Action folded to Amit "amak316" Makhilja who opened to 5,000 from the hijack seat. A short-stacked player promptly splashed his last 17,000 in the middle from the cutoff and the action folded back to Makhija who made the call.
Showdown
Makhija:
Shorty:
Makhija found no help from the board and slipped to 145,000 chips.
Players are back in their seats and Level 12 has resumed. One more hour in this level, then they'll play one hour of Level 13 before calling it a night.
The dinner bell has rung. About 1,450 players will be coming back in 90 minutes to continue their Main Event tourney journeys.
During these last two hours we've seen some of the rich get richer, with Paul Kristofferson, Chris Tipper, Kevin Gates, Jeffrey Ross, and Nicholas Rainey all further solidifying their spots at the top of the counts. There are other notable climbers, too, such as Robert Mizrachi, Scott Clements, and Nikolay Losev. Frank Kassela continues to maintain a big stack, and while Johnny Chan slipped a bit he's still part of that top group.
Meanwhile, Kara Scott, Jennifer Leigh, Roland de Wolfe, Bill Chen, Dan Heimiller, David Ulliott, and Vanessa Rousso all hit the rail during the last two hours. Daniel Negreanu's Main Event ended recently as well. Billy Kopp was knocked out, too, in dramatic fashion when his aces full lost to quad eights. And 2009 WSOP Main Event champ Joe Cada's tourney ended when his couldn't outrun an opponent's pocket tens.
Following the break, the field will return for two more hours' worth of poker and then Day 3 will be done. See you back here a little after 8:15 p.m. local time when the action resumes.
I joined the action with a flop lying patiently in the middle, and David Chiu facing an all-in from his neighbor for around 50,000. Whilst receiving a man-ssage, Chiu commenced a dwell which would have made many a man crumble as he counted out his chips and paid his opponent the occasional sideways glance.
Eventually, the tension was interrupted by Chiu's foe who asked, "How long do I have to wait before I can call the clock?" "You can call the clock now," came the response. "OK, I'd like to call the clock."
About 20 seconds into the one-minute warning, Chiu picked up a stack of chips and plonked them onto the felt and flipped . His opponent could only muster .
"Oh no," she said as the turn came the , "I need a four." But her observations were academic as the river came the . "That is sick," she declared in a perhaps disgruntled manner. "That's a sick call."
As his victim left the table, Chiu responded: "Come next year," which induced chuckles mixed in with the odd disapproving noise. "What's wrong with that?" he said to the table, as well as Norman Chad who was lurking. "We're having fun, right?"
Sick call or not, Chiu is back up to a 165,000 after an up and down day.
Three players and 8,000 in chips made it to the flop. The player in the big blind position checked, and Barny Boatman bet 5,000. The third player folded and they were heads up to the turn.
The turn came down the and the big blind check-called another 10,000 from Boatman. They saw a river and the big blind checked once again. This time the bet from Boatman was a hefty 33,700, and his opponent finally folded.
Action folded to the cutoff seat and he raised to 5,000. Andrew Brown was in the big blind and reraised to 16,000 and said, "I want some of my chips back," as he just lost the last hand to this same player. The player asked Brown how much he started the hand with and then made the call.
The flop came down with two clubs. Brown led for 16,000 and his opponent raised to 41,500. Brown made the call.
The turn brought a that wasn't a club and both players checked. The river brought the which didn't complete the flush draw. Brown fired 60,000 and his opponent mucked his hand. Brown tabled offsuit for the bluff. His opponent gave him some respect for the play, whereas others may have been upset and irritated at Brown, which was something Brown paid compliment to.
There was 23,000 in the pot by the time we arrived to see a flop on the felt. Gavin Smith bet out 17,800, and Erica Schoenberg went all in for 33,000 total. Smith made the call, and they turned their cards over.
Smith:
Schoenberg:
Turn:
River:
Schoenberg's aces held up and she doubled to 90,000. Smith was left with 71,000.
With the board reading , Dave Tiffenberg bet 16,500 into Dwyte Pilgrim. Pilgrim raised to 50,000, Tiffenberg moved all in for 160,000 and Pilgrim released.
"Show a seven," tablemate Dan "Wretchy" Martin requested.