Tuesday, July 12, 2011 6:01 PM Local Time
A player in middle position made it 2,2000 action folded around to Vanessa Rousso on the button ended up being only one willing to pay the toll to see a flop. The dealer then spread out a flop. It was here that the middle position player bet out 3,5000. Rousso thought about it for a moment or two before ultimately making the call.
A on the turn brought a check from the player in middle position who seemed to be slowing down. Rousso jumped on this chance and bet out 6,000. The player in middle position then raised and made it 20,000. Rousso went into the tank deciding what would be best for her. She even grabbed enough chips to put her opponent all in toying with the idea, before ultimately throwing her cards away.
Rousso's opponent then let out a huge sigh of relief and showed the table for air.
| Vanessa Rousso | 68,000 | -2,000  |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:59 PM Local Time
| Guillermo Ramirez | 275,000 | |
| David Vamplew | 180,000 | 80,000  |
| Rupert Elder | 170,000 | 85,000 |
| Blair Hinkle | 100,000 | -5,000 |
| Young Phan | 78,000 | -2,000 |
| Erick Lindgren | 75,000 | 10,000 |
| Ray Henson | 48,000 | 36,000 |
| Matt Marafioti | 24,000 | -11,000 |
| Jennifer Harman | 16,500 | -6,500 |
| Andy Black | 0 | -27,000 |
| Vivek Rajkumar | 0 | -50,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:56 PM Local Time
While the Main Event is slowly ticking down, putting an end to the WSOP until November, you won't have too very long for even more poker action as poker's biggest superstars will be traveling to Cannes, France in October for the WSOP-Europe.
WSOP-Europe Schedule
| Event | Buy-In | Date | Time |
|---|
| Six-Handed No Limit Hold'em | €2,500 + €180 | 10/7/11 | 5:00 PM |
| No Limit Hold'em | €1,000 + €90 | 10/8/11 | 12:00 PM |
| Pot Limit Omaha | €5,000 + €300 | 10/10/11 | 5:00 PM |
| No Limit Hold'e, SHOOTOUT | €3,000 + €200 | 10/11/11 | 5:00 PM |
| Split Format—No Limit Hold'em | €10,000 + €400 | 10/12/11 | 5:00 PM |
| Six-Handed Pot Limit Omaha | €1,500 + €120 | 10/13/11 | 5:00 PM |
| WSOPE Main Event Championship | €10,000 + €400 | 10/15/11 | 12:00 PM |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:56 PM Local Time
With a pot of around 25,000 already in the middle, Jon Friedberg was tanking on the river before firing out a 8,500 bet with the board reading . His opponent grimaced a bit before counting out the bet, having only around 18,000 back if he were to make the call.
Finally, with a certain amount of resignation, he threw the chips into the middle and Friedberg turned over - but his opponent flipped for a chop.
Friedberg's foe said, "I'd have been happy if you'd shown me aces but unhappy if you'd flipped ace-king..."
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:54 PM Local Time
Jamie Kerstetter opened with a raise to 2,000 from middle position and got one caller from the cutoff. The flop came , and Kerstetter continued with a bet of 3,700. Her opponent quickly called. Both then checked the turn.
The river brought a fifth black card, the . Kerstetter took a quick look across the table out from under the brim of her baseball cap, then set out a bet of 11,200. Her opponent thought a moment, then let his hand go.
Kerstetter sits with about 130,000 as we near the end of Level 8.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:53 PM Local Time
We're not sure of the betting as we stumbled upon the table a tad too late; however, we did see that Tim West got his stack of 24,500 all in preflop against an unknown opponent.
Showdown
West:
Opponent:
West was in a dominating spot and looking to dodge a king to keep his Main Event hopes alive. The flop did nothing to diminish his hopes, and neither did the turn. West sat quietly as the fell harmlessly on the river and he doubled to a little over 50K.
| Tim West | 52,000 | -13,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:52 PM Local Time
Shawn Cunix was all in and at risk against Jean-Robert Bellande after the flop fell . Bellande's was ahead of Cunix's , and the turn and river came , respectively.
Bellande is up to 80,000 chips, while Cunix is down to zero.
| Jean-Robert Bellande | 80,000 | 33,000 |
| Shawn Cunix | 0 | -28,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:47 PM Local Time
We caught up just as Scott Seiver was getting his remaining 6,200 into the middle from the small blind against a lone opponent in late position.
Seiver:
Opponent:
The board ran out , leaving Seiver with a pair of jacks and doubling him up to 14,100.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:46 PM Local Time
We recently saw Alexandre Gomes get crippled all the way down to only 7,000 when he was up against a pocket pair of tens that made a straight. Gomes hung onto his shortstack for a while before we finally just saw him make his exit although we didn't catch what happened.
| Alexandre Gomes | 0 | -7,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:44 PM Local Time
We caught up with the action heads up on an flop where Chad Batista bet 4,000 from middle position and the cutoff called. On the turn, Batista checked to the cutoff who bet 8,100 and now Batista made the call. On the river however, Batista went back to being the aggressor and moved all in. The cutoff folded as Batista took down the pot.
| Chad Batista | 110,000 | 39,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:40 PM Local Time
We caught up with the action heads up between two players who have been pretty familiar with each other so far today. On the flop, Ryan D'Angelo who was in the small blind checked to Jean-Robert Bellande who was under the gun and bet. D'Angelo then came in with a check-raise to 14,200 which Bellande called. On the turn, D'Angelo fired 21,300 and Bellande went into the tank before he folded. D'Angelo showed for just seven high with an inside-straight draw and clearly got away with the bluff to take down the pot.
| Ryan D'Angelo | 267,000 | -20,000 |
| Jean-Robert Bellande | 47,000 | -7,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:40 PM Local Time
As the tables are rapidly breaking in the Pavilion Room, many of the players are making their way into the Amazon Room. One of those players is Lyle Berman, who was moved to Table 339, the same table as Terrence Chan and Richard "nutsinho" Lyndaker; in fact, Berman took a seat directly to the right of the latter.
Should be an interesting table.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:39 PM Local Time
We caught up with the action just as a short-stacked David Sklansky was getting it all in against a lone opponent. It appeared that Skansky's opponent had raised from middle position and David Sklansky re-raised all in from the small blind. His opponent made the call.
Sklansky:
Opponent:
The board ran out , leaving Sklansky with a set and doubling him up to 20,000
| David Sklansky | 20,000 | 7,500 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:39 PM Local Time
We came on this one as the turn betting was being completed. The board showed , and it looked as though Doug Lee was calling a bet of Scott Davies', his call putting the pot at about 5,000.
The river brought the and a bet of 3,300 from Lee. Davies thought a few moments, then made the call. Lee showed , Davies , and Davies claimed the pot.
"You raised with that," joked Lee after, and they both laughed. "Suited connectors, yeah," answered Davies. The two have been in conversation since Lee was moved to the table, including Davies asking Lee about his WSOP-Circuit win (in 2005, right here at the Rio Hotel and Casino) and the ring he received for doing so.
Noting that the hand was being chronicled, Davies piped up. "Hey, I'm going to be famous… I took a small pot off Doug Lee!"
Lee has about 72,000 at the moment, while Davies is up around 66,000.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:37 PM Local Time
With the board reading , Nicolas Fierro's opponent bet out 20,300. Fierro shoved out a huge stack of orange, 5,000-denomination chips totally about 100,000. This bet would put Fierro's opponent all in if called.
Fierro's opponent had a painful look on his face as he mucked his cards.
"I'll give you fifty bucks if you show me your hand," Fierro's opponent said. "Fifty bucks, cash, right now."
Fierro refused the offer and mucked his hand. This victory brings him up to about 345,000 and is our current largest stack of the day.
| Nicolas Fierro | 345,000 | 58,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:35 PM Local Time
Eric Siegel started things off with a raise to 1,800. The next player to act three-bet to 4,400 and then action folded to Jamil Wakil. He cold four-bet to 10,400. Action folded back to Siegel and he mucked, but the three bettor made the call to see the flop.
The flop came down . The first player checked before Wakil fired 11,300. His opponent called.
The turn was the and the first player checked again. Wakil bet 20,300 and his opponent check-raised all in for approximately 60,000. Wakil called holding the for a combo draw. His all-in opponent had the .
The river was the to give Wakil a diamond flush and send his opponent to the rail. Wakil won the pot to move to 170,000 in chips.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:34 PM Local Time
We only saw the end of the flop action in a hand where Brandon Riha was eliminated in pretty sick fashion against Bryan Colin. But another player at the table and then Riha told us what had happened that led up to the point that we started watching.
According to Riha, Bryan Colin raised to 1,700 in the cutoff preflop and the small blind plus Riha in the big blind both called. Then on the flop, the small blind led for 3,700 and Riha raised to 9,200. This is where we caught up with the action ourselves where Colin then re-raised to 18,600 and Riha moved in for 29,500 on top. Colin made the call to put Riha at risk as the players turned up their hands.
Riha:
Colin:
If Riha had hoped to get called when he shoved, then surely he would have wanted it to be by a made hand so that his flush draw was at least live. Instead, Colin had a higher flush draw to have Riha who would now need to pair up crushed. The on the turn was close but no good and the on the river sealed the knockout for Colin with just a queen kicker as Riha was eliminated.
| Bryan Colin | 187,000 | 47,000 |
| Brandon Riha | 0 | |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:34 PM Local Time
Brad Booth entered today as one of the big stack, starting out with around 110,000. However, he has been on a downward spiral all day, and has just been eliminated. We didn't see how the money got in, but Booth had the rest of his stack all in preflop and was in great shape.
Booth:
Opponent:
Booth was far ahead until the flop came , causing Booth to simply say "bad news." While he was behind, he still had a world of outs, as any jack, ten, or spade would give him the pot. The turn brought the , eliciting another "bad news" from Booth. He said it one more time when the hit the river, and Booth stood up, said "Thats how the last three years have been for me. Now time for the walk of shame." A dejected Booth made his exit, as his WSOP has come to an unexpected close.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:31 PM Local Time
Robert Cheung put an opponent all in preflop. The player tanked for a little bit and then made the call with the . He was well ahead of the that Cheung held. The flop came down and put Cheung in the lead.
"Son of a b*tch!" yelled the player with the queens.
The turn then brought the and the river the .
"You've gotta be f***ing kidding me!" exclaimed the player.
Cheung's flopped set of eights were able to crack his opponent's queens and move him to 116,000 in chips.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:29 PM Local Time
| Paul Spitzberg | 222,000 | 37,000 |
| - | 180,000 | 24,000 |
| Claudia Crawford | 175,000 | 0 |
| Jamil Wakil | 170,000 | |
| Shankar Pillai | 165,000 | 25,000 |
| Joe Tehan | 160,000 | |
| Sam Simon | 158,000 | -12,000 |
| - | 154,000 | 22,000 |
| John Racener | 144,000 | 8,000 |
| Guillaume Rivet | 138,000 | 38,000 |
| Shawn Keller | 137,000 | 22,000 |
| Freddy Deeb | 133,000 | 35,000 |
| Phil Laak | 120,000 | 0 |
| Robert Cheung | 116,000 | 6,000 |
| Patrick Eskandar | 100,000 | |
| Ricky Fohrenbach | 90,000 | 5,000 |
| - | 90,000 | 32,000 |
| Matt Matros | 81,000 | -25,000 |
| Anthony Rivera | 80,000 | -38,000 |
| Jeff Bryan | 80,000 | -35,000 |
| Mathieu Clavet | 78,000 | 0 |
| Scott Palmer | 76,000 | 8,000 |
| Matt Stout | 75,000 | -6,000 |
| Doug Lee | 70,000 | -20,000 |
| Galen Hall | 66,000 | -21,000 |
| - | 65,000 | -4,000 |
| Joseph Cheong | 63,000 | -8,000 |
| - | 60,000 | 40,000 |
| Leo Fernandez | 60,000 | 14,000 |
| Scott Clements | 59,000 | 21,000 |
| James Carroll | 58,000 | -27,000 |
| Diego Brunelli | 50,000 | 17,000 |
| Mike Sexton | 41,000 | 2,000 |
| Chris Lindh | 41,000 | -11,000 |
| Rayan Nathan | 38,000 | -2,000 |
| Erik Cajelais | 34,000 | -26,000 |
| Eric Siegel | 33,000 | -2,000 |
| Taylor von Kriegenbergh | 32,000 | |
| Cole Swannack | 32,000 | -15,000 |
| Odette Tremblay | 26,000 | -5,000 |
| Jake Cody | 18,000 | -5,500 |
| Tommy Hang | 0 | -15,000 |
