Friday, July 13, 2012 2:46 PM Local Time
We missed the action on the hand but a player at the table was kind enough to give us the Cliff's Notes.
The board ran and JC Tran held . Shahriar Assarell held pocket eights and flopped the set to eliminate Tran.
| JC Tran | 0 | -195,500  |
Friday, July 13, 2012 2:45 PM Local Time
JP Kelly raised and then called an all-in three-bet to 97,000 by John Shipley.
Showdown
It was a classic flip, but one that would not come down in Shipley's favor as the board ran out . "Good game," Kelly said after the hand as he increased his stack to 650,000.
| JP Kelly | 650,000 | 360,000  |
| John Shipley | 0 | -286,500 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 2:42 PM Local Time
David Corwin pushed all in for his last 30,000 from the button and action folded over to Daniel Negreanu in the big blind, who snap called and wished Corwin good luck.
"It's okay," Corwin said. "I wouldn't mind if you took the rest of my chips."
"I wouldn't mind either!" Negreanu said in jest.
Negreanu:
Corwin:
The board kept Negreanu in the lead and he scooped the pot - eliminating Corwin.
Negreanu is off to a great start today - he is up to 490,000.
| Daniel Negreanu | 490,000 | 15,000 |
| David Corwin | 0 | -56,500 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 2:41 PM Local Time
A short-stacked Larry Powell found himself all in with and up against the of Russell Thomas. The flop was not kind to Powell, but the turn did give him an open-ended straight draw. Unfortunately for him, the river would be a blank and Thomas would be pushed the pot.
| Larry Powell | 0 | -161,500 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 2:34 PM Local Time
Xiu Deng is the latest player to hit the rail, with her elimination coming at the hands of Steve Yea. The monster pot saw both Yea and Deng all in preflop and at risk against David Warady. Here is how the three player's cards looked.
Yea was way ahead and it stayed that way as a board sent plenty of chips to Yea, while eliminating Deng.
| Steve Yea | 400,000 | 141,500 |
| Xiu Deng | 0 | -196,500 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 2:30 PM Local Time
We caught up to see Maria Ho heads up with Mark Teltscher in a pot. The board read and Teltscher led out from the small blind for 28,000. Ho called from the cutoff and the dropped down on the turn.
Ho's opponent tanked for over a minute before moving 47,000 into the middle. Ho tanked right back, taking about another sixty seconds before deciding to call.
Fifth street brought the and Teltscher checked. Ho checked behind and showed for a pair of aces. Teltscher mucked his hand and Ho was able to take down the pot.
| Maria Ho | 475,000 | 75,000 |
| Mark Teltscher | 97,000 | -103,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 2:30 PM Local Time
Paul "paulgees81" Volpe continues to add to his stack, with Mike (Musa) Mustafa the latest to give up his chips to the online star.
Volpe related to us the hand that ended Mustafa's WSOP Main Event run. Mustafa had open-pushed his stack of 108,000 from middle position, getting one caller in the cutoff. Volpe then reshoved from the big blind, and after tanking a bit the remaining player folded his face up.
Volpe had and Mustafa , and when the board brought no help to Mustafa, he was eliminated. Meanwhile Volpe moves up the leaderboard to grab a spot behind current leader Ben Greenberg.
| Paul Volpe | 1,250,000 | 220,000 |
| Mike (Musa) Mustafa | 0 | -393,500 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 2:26 PM Local Time
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Friday, July 13, 2012 2:23 PM Local Time
Jordan Knackstedt open-raised all in for 50,000 even from middle position and was called in two spots by Derek Chisholm (button) and Daniel Rudd (small blind). The flop came . Rudd checked, Chisholm bet 50,000, and after some thought Rudd called.
The turn then brought the . Rudd check quickly, and after about a half-minute Chisholm declared he was all in for the 360,000 or so he had left. Rudd tanked for a couple of minutes, then let his hand go.
Chisholm turned over for two pair while Knackstedt had but , meaning the river was no matter. Knackstedt is out, while Chisholm adds to his stack.
| Daniel Rudd | 765,000 | -69,500 |
| Derek Chisholm | 575,000 | 145,500 |
| Jordan Knackstedt | 0 | -78,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 2:22 PM Local Time
Kevin Song opened for 15,000 from under the gun and was called by Jordan Lewis on the button and Ryan Pochedly in the small blind. JP Kelly, who was in the big blind, thought a big and then cut out a raise to 66,000 and pushed it into the middle.
Everyone folded pretty quickly and Kelly took down the pot hassle free.
Kelly, who started the day with just over 500,000, had a rough first level and was knocked down to 230,000. However, he has chipped back up to 290,000 as a result of this hand.
| JP Kelly | 290,000 | -150,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 2:21 PM Local Time
Andrew Moreno raised to 12,000 from middle position, and Ryan Fair three-bet to 31,000 from the cutoff. The action was folded back to Moreno, and he four-bet to 69,000. Fair hesitated for just a second, and called.
The flop came down , and Moreno fired out 62,000. Fair tanked for a bit, and called.
On the turn the hit, and Moreno counted his stack. He had around 218,000 chips left and opted to check. Fair checked behind.
The river was the , and Moreno now threw out 60,000. Fair called rather quickly, and Moreno tabled . Fair showed , and with trips he raked in this important pot.
| Ryan Fair | 655,000 | 266,000 |
| Andrew Moreno | 155,000 | -111,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 2:20 PM Local Time
We arrived at Daniel Negreanu's table to find he had called an opponent's all in for 153,000. Negreanu was in the lead with against the of his opponent.
The board ran out , giving Negreanu the pot and about a half million in chips.
| Daniel Negreanu | 475,000 | 110,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 2:20 PM Local Time
The cries of "all in and call," have been blasting throughout the room at a quick pace of late. One of those calls was referring to Jason Strauss who was all in preflop against Farhan Madhani. Here is what the cards looked like.
Strauss would need plenty of help if he was going to survive, but when the hit the turn and the fell on the river, it was over for Strauss.
| Farhan Madhani | 375,000 | 158,000 |
| Jason Strauss | 0 | -80,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 2:19 PM Local Time
Katie Dozier opened in late position and Joshua Levkov moved all in from the small blind. Dozier called and the cards were tabled.
Dozier:
Levkov:
The board ran and Dozier chipped up and sent Levkov to the rail.
| Katie Dozier | 155,000 | 34,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 2:18 PM Local Time
Neil Ryder was all in preflop for 44,000 with , and Randy Haddox made the call with . The was in the window, but it wouldn't stop there, as the flop ran down . The turn brought the , giving Haddox quad jacks, and the meaningless river was the . Haddox collected the chips, and he is now sitting on 910,000.
| Randy Haddox | 910,000 | 185,000 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 2:16 PM Local Time
Just before the last break, Ronny Kaiser raised from early position and then called when George Leandrou moved all in from the small blind for 68,000.
Showdown
The flop kept Leandrou in the lead, but it gave Kaiser a flush draw to go with his overs. The turn ended up pairing Kaiser's king, and after the was put out on the river, Leandrou was sent to the rail.
| Ronny Kaiser | 385,000 | 172,500 |
| George Leandrou | 0 | 0 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 2:07 PM Local Time
Level: 17
Blinds: 3000/6000
Ante: 1000
Friday, July 13, 2012 1:52 PM Local Time
| Ben Greenberg | 1,260,000 | 20,000 |
| Bryan Vanrijsbergen | 1,150,000 | 150,000 |
| A.J. Jejelowo | 1,050,000 | 80,000 |
| Kunal Patel | 965,000 | 347,000 |
| Jason Somerville | 920,000 | 283,000 |
| Ercan Olgun | 908,000 | 285,500 |
| Ryan Young | 900,000 | 486,000 |
| Erik Cajelais | 880,000 | 294,500 |
| Jacob Balsiger | 850,000 | 5,000 |
| Michael Shelton | 780,000 | 240,500 |
| Alban Juen | 750,000 | -36,500 |
| Tristan Clemencon | 750,000 | 30,000 |
| Mazin Khoury | 740,000 | 223,000 |
| John Leathart | 665,000 | -45,000 |
| Max Ovseyevitz | 625,000 | 208,000 |
| Luke Brereton | 625,000 | 332,500 |
| Loren Klein | 560,000 | 139,000 |
| Maria Ho | 540,000 | 158,000 |
| Devin Looney | 515,000 | 276,000 |
| Michael Wright | 500,000 | 20,000 |
| Fabrizio Gonzalez | 490,000 | -42,000 |
| Nicholas Augustino | 470,000 | -205,000 |
| Mesbah Guerfi | 467,000 | 134,000 |
| Gaelle Baumann | 450,000 | -149,000 |
| Dani Stern | 420,000 | -29,500 |
| Jeremy Allen | 400,000 | -250,500 |
| Anthony Thambynayagam | 400,000 | 139,000 |
| Yik Chiu | 385,000 | 119,000 |
| Jackie Glazier | 317,000 | -33,000 |
| Michael Esposito | 310,000 | 30,500 |
| Steffen Retterholt | 300,000 | 40,500 |
| Samuel Blankenship | 275,000 | 80,500 |
| Zhi Pan | 260,000 | 114,000 |
| Helge Stjernvang | 260,000 | -6,500 |
| Stephan Schreitl | 256,000 | 7,000 |
| Stephane Bisson | 230,000 | 58,000 |
| Farhan Madhani | 217,000 | -76,000 |
| Laurens De Smet | 205,000 | -5,500 |
| Terrence Chan | 200,000 | -72,000 |
| Jimmy Dowda | 200,000 | -37,000 |
| Andrew Dean | 200,000 | -210,000 |
| Dennis Booze | 185,000 | 105,000 |
| Richard Jeffrey | 156,000 | -136,000 |
| Benjamin Saada | 155,000 | -58,500 |
| Michael Adamo | 155,000 | 155,000 |
| Thaddeus Wolff | 138,000 | -39,000 |
| Francis Witek | 130,000 | 60,000 |
| Steven Gee | 126,000 | -87,000 |
| Antoine Guyetant | 120,000 | -181,500 |
| Cameron Somsky | 115,000 | -64,500 |
| Mario Sanchez | 101,000 | -37,500 |
| Gary Hurst | 97,000 | -45,000 |
| Daniel Deveau | 97,000 | -54,500 |
| Henry Strasser | 95,000 | -81,000 |
| David Wilhoit | 90,000 | -34,000 |
| Jason Strauss | 80,000 | -153,500 |
| Stephane Benadiba | 65,000 | -49,000 |
| Martin May | 46,000 | -45,500 |
| Paul Birman | 24,000 | 6,500 |
Friday, July 13, 2012 1:50 PM Local Time
Check out today's PokerNews Podcast, where we caught up with Jason Mercier, Lee Childs and Ronnie Bardah before the cards were in the air!