Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:27 PM Local Time
In a recent hand at Steve Dannenman's and Chau Giang's table a player moved all in on the button after everyone else had folded. Dannenman in the small blind quickly folded, Giang in the big blind opted to take his time though. After about a minute or two of calculating and chip measuring Giang threw in the proper amount of chips for a call and cards were tabled.
Giang:
Button:
Giang had the slight lead, but there were still five cards to come. The dealer put out a flop and it was the button who now had the lead. Giang would need running cards for a straight or an ace in order for him to steal back the hand. The turn was a and Giang was drawing dead as his opponent tripped up. A meaningless fell out of the deck for the river. Giang took a hit, but still has a manageable 38,000 in chips to maneuver with.
| Chau Giang | 38,000 | 13,000  |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:24 PM Local Time
We didn't catch how the money got in there, but when we went over to the table, David "The Devilfish" Ulliott was all in and ahead against Chris DeMaci. The board read , and Ulliott's had DeMaci's in bad shape. The turn brought no help for either, coming the , and the river gave Ulliott an unnecessary flush, coming down the . Ulliott got the double up, but is still a short stack, while DeMaci drops to around average in the room.
| - | 59,000 | -4,000  |
| David Ulliott | 21,000 | 4,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:22 PM Local Time
Narendra Banwari is up to 265,000 after he got into a massive preflop raising war with against . Banwari had three-bet the small blind to 5,400 only for his opponent to make it 18,100 with about 44,000 behind. Banwari moved all in and was instantly called, but the board ran out to make the latter a boat and put him among the chip leaders.
| Narendra Banwari | 265,000 | 142,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:14 PM Local Time
With 6,000 in the pot and a board reading , Richard "nutsinho" Lyndaker checked from the under-the-gun position and allowed an early-position player to bet 5,600. Lyndaker took his time before making the call, only to muck when his opponent revealed for a rivered set.
Lyndaker is down to 42,000.
| Richard Lyndaker | 42,000 | -15,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:14 PM Local Time
We missed the action of the hand, but were informed that Dario Minieri has busted. He got it all in preflop with against his opponent's and failed to improve.
| Dario Minieri | 0 | -20,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:11 PM Local Time
Robert Cheung was heads up with an opponent with the board reading . He tossed out 2,600, and his opponent called.
Both players knuckled after the completed the board, and Cheung opened up for a pair of aces. His opponent mucked, and Cheung is now above 100,000 chips.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:09 PM Local Time
We caught up with the action heads up on a flop where the small blind checked to J.C. Tran in middle position. Tran moved all in for his last 6,900 and his opponent flashed the as he folded. Tran showed for an overpair of aces that might have led him out the door if the small blind had called and hit a heart but since the player laid it down, Tran chipped up a bit and lived to fight another pot.
| J.C. Tran | 10,100 | -14,400 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:08 PM Local Time
Erick Lindgren started today with just 3,700 in chips (which was only seven big blinds in level six), and while we haven't caught many big hands with him, it seems that every time we pass by his table his stack has just continued to grow and grow and grow. Lindgren now has 65,000, which is around 20x what he started the day with. A little bit of luck and a lot of skill have turned his non-existent stack back into a contender
| Erick Lindgren | 65,000 | 41,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:04 PM Local Time
We found Greg Mueller in a hand where he offered to buy gum or candy for anyone who wanted it at the table from one of girls selling candy and cigarettes walking around. A couple of people asked for some and after Mueller made the purchase, he said, "That's expensive gum!"
As for the hand, on the flop, a player in middle position bet 2,200 and Mueller called in the cutoff. On the turn, the middle position player bet again, this time for 6,200 and Mueller made the call once more. When the hit the river, the player bet one last time for 70,000 which was enough to put Mueller who only had 22,000 left all in. Mueller laid his hand down however and his stack got a bit lighter, as did his wallet from the gum purchase.
| Greg Mueller | 22,000 | -2,500 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:04 PM Local Time
A player in early position bet and made it 2,500 to anyone willing to pay to see a flop. He received two callers, a player in middle position and Lars Bonding in the big blind. After all the chips were in place the dealer flattened a flop where Bonding came out and bet 1,700. The player from early position folded, while the middle position player made it 4,000. Bonding then went into the tank for awhile before throwing out two orange chips making it 11,700. His opponent then mucked fairly quickly and Bonding was able to bring in a decent sized pot.
| Lars Bonding | 82,000 | 12,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:03 PM Local Time
It folded around to Leo Fernandez who opened to 2,000 from middle position, and his opponent sitting to his left reraised to 5,700. It folded back to Fernandez who made the call.
The flop came . So, too, arrived the cocktail waiter, who happened to be delivering coffees to both Fernandez and his opponent. Both ignored him for about a half-minute, concentrating on the hand. Then finally they paused in the proceedings long enough to settle up and receive their orders. With cups in hand, they continued what they had begun.
Fernandez checked, and his opponent quickly bet 5,600. Fernandez sat quietly for a while, then let his hand go. The Argentinian took a sip and looked back at his stack -- now 46,000.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:02 PM Local Time
Victor Ramdin and his 130,000 chips were just moved over to the orange section of the amazon room, and when he got to the table, he saw that he had drawn an unfortunate chair. He took his seat to the immediate right of Raul Pino, who currently has a stack of around 268,000, one of the tops in the room. Given Ramdin's agreesive nature, we are expecting plenty of action from those two, and we will be sure try and catch any big pot that develops over there.
| Victor Ramdin | 130,000 | 5,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:02 PM Local Time
We didn't catch the hand, but it seems Jonathan Aguiar, who had been clinging to a short stack for quite some time, was recently eliminated. As he put it on Twitter: "Busted by the guy so dumb he couldn't find his seat."
| Jonathan Aguair | 0 | -21,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:01 PM Local Time
The tables are quickly busting from the White section of Pavilion, but here are their remaining counts.
| Thomas Keller | 123,500 | -3,500 |
| Matt Jarvis | 86,000 | 4,100 |
| Lyle Berman | 86,000 | 24,000 |
| Matt Savage | 82,000 | -40,000 |
| - | 71,000 | 13,000 |
| Joseph Cheong | 71,000 | -4,000 |
| Bryan Devonshire | 43,000 | 19,075 |
| Raymond Davis | 32,000 | -36,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 4:59 PM Local Time
Donny and Eric Mizrachi started off today at the same table, but Eric was moved about two hours into play. Both are still alive, and both just won nice pots to boost their stacks. First Donny knocked out a short stack when his cracked his opponents on a board of . That hand has helped get his stack up to 125,000.
As we were coming back from that hand, we noticed the ESPN cameras descending upon Eric's table, and we saw that he was all in preflop for his last 6,800. He held , and was well ahead of his opponent's . The flop was safe for Eric, coming , and the turn helped and hurt Eric. It was the , and while it gave Eric a set, it gave his opponent an extra out, as he would now need one of the four jacks left to make a straight. It didn't come however, as the river brought the . Eric got the double up he needed, though he's still hurting with just over 15,000.
| - | 125,000 | 35,000 |
| Eric Mizrachi | 16,000 | 8,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 4:56 PM Local Time
Nicolas Fierro has become the captain of his table, raising most of the pots we saw preflop. We happened to catch a hand where he raised to 2,000 only to have the player in the cutoff three-bet the action to 4,700.
Fierro didn't seem to be swayed that easily though, as he four-bet to 13,500. His opponent went into the tank for over a minute before finally mucking his hand. Fierro collected the chips and continued to pad one of the biggest stacks in the room.
| Nicolas Fierro | 287,000 | 27,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 4:50 PM Local Time
We caught up with the action just as the dealer was dealing the flop in a raised pot between a player in middle position and Jeff Madsen in the cutoff.
The flop came and the middle-position player checked. Madsen bet 3,700 and his opponent string-called after some deliberation.
The turn fell the and Madsen's opponent checked again. Not slowing down, Madsen cut out a bet to 8,100 and placed it into the middle. His opponent checked his hole cards one last time and rapped the table.
"Nice hand," he said and mucked.
Madsen is up to 143,000.
| - | 143,000 | 18,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 4:50 PM Local Time
A player opened to 2,000 from under the gun, two players called behind, and Sam Simon three-bet to 8,000 from the big blind. He received two callers, and the flop came down . All three players checked.
The on the turn paired the board, and Simon led for 8,000. The early position player called, and the river was the . Simon quickly tossed out two orange T5,000 chips, and his opponent tank-called.
Simon showed for sixes full of eights, his opponent mucked, and Simon shipped a nice pot.
| Sam Simon | 170,000 | 62,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 4:47 PM Local Time
While we didn't catch the elimination hands of either Randy Dorfman or Luca Pagano, we did notice another big stack in Scott Mackenzie, who has 220,000!
| Randy Dorfman | 0 | -11,000 |
| Luca Pagano | 0 | -11,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 4:43 PM Local Time
We caught up to the action to find Robert Varkonyi raising to 6,000 from the button. A player in early position had made it 2,000, and another player from middle position called, now they both faced a raise from Varkonyi. The player from early position fiddled around with his chips for a few moments before eventually making the call. The player in middle position followed suit and also put the chips in.
After the dealer spread out a flop the player in early position checked, and it was the middle position player who bet out 3,000. Varkonyi made the call while the early position player dropped his cards in the muck.
The on the turn brought with it a bet of 3,000 from the player in middle position and a raise to 9,000 from Varkonyi. Varkonyi's opponent barely thought about it and threw in the appropriate amount of chips.
A river changed nothing for Varkonyi's opponent who bet out again, this time only 2,000. Varkonyi's head slowly drooped like he just witnessed the worst possible out come for the hand. Varkonyi stared at the felt in front of him for a moment or two before he threw out a bet large enough to put his opponent all in who had around 30,000 in chips. Varkonyi's opponent fooled around with some chips in his hand for a while before ultimately folding. Varkonyi was awarded the pot and received a handful of "nice hands" from the players at his table
| Robert Varkonyi | 118,000 | 58,000 |