Event #58: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship

Three players, including Ben Eilers, had built a pot of about 30,000 when the flop came    . Eilers, playing from the small blind, tossed out 16,000 and both of his late positioned opponents called.

The turn brought the   and another bet from Eilers, this time for 35,000. That was enough to knock out both opponents.

Eilers adds still more to his ever-growing stack. He's up to 395,000 now.

When we reached the table, the flop had already fallen    . An opponent moved all in against Jeff Norman, and Norman called having him covered.

Opponent:   
Norman:   

The   on the turn was a blank, but the   spiked on the river, giving Norman the nut-flush and the win. His opponent stormed off, while Norman is now up to 155,000 chips.

A short-stacked J.C. Tran has finally been eliminated, he moved all in preflop with    and got looked up by another player's   . The board came       missing both players but that wasn't enough for Tran, he got knocked out as a result.

J.C. Tran

0

-22,000

The players are back in their seats, and we are ready to start the last level of play.

Players have just finished the fourth level of the day, and they are on their last 20-minute break. After two more hours of play, the players will bag up their chips, then enjoy their day off tomorrow.

Eric Mizrachi was all in preflop for around 16,000 holding and called by an opponent on the button.

Showdown
Mizrachi:   
Button:   

Mizrachi was ahead with his big pockets pair and looking to dodge an ace. The     flop gave his opponent a gut-shot straight draw, but neither the   turn nor   river proved harmful to Mizrachi. He has grinded his short stack up to 35,000.

Eric Mizrachi

35,000

20,600

Josh Mancuso opened for 2,300, then Mike Sexton pushed all in for his last 16,000 or so. It folded back around, and Mancuso made the call.

Sexton showed   , but had run into Mancuso's   . The board ran out      , and the "World Poker Tour" host hit the rail just before the end of Level 9. Mancuso moves up to about 90,000.

In a recent hand we witnessed a short stacked Amnon Filippi move all in from late position after a player in early position made it 2,600 preflop. Action then folded around to a player in the small blind who tank folded for a few moments. When it did get back to the initial raiser he instantly threw in the proper amount of chips and cards were tabled.

Filippi:   
Opponent:   

The cards came out       and with an ace falling out of the deck and no tens making an appearance Filippi was eliminated on day 2b.

Amnon Filippi

0

-35,000

To say that Ben Lamb has been on a heater is quite the understatement. He is running like he is on the sun. Lamb has just scored a double knockout to become the second player of the day to break the 400,000 mark. Lamb raised to 2,400 on the button, and both of the blinds made the call.

The flop came out    , and the small blind checked. The big blind went all in for about 14,000, and after getting a count, Lamb threw out a stack of orange chips worth about 60,000. It was on the small blind now, who had about 35,000 or so. He announced himself all in, and the cards were flipped up.

Lamb:   
Small Blind:   
Big Blind:   

Inexplicably, Lamb was actually behind in an all in, and would need to get lucky to score the double knockout. Of course, this is Ben Lamb we are talking about, so the table was hardly surprised when the   hit the turn to fill up Lamb. The river came the  , and Lamb collected all the chips, upping his stack to around 415,000.

Ben Lamb

415,000

50,000