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Monday, June 25, 2012 6:44 PM Local Time
The players have gone on a one-hour dinner break.
Monday, June 25, 2012 6:43 PM Local Time
Antony Lellouche | 440,000 | 190,000 |
Tom Chambers | 255,000 | 29,000 |
Ben Yu | 195,000 | -65,000 |
John Monnette | 180,000 | 5,000 |
Mike Wattel | 140,000 | -33,000 |
Keith Gipson | 138,000 | -77,000 |
Roland Israelashvili | 130,000 | 47,000 |
Jared Bleznick | 120,000 | -120,000 |
Matthew Russell | 115,000 | 0 |
David Bakes Baker | 113,000 | 72,000 |
Huck Seed | 97,000 | -68,000 |
Eric Rodawig | 85,000 | 26,000 |
David Chiu | 82,000 | -113,000 |
Monday, June 25, 2012 6:42 PM Local Time
Razz
Cory Zeidman was all in on sixth street with the / against the / for Hasan Habib.
On seventh, Zeidman pulled a to finish with a ten-six low. Habib pulled a to finish with a seven-six low and won the pot. Zeidman was eliminated.
Hasan Habib | 80,000 | -145,000 |
Cory Zeidman | 0 | -87,000 |
Monday, June 25, 2012 6:41 PM Local Time
Pot-Limit Omaha
With approximately 19,000 already in the pot, the board read between Allen Bari and Andrew Robl. The two got all of the money in on the turn with Bari the one at risk. He held the for a set of fives and a flush draw. Robl held the for a pair of aces, a flush draw and a straight draw.
The river completed the board with the and Bari won the pot to double up. Robl was left knocked down to 10,000 in chips while Bari moved to about 225,000.
Allen Bari | 223,000 | 121,000 |
Andrew Robl | 10,000 | -98,000 |
Monday, June 25, 2012 6:39 PM Local Time
Limit Hold'em
Michael Binger raised it up from the cutoff and Bruno Fitoussi defended his big blind. The flop came down and Binger called Fitoussi's check-raise. The turn was the and Fitoussi bet, Binger called.
On the river, the , Fitoussi bet once more and Binger called again. Fitoussi showed and Binger showed his , which weren't enough.
We also found out Josh Arieh got knocked out by John D'Agostino in Razz, unfortunately there are no details about how this happened.
Bruno Fitoussi | 318,000 | -27,000 |
Michael Binger | 253,700 | 22,700 |
Josh Arieh | 0 | -109,000 |
Monday, June 25, 2012 6:39 PM Local Time
Limit Hold'em
Alexander Kravchenko just raised from the button and Patrik Antonius defended his big blind. The flop came down and Antonius checked. Kravchenko bet, Antonius raised and Kravchenko four-bet. Antonius called and the turn was the .
Antonius went for the check-raise again, and Kravchenko called. The river was the and Antonius bet. Kravchenko decided to give it up and tossed his cards into the muck. Antonius took this sizable pot without showdown and is back up to 140,700.
Alexander Kravchenko | 237,000 | -56,000 |
Patrik Antonius | 140,700 | 17,700 |
Monday, June 25, 2012 6:36 PM Local Time
There were 108 players to register for this event this year, but even so, some very big notable faces are missing from the mix. Some of the players that come mind that did not play are former champions Scotty Nguyen and Freddy Deeb, along with Erik Seidel, Jen Harman, Ben Lamb, Joe Hachem, Isaac Haxton, Carlos Mortensen, Tom Dwan and Eli Elezra. Even without them in the field (and that's a hefty list of names), the tournament is stacked.
Monday, June 25, 2012 6:35 PM Local Time
Pot-Limit Omaha
Under unknown circumstances we just lost the runner-up finisher from the 2010 $50,000 Players Championship. Vladimir Shchmelev busted to Marco Johnson and will not add a third cash in this event to his list of results.
Marco Johnson | 183,000 | 80,000 |
Vladimir Shchmelev | 0 | -63,000 |
Monday, June 25, 2012 6:25 PM Local Time
Bruno Fitoussi | 345,000 | 113,700 |
Daniel Alaei | 318,000 | -52,000 |
Alexander Kravchenko | 293,000 | -54,000 |
Matt Glantz | 274,000 | -79,000 |
Michael Binger | 231,000 | 11,000 |
David ODB Baker | 196,000 | 0 |
Justin Smith | 194,000 | 50,300 |
Brian Rast | 190,000 | 39,800 |
Patrik Antonius | 123,000 | -22,400 |
Phil Ivey | 121,000 | 76,000 |
Daniel Negreanu | 110,000 | 32,000 |
Barry Greenstein | 76,000 | -32,000 |
Ville Wahlbeck | 56,000 | -74,000 |
Todd Brunson | 48,000 | -36,000 |
Gus Hansen | 43,000 | -94,000 |
Monday, June 25, 2012 6:25 PM Local Time
Pot-Limit Omaha
We just saw one of the biggest pots of the tournament go down between Jason Mercier and Dan Shak. Shak was drawing slim for his tournament life, but he got there on the river.
Shak was under the gun and decided to limp for 1,600, after which Lyle Berman called in the hijack, Vladimir Shchmelev from the cutoff and Allen Bari from the button. Marco Johnson folded from the small blind and Mercier checked his option in the big blind.
The flop came down , and the action was checked to Berman who bet 8,000. Shchmelev and Bari folded after which Mercier put in a raise to 31,000.
"I raise pot," Shak announced ,and the total bet was 110,800. Berman took a good long look at his cards, but eventually decided not to get involved in this massive pot.
"All in," Mercier announced without hesitation, and Shak called off his remaining 74,000 chips.
Shak was looking to make a straight or a bigger set, but the turn, the , brought him no help. On the river Shak needed to catch a nine, ace or king but those couldn't be spades since Mercier had picked up a flush draw.
The river was the and Shak did make his straight. Just for a second Mercier showed some frustration as Shak was excited about his double up. Mercier sat in silence and was knocked back down to around the starting stack, while Shak is now one of our chip leaders.
Dan Shak | 366,400 | 186,400 |
Jason Mercier | 152,000 | -153,000 |
Monday, June 25, 2012 6:23 PM Local Time
Jon Spinks | 297,000 | 16,000 |
Richard Ashby | 208,000 | 36,000 |
John Hanson | 205,000 | -32,000 |
Greg Mueller | 185,000 | 15,000 |
Hoi Cheung | 116,000 | -37,000 |
Chris Lee | 92,000 | -92,000 |
Eric Cloutier | 36,000 | -46,000 |
Eugene Katchalov | 23,000 | -34,000 |
Monday, June 25, 2012 6:22 PM Local Time
Stud-8
Jon Turner | / / |
Michael Glick | / / |
After Michael Glick completed on third, Jon Turner made the call. Glick check-called on fourth and then raised on fifth after Turner bet. Turner reraised and Glick called.
Turner then bet sixth and seventh street with Glick calling both times.
Glick held the in the hole and had made three nines on fourth street. Turner showed that he started rolled up with the in the hole, but only held the best hand prior to fourth street.
Glick won the pot and moved to 242,000 in chips. Turner dropped to under 85,000.
Michael Glick | 242,000 | 45,000 |
Jon Turner | 84,700 | -51,300 |
Monday, June 25, 2012 6:14 PM Local Time
Jason Mercier | 305,000 | -5,000 |
Lyle Berman | 265,000 | -23,000 |
Dan Shak | 180,000 | 50,000 |
Andrew Robl | 108,000 | -20,000 |
Marco Johnson | 103,000 | -28,000 |
Allen Bari | 102,000 | 3,800 |
Allen Cunningham | 96,000 | -36,000 |
Vladimir Shchmelev | 63,000 | 0 |
Monday, June 25, 2012 6:13 PM Local Time
Stud
Roland Israelashvili | / / |
Matthew Russell | / / |
Roland Israelashvili completed the bet on third and Matthew Russell made the call. On fourth street, Israelashvili bet and Russell called.
On fifth street, Israelashvili check-called a bet from Russell before he led out on sixth street. Russell called. On seventh, Israelashvili bet and Russell called.
Israelashvili showed the from the hole for two pair, sevens and threes. He won the pot.
Matthew Russell | 115,000 | 74,000 |
Roland Israelashvili | 83,000 | 16,000 |
Monday, June 25, 2012 6:05 PM Local Time
No-Limit Hold'em
Defending champion Brian Rast raised to 4,500 from the cutoff and Daniel Negreanu called on the button. Both Phil Ivey and Daniel Alaei gave up their blinds, and we got to see a flop.
Rast put out a 8,500 chip continuation-bet, and Negreanu called. The turn was the and Rast checked right away. Negreanu threw out two 5,000 chips and announced "9,000." Rast folded and Negreanu raked in a much needed pot.
Brian Rast | 150,200 | 8,200 |
Daniel Negreanu | 78,000 | 16,200 |
Monday, June 25, 2012 6:01 PM Local Time
George Danzer | 300,000 | 88,000 |
John Hennigan | 270,000 | -33,000 |
Luke Schwartz | 225,000 | -55,000 |
Chad Brown | 213,000 | -44,000 |
Robert Mizrachi | 170,000 | 18,000 |
Stephen Chidwick | 170,000 | -18,400 |
Allen Kessler | 155,000 | -28,000 |
Rami Boukai | 153,000 | -27,000 |
Bill Chen | 150,000 | -70,000 |
Michael Mizrachi | 148,000 | 15,000 |
Qushqar Morad | 142,000 | -34,000 |
Brian Hastings | 130,000 | 3,000 |
David Oppenheim | 130,000 | -9,000 |
Jonathan Duhamel | 108,000 | 20,000 |
David Bach | 26,000 | -55,000 |
Monday, June 25, 2012 5:49 PM Local Time
Nick Schulman has been eliminated from Event 45: $50,000 Poker Players Championship. He went out in an unknown hand of Razz against John Juanda.
Nick Schulman | 0 | -52,000 |
Monday, June 25, 2012 5:47 PM Local Time
Joe Cassidy | 420,000 | 76,000 |
Daniel Alaei | 370,000 | 79,000 |
David Benyamine | 366,000 | 22,000 |
Alexander Kravchenko | 347,000 | 85,000 |
Andy Bloch | 330,000 | 135,000 |
Viktor Blom | 315,000 | -37,000 |
Jason Mercier | 310,000 | 20,000 |
John Hennigan | 303,000 | 73,000 |
Monday, June 25, 2012 5:43 PM Local Time
Stud
Cary Katz was all in during a hand of Seven Card Stud against David Benyamine. At the end of all the cards, Katz couldn't complete with just ace-king high and was eliminated by Benyamine's two pair with aces and eights.
David Benyamine | 344,000 | 42,000 |
Cary Katz | 0 | -69,000 |