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Tuesday, July 12, 2011 8:06 PM Local Time
With the board showing and about 10,000 in the middle, Scott Clements bet 6,500 and his lone opponent made the call. The river brought the , putting a third diamond on board to go with all of those Broadway cards. Clements didn't hesitate, firing another bet of 6,000, and after thinking a few seconds his opponent called again.
Clements showed for the straight, and his opponent for the same. After chopping that pot, Clements sits with about 70,000.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 8:05 PM Local Time
With a flop reading , Huck Seed's opponent bet out 12,100, leaving himself with 25,000 behind. Seed contemplated his next move before saying "Alright, I'll gamble with ya", and tossing in enough chips to put the player all in. He made the call and the cards were turned up:
Seed:
Opponent:
"Ugggh", Seed groaned. "Why could you have had six-EIGHT of hearts?" Seed was behind and in need of an ace or a heart to take control of the hand. Unfortunately for him, the turn and river came and . Seed doubled up his opponent and fell to about 39,000.
| Huck Seed | 39,000 | -51,000  |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 8:02 PM Local Time
| Ben Lamb | 320,000 | -5,000 |
| Dan Kelly | 180,000 | -1,000 |
| - | 155,000 | -65,000 |
| Andrew Chen | 155,000 | 35,000  |
| Emil Patel | 150,000 | 70,000 |
| Mike Carson | 140,000 | 20,000 |
| Amanda Musumeci | 140,000 | -5,000 |
| - | 140,000 | 15,000 |
| Derek Pasquarella | 140,000 | -10,000 |
| - | 135,000 | 20,000 |
| - | 132,000 | -3,000 |
| David Chiu | 130,000 | -17,000 |
| Victor Ramdin | 125,000 | -5,000 |
| - | 100,000 | 41,000 |
| Robert Varkonyi | 100,000 | -18,000 |
| Andrew Lichtenberger | 100,000 | 9,000 |
| Tony Hachem | 95,000 | -35,000 |
| Lyle Berman | 93,000 | 7,000 |
| Daniel Suied | 90,000 | -60,000 |
| Matt Savage | 85,000 | -9,000 |
| David Levi | 70,000 | -15,000 |
| Amnon Filippi | 60,000 | 10,000 |
| Tim West | 60,000 | 8,000 |
| Will Souther | 56,000 | 13,000 |
| Vanessa Rousso | 56,000 | 11,000 |
| Bryan Micon | 53,000 | -10,000 |
| Richard Lyndaker | 46,000 | 4,000 |
| Chau Giang | 37,000 | -1,000 |
| - | 33,000 | -57,000 |
| Lars Bonding | 31,000 | -51,000 |
| David Bach | 31,000 | -4,000 |
| Darvin Moon | 26,000 | -19,000 |
| Paul Wasicka | 25,000 | -13,000 |
| Amit Makhija | 22,000 | -6,000 |
| David Ulliott | 21,000 | 0 |
| Terrence Chan | 14,000 | -8,500 |
| Eric Mizrachi | 14,000 | -2,000 |
| Alan Sternberg | 0 | |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 8:02 PM Local Time
We found the button all in preflop for 16,000 and at risk against Jonas Entin in the big blind. The players cards were as follows.
Entin:
Button:
Entin was in great position to knockout his opponent and did just that when the board ran out .
| Jonas Entin | 251,000 | 47,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:59 PM Local Time
| David Vamplew | 180,000 | 0 |
| Young Phan | 160,000 | 82,000 |
| Anthony Miller | 140,000 | -60,000 |
| Rupert Elder | 140,000 | -30,000 |
| Craig Sweden | 110,000 | |
| Blair Hinkle | 110,000 | 10,000 |
| Erick Lindgren | 110,000 | 7,000 |
| Carlos Mortensen | 95,000 | 5,000 |
| Ray Henson | 85,000 | 37,000 |
| Todd Brunson | 75,000 | -40,000 |
| Jennifer Harman | 33,000 | 16,500 |
| Matt Marafioti | 30,000 | 6,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:57 PM Local Time
Flop:
Shankar Pillai led out for 3,100, and an opponent on the button called. Pillai slowed down, checking to his opponent when the turned. His opponent tossed out 5,500, and Pillai called.
Both players checked after the hit the river, and Pillai's opponent rolled over . Pillai mucked, and saw his stack decrease to 130,000 chips.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:57 PM Local Time
| Sam Simon | 235,000 | -9,000 |
| John Racener | 208,000 | 3,000 |
| Paul Spitzberg | 201,000 | -21,000 |
| Claudia Crawford | 187,000 | 12,000 |
| - | 170,000 | 16,000 |
| Shankar Pillai | 158,000 | -7,000 |
| Joe Tehan | 154,000 | -6,000 |
| Guillaume Rivet | 148,000 | 10,000 |
| Freddy Deeb | 145,000 | 12,000 |
| Mark Kroon | 140,000 | 12,000 |
| Doug Lee | 130,000 | 58,000 |
| Anthony Rivera | 125,000 | 45,000 |
| - | 125,000 | -55,000 |
| Shawn Keller | 112,000 | -25,000 |
| Phil Laak | 108,000 | 2,000 |
| Scott Palmer | 107,000 | 32,000 |
| Jeff Bryan | 106,000 | -8,000 |
| Robert Cheung | 95,000 | -21,000 |
| Ricky Fohrenbach | 90,000 | 0 |
| Patrick Eskandar | 90,000 | -10,000 |
| Galen Hall | 89,000 | 23,000 |
| Leo Fernandez | 77,000 | 17,000 |
| Jamil Wakil | 75,000 | -95,000 |
| Joseph Cheong | 74,000 | -3,000 |
| - | 70,000 | 5,000 |
| Matt Matros | 70,000 | -11,000 |
| Mathieu Clavet | 70,000 | -8,000 |
| - | 68,000 | -22,000 |
| Matt Stout | 66,000 | -9,000 |
| Scott Clements | 65,000 | 6,000 |
| Chris Lindh | 64,000 | 23,000 |
| Mike Sexton | 63,000 | 22,000 |
| Mike Leah | 60,000 | |
| - | 55,000 | -5,000 |
| Jake Cody | 40,000 | 22,000 |
| Erik Cajelais | 39,000 | -5,000 |
| James Carroll | 33,000 | -25,000 |
| Rayan Nathan | 32,000 | -6,000 |
| Diego Brunelli | 31,000 | -19,000 |
| Taylor von Kriegenbergh | 30,000 | -2,000 |
| Eric Liu | 20,000 | -7,600 |
| Eric Siegel | 17,000 | -16,000 |
| Odette Tremblay | 0 | -26,000 |
| Cole Swannack | 0 | -32,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:54 PM Local Time
We haven't seen former 1986 WSOP Main Event champ and five time WSOP bracelet holder Berry Johnston in many hands today and he's hovered around the original starting stack for most of the day. But we just found Johnston on the button and all in on the flop against the player in the big blind.
Johnston:
Big Blind:
Johnston was in dominant position for the double up unless his opponent could nail running kings or running straight cards. The on the turn did help the big blind to make a Broadway draw but the river was the to give the player an inferior top pair to Johnston's over pair of aces who doubled up.
| Berry Johnston | 62,000 | 34,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:49 PM Local Time
Mark Gregorich raised it up in the cutoff, and the player on the button made it 5,300 to go. Tony Hachem tank folded in the small blind, and action went back to Gregorich, who went all in for around 24,000. His opponent thought for about a minute before making the call.
Gregorich:
Opponent:
"I folded eights. I hope there's not one on the flop," said Hachem. Well there wasn't but it still would have been a good flop for his hand, coming . Gregorich was way out front, and it stayed that way on the turn, the , and the river, the . Hachem groaned when he saw the river, saying "If he doesn't raise I call and I'm not getting away from my hand on the flop." Regardless, Gregorich scored the double up, getting himself some much needed chips.
| Mark Gregorich | 51,000 | 22,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:47 PM Local Time
By the turn, the board read and there was already over 50,000 in the middle. Iulian Jacob bet 25,000, and after pausing a few seconds, John Racener called.
The river brought the . Jacob soon was all in for his last 35,000 or so, and Racener quickly called. Racener didn't wait for Jacob to show his hand, tabling his for tens full just a moment after calling. Jacob mucked his hand and headed to the rail.
Racener is now up around 205,000.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:45 PM Local Time
We only got to the table when the hand was already over but the board read and an player had doubled through Bryan Colin when her flopped a set against Colin's . After paying off what looked to be around 36,000 to his opponent at the end, Colin's stack was left quite a bit lighter.
| Bryan Colin | 108,000 | -55,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:42 PM Local Time
We missed the hand, but we saw David Sklansky heading for the rail. There was nothing but empty felt in front of where he was sitting so we have to assume the renowned gambling and poker author was eliminated.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:33 PM Local Time
The players have returned from their dinner break, and cards are back in the air. Four more hours of play and then the players will bag up their chips.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:33 PM Local Time
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1000
Ante: 100
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 6:07 PM Local Time
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011 6:05 PM Local Time
The players have finished level 8, and they now have 90 minutes to grab a kit kat, or something more substantial, for dinner. Cards will be back in the air around 8:30.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 6:03 PM Local Time
On a flop of , all the money got in between Jason Lester and Amit Makhija, both of who were short stacked.
Showdown
Makhija:
Lester:
Both players had flopped a set of queens, but Makhija's kicker had him out in front. Neither the turn nor river changed a thing and Lester was eliminated right before the dinner break.
| Amit Makhija | 28,000 | 7,000 |
| Jason Lester | 0 | -47,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 6:01 PM Local Time
Carlos Mortensen has been up and down all day but maintaining a well above-average stack in the process.
In this hand, a late position player raised it up to 2,200, Mortensen re-raised to 5,100, and the big blind re-raised all in for 15,700. The late position player folded and Mortensen made the call with The all in player showed and the board came down
The pair of aces was enough for the all in player to double up and Mortensen went back to violently stacking his chips as he fell under 100,000.
| Carlos Mortensen | 90,000 | 5,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 6:01 PM Local Time
From the Blue section of the Amazon Room
| - | 320,000 | 65,000 |
| Ryan D'Angelo | 240,000 | -27,000 |
| Ashley Mason | 225,000 | 30,000 |
| Jonas Entin | 204,000 | -1,000 |
| Steven Kelly | 175,000 | 63,000 |
| Elie Payan | 170,000 | 25,000 |
| Bryan Colin | 163,000 | -24,000 |
| - | 150,000 | 43,000 |
| David Williams | 146,000 | 3,000 |
| Arthur Walker | 133,000 | 82,000 |
| - | 132,000 | 20,000 |
| Chad Batista | 125,000 | 15,000 |
| Javier Martinez | 120,000 | 10,000 |
| Jean-Robert Bellande | 87,000 | 7,000 |
| Jorge Arias | 85,000 | 20,000 |
| Leif Force | 75,000 | -2,000 |
| Jeffrey Gross | 50,000 | -77,000 |
| Berry Johnston | 28,000 | 0 |
| Pascal Lefrancois | 26,500 | -19,500 |
| Salvatore Bonavena | 26,000 | -9,000 |
| Derek Lerner | 24,000 | -57,000 |
| Kathy Liebert | 23,000 | -30,000 |
| Greg Mueller | 14,000 | -8,000 |
| J.C. Tran | 11,500 | 1,400 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 6:01 PM Local Time
Patrik Antonius raised to 2,200 from late position and was immediately three-bet by the player in the hijack who made it 6,000 to go. Action folded back around to Antonius and he made the call.
The flop fell and Antonius checked to his opponent who continued out with a bet of 10,000. Antonius slowly and deliberately counted out chips before making a raise to 24,000. His opponent called and the turn came .
Antonius pushed out a bet of 30,000 and his opponent tanked for a while before eventually mucking his hand. Antonius is now sitting on a stack of 266,000.
| Patrik Antonius | 266,000 | 46,000 |