Friday, July 13, 2012 8:07 PM Local Time
The table folded around to Shaun Deeb in the small blind who raised to 18,000. Richard Pyne, sitting to Deeb's left, checked his cards, eyed Deeb's stack, and pushed out two stacks of orange chips for a reraise to 200,000.
Deeb looked up at the ceiling, clearly not too happy about the situation. He had only 194,000 behind, and so the decision essentially was whether or not to risk his tourney life.
Finally after thinking for a half-minute Deeb let his hand go, flashing it at Pyne as he did. Pyne then turned over his cards for all to see — — and scooped the pot.
Richard Pyne | 1,485,000 | 155,000 |
Shaun Deeb | 194,000 | -56,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 8:02 PM Local Time
Francois Safieddine | 960,000 | 736,000 |
Michael Kaufman | 910,000 | -80,000 |
Mikhail Aleksandrov | 880,000 | 476,000 |
Sean Rice | 835,000 | 5,000 |
Eduardo Trulli | 725,000 | 251,000 |
Joseph Cheong | 715,000 | -70,000 |
Dan Shak | 586,000 | -44,000 |
Matthew Silberzweig | 550,000 | 30,000 |
Felipe Quijano | 360,000 | 183,000 |
Klaus Pautrot | 350,000 | 178,000 |
Mesbah Guerfi | 306,000 | -79,000 |
Heinz Kamutzki | 290,000 | 215,000 |
Kenny Hallaert | 285,000 | 160,000 |
Amit Makhija | 190,000 | -190,000 |
Assani Fisher | 160,000 | -45,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 8:01 PM Local Time
Benjamin Alcober opened for a raise from under the gun, Ryan Fair three-bet to 43,000 from the hijack seat, and Alcober four-bet to 105,000. Fair five-bet to 167,000, Alcober moved all in for 405,000, and Fair called.
The flop was safe, but the spiked on the turn, giving Fair a set of kings. The river was the , and Fair doubled to over 800,000 chips.
Alcober, who was once our chip leader, now has only 206,000.
Ryan Fair | 820,000 | 40,000 |
Benjamin Alcober | 206,000 | -484,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 7:57 PM Local Time
Over at the feature table, we have just lost one of the 12 remaining women in the field: Debbie Haigh. Action started with Jordan Batt raising to 18,000 in middle position. Haigh was the only caller out of the big blind, and the flop came down . Haigh led out for 30,000, and Batt responded by moving all in. Haigh would have to call off her remaining 50,000, and that's what she did.
Haigh:
Batt:
Haigh had flopped top pair, but she was well behind the overpair of Batt. The on the turn didn't help her out, and the river came the . Batt collected the knockout, upping his stack to 358,000, while Haigh hit the rail.
Jordan Batt | 358,000 | 137,000 |
Debbie Haigh | 0 | -69,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 7:56 PM Local Time
We caught up with Gavin Smith in the small blind against Michael Pesek in the big blind. They were at the turn with a board of , Smith bet 26,000 and Pesek called.
The river came , both players checked and Smith tabled . Pesek mucked and Smith is up 100,000 from the last count we took.
Gavin Smith | 375,000 | 105,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 7:52 PM Local Time
Erik Cajelais was under the gun when he opened up the pot to 16,000. Cameron Somsky was directly on his left and made the call. The rest of the table was out the way and a flop was spread along the felt. Cajelais led for 20,000 here and Somsky called.
Both players checked the turn and it was on to the river. Cajelais opted to fire back up here, betting 13,000. Somsky opted to let his hand go and sent the small pot to Cajelais.
Erik Cajelais | 740,000 | 140,000 |
Cameron Somsky | 270,000 | -130,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 7:52 PM Local Time
With about 80,000 in the middle and the board showing , an early position player checked, then Isaac Baron bet 56,000. After a long period of tanking, Baron's opponent let it go.
Baron continues to keep pace, adding chips and staying ahead of the average stack which at present is a little over 514,000 with 385 players left.
Isaac Baron | 745,000 | 183,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 7:49 PM Local Time
For exact places of finish, please refer to our payouts page.
Nazim Guillaud | 0 | 0 |
David Scherzer | 0 | -94,500 |
Adrian Apmann | 0 | -74,500 |
Felix Funk | 0 | -340,500 |
Joseph Pergola | 0 | -100,000 |
Kyle Julius | 0 | 0 |
Iain Somers | 0 | -331,500 |
Jeffery Mcalister | 0 | -134,000 |
Cathy Hong | 0 | -385,000 |
Alejandro Vargas | 0 | -270,000 |
Phil Collins | 0 | -330,000 |
Romik Vartzar | 0 | -250,000 |
Kosei Ichinose | 0 | -310,000 |
Teddy Sheringham | 0 | 0 |
Barakeh Fadi | 0 | -65,000 |
Marc Wright | 0 | -850,000 |
Filipp Khavin | 0 | -210,000 |
David Icke | 0 | -80,000 |
Terrence Chan | 0 | 0 |
William Dawson | 0 | -108,500 |
Zachary Fahmie | 0 | -240,000 |
Jeremy Allen | 0 | 0 |
Marc Karam | 0 | -650,000 |
Lee Childs | 0 | -570,000 |
Charlie Lacause | 0 | -330,000 |
Luke Vrabel | 0 | -210,000 |
Daniel Hirleman | 0 | -210,000 |
Anthony Mar | 0 | -153,000 |
Thomas Blizniak | 0 | -192,500 |
Jamie Shaevel | 0 | -238,000 |
Anthony Harb | 0 | -331,000 |
John Lavorato | 0 | -215,000 |
Shawn Buchanan | 0 | -70,000 |
Micah Raskin | 0 | 0 |
Michael Vik | 0 | -191,000 |
Ankush Mandavia | 0 | -120,000 |
Mike McDonald | 0 | 0 |
John Murray | 0 | -217,500 |
David Peters | 0 | 0 |
Filip Verboven | 0 | 0 |
Justin Ouimette | 0 | -231,500 |
Ali Eslami | 0 | -180,000 |
Vivek Rajkumar | 0 | 0 |
Christian Rasmussen | 0 | -348,000 |
Philip Peters | 0 | -70,000 |
Philip Macdonald | 0 | -338,000 |
Guillaume Gignac | 0 | -329,000 |
Luke Nettles | 0 | -44,500 |
Lawrence Barbetta | 0 | -182,000 |
Ezra Abu Gazal | 0 | -120,000 |
Grant Hinkle | 0 | -387,500 |
Michael Song | 0 | 0 |
Raymond Wu | 0 | -191,000 |
Lennart Winnemuller | 0 | -144,500 |
Roberto Riva | 0 | -383,500 |
John Leathart | 0 | -665,000 |
Carl Maddy | 0 | -133,000 |
Brian Zeid | 0 | -270,000 |
Samuel Blankenship | 0 | -275,000 |
Zachary Fritz | 0 | 0 |
David 'The Other' Williams | 0 | -310,000 |
Fabio Luongo | 0 | -510,000 |
Daniel Ospina | 0 | -242,000 |
Devin Looney | 0 | -515,000 |
Antonio Ribeiro | 0 | -314,000 |
Dmitry Kataev | 0 | -460,000 |
Yuri Ishida | 0 | -85,000 |
Rhys Jones | 0 | -132,000 |
Stefano Fiore | 0 | -455,000 |
Anders Rasmussen | 0 | -322,000 |
Yik Chiu | 0 | -385,000 |
Edgars Augstkalns | 0 | -89,000 |
Daniel Johnson | 0 | -112,000 |
Dag Martin Mikkelsen | 0 | 0 |
David Wilhoit | 0 | -90,000 |
Justin Young | 0 | 0 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 7:48 PM Local Time
Over at the featured table, Matt Marafioti is getting short. He shoved all in two hands in a row earlier in the level to get up to 110,000, but he's back down to around 75,000, which is less then ten big blinds. We expect him to get his chips in again fairly soon.
Matt Marafioti | 75,000 | 2,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 7:47 PM Local Time
Action folded to John Juanda's button and he made it 18,000 to go. Julien Chamoun called from the small blind and Roman Duiunov tagged along from the big blind.
The dealer showed the trio a diamond-encrusted flop: . Two fists tapped the table and Juanda continued out for 28,000. Chamoun called and Duiunov mucked his hand.
The turn was the and both players checked. There were two checks once again on the river and Chamoun showed for a pair of jacks. Juanda mucked his hand and Chamoun was awarded the pot.
Julien Chamoun | 575,000 | 55,000 |
John Juanda | 220,000 | -60,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 7:44 PM Local Time
When we heard "All in and a call, 415!", we rushed over to see that Teddy Sheringham and William Hefflefinger were heads up, and the board read .
Sheringham turned over for trip nines, Hefflefinger tabled for a turned straight, and Sheringham, a former striker for both Manchester United and the English national football team, is eliminated.
William Hefflefinger | 815,000 | 345,000 |
Teddy Sheringham | 0 | -255,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 7:43 PM Local Time
Chun Chen has just managed to double up and leave Jeremy Allen with so few chips that he was unable to recover. The hand in question saw Chen all in preflop for around 140,000 holding against Allen's . The board was no good to Allen as he sent the big double up to Chen.
Allen was left with only 30,000 in chips after the above hand and clearly couldn't recover as we saw him exiting the tournament are just a few moments after this hand.
Chun Chen | 300,000 | -253,500 |
Jeremy Allen | 0 | -400,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 7:40 PM Local Time
A player in the hijack seat raised to 16,000 and Johnny Chan called from the small blind. The flop came and both players checked. The turn was the . Chan checked, and when his opponent bet 21,000, Chan quickly called. Both then checked the river.
Chan rolled over for queens and fours, which was good enough as his opponent mucked. The two-time WSOP Main Event champ and 10-time bracelet winner continues to hover just under 400,000 as the field shrinks below 400 players.
Johnny Chan | 368,000 | 57,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 7:37 PM Local Time
Roman Duiunov was all in for his last 84,000 holding , and Chance Kornuth had him at risk holding .
The flop was quite dry, but the on the turn gave Duiunov a set and Kornuth a gut-shot straight draw.
The on the river was a brick however, and Duiunov doubled.
Chance Kornuth | 535,000 | -95,000 |
Roman Duiunov | 175,000 | 45,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 7:34 PM Local Time
The Main Event is a beast of a tournament. It requires hours of sitting idly in chair with infrequent moments of thrill. Most of the time poker tournaments are long grinds of boredom and we like to give our readers an inside look at playing in the most prestigious tournament in the world.
At the center of the craziness is one of poker's biggest stars - Daniel Negreanu. He's constantly surrounded by cameras, having his picture taken and asked for autographs at the WSOP. We'll let you behind the ropes to spend an orbit with Kid Poker.
Hand 1 - Negreanu started on the button, action folded around to him and he raised to 18,000. The small blind folded and the big blind, Ryan Young, had not returned from dinner and Negreanu won the pot.
He noticed the cameras around Jason Somerville's table and asked another player at the table if Somerville was in the hand. He wasn't and Negreanu seemed relieved.
Hand 2 - Negreanu was in the cutoff and opened for 18,000. The player on the button folded, Young's small blind was forfeited and Sam Soverel folded his big blind after a long pause.
"I was gonna call if you jammed," Negreanu said. "I could see you doing the math in your head." He showed .
Hand 3 - Negreanu folded preflop and lamented, "Why didn't he bet there?" He got up from the table and pulled Somerville away from the camera circus of a table. They talked in hushed tones for about 30 seconds before they each returned to their seats.
Hand 4 - Negreanu opened for 18,000 and Soverel moved all in from the button.
"I'm gonna get busted by Daniel," Soverel said.
The blinds released, Negreanu called and took it upon himself to call the cameras over.
Negreanu:
Soverel:
The board ran and Soverel doubled up from 183,000. Negreanu's stack slipped to a little over 500,000.
Hand 5 - Negreanu folded preflop and shifted back and forth uncomfortably in his chair. As a hand played out Negreanu leaned back in his chair and told Somerville about the hand he lost.
Hand 6 - Ryan Young finally returned to his seat and Negreanu welcomed him back. He briefly told Young about the hand he lost as players at the other side of the table got to a four-bet preflop.
Negreanu refocused on the table and studied his opponents as they played to the turn.
Hand 7 - Negreanu was in the big blind for 8,000 and Joel Bullock opened to 19,000. A player on the button called and Negreanu called as well. The flop came and they all checked. The turn came followed by a round of checks. The river saw all players check again.
"Jack high," Negreanu said and the player on the button tabled to win the hand.
Hand 8 - Olivier Chubilleua opened for 16,000 in late position and Negreanu raised to 44,000 from the small blind. Chubilleua tanked for a short time while Negreanu leaned forward and studied him from across the table.
Chubilleua folded and Negreanu took the small pot.
Hand 9 - Negreanu was back on the button and folded preflop with not action in front of him. He ended the orbit with 560,000.
Friday, July 13, 2012 7:34 PM Local Time
We caught up to Table #423 to hear an "All in" and a "Call" with the board reading . Mike McDonald was all in and at risk holding . Unfortunately for McDonald, Joseph Cheong was holding for trip deuces.
The dropped down on fourth street and McDonald was drawing thin heading to the river. The river was four-across, but it was the , signaling McDonald that it was his time to head to the exit.
With that elimination, Cheong is now sitting on a stack of 785,000.
Joseph Cheong | 785,000 | 35,000 |
Mike McDonald | 0 | -160,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 7:33 PM Local Time
Eduardo Trulli opened for 20,000 from the cutoff seat and directly behind him, Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 52,000 on the button. Action folded back around to Trulli, who then four-bet to 100,000 even. Negreanu called and it was heads-up going to the flop.
Both players checked the flop.
"You got three queens bro?" Negreanu asked. "That's what it feels like."
The turn brought the and Trulli opted to fire a small 40,000 bet into the middle. Negreanu called.
The completed the board and Trulli checked.
"Okay, this is weird, but I check," Negreanu said. He then revealed for a rivered pair of aces. Trulli showed he had for pocket jacks and Negreanu scooped the pot.
Daniel Negreanu's stack slipped a bit after returning from dinner, but he is back up to 530,000.
Daniel Negreanu | 530,000 | 30,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 7:32 PM Local Time
Ankush Mandavia had raised under the gun to 16,000 after which Leon Piso moved all in from the button. Both blinds folded, and Mandavia made the call.
Ankush Mandavia | |
Leon Piso | |
The board ran out ..... , and Piso survived. The Dutchman made his apologies, but he was more than happy with his double up. Mandavia was left behind short, and now he's looking for some help.
Leon Piso | 372,000 | 212,000 |
Ankush Mandavia | 120,000 | -270,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 7:27 PM Local Time
We're not sure of the action, but we do know that David Peters just lost a monster pot to Jonathan Seelbach. While we can't be sure, it appeared Peters' last 375,000 went in on the river with . We're not sure if he was the one doing the calling or pushing, but we do know Seelbach held to send a dejected Peters to the payout desk.
Jonathan Seelbach | 1,650,000 | 550,000 |
David Peters | 0 | -715,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 7:24 PM Local Time
We found the ESPN camera crews swooping in on Gavin Smith's table to find him all in and at risk. Smith was holding on a flop of against Ercan Olgun's .
The turn was the and the river the , giving a short-stacked Smith a double up. The World Series of Poker bracelet winner's stack is now sitting at 270,000.
Ercan Olgun | 600,000 | -405,000 |
Gavin Smith | 270,000 | 125,000 |