman picked up the lead with her nine on fourth street, and she fired a bet. All three opponents called.
On fifth, everyone checked, and Melville Lewis bet on sixth street. Troy called, while Stuart Rutter and Harman ducked out of the way to let the other two go heads up.
On seventh street, both Lewis and Troy checked, and Troy was already folding his cards under in preparation to muck. Lewis opened up , and Troy moved the last few inches to drop his cards into the muck.
Lewis' eighty-six earns him the pot and a chip-up to 595,000.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 5:45 PM Local Time
Stuart Rutter completed and Jennifer Harman made the call.
Rutter checked fourth and Harman fired out 12,000 only to have Rutter check-raise to 24,000. Harman called, but then folded on sixth to a bet from Rutter.
Rutter: (X)(X) /
Harman: (X)(X) /
Rutter now climbs to 270,000 as Harman slips to around 370,000 in chips.