Martijn Schirp raised from the cutoff seat, and William Thorson reraised it right back at him. Schirp moved all in for just a few chips on top, and Thorson called the extra bit to put his man to the test. Cards up, gents.
Schirp:
Thorson:
"What did you drink at dinner?" Schirp asked. It would be his last conversation with Thorson tonight. The board ran out unfavorable for the at-risk Dutchman, coming . That river was bad news for his chances to win this thing, and he has been eliminated from the field.
On a flop of , John Dolan found himself all in against Robert Pisano.
Dolan:
Pisano:
With Dolan in the lead, he would still need to avoid an jack, nine, eight or six that wasn't a heart.
The on the turn opened up a backdoor flush draw for Dolan to avoid, and when the landed on the river, he doubled to over 2,100,000 as Pisano slipped to 2,800,000 in chips.
Tony Dunst raised it up preflop from under the gun with Edward Ochana defending in the small blind. They took a flop of and although it appeared harmless, it was enough for the two players to commit their chips.
Ochana checked and Dunst grabbed a stack of orange to put 100,000 into the middle defiantly. Ochana asked for a count and then declared himself all in. Dunst immediately shouted out a call.
Ochana:
Dunst:
Ochana went with his top pair but Dunst's snap-call indicated that he was confident his overpair was well in front. The turn was the and river the and Dunst doubles through to 1.4 million with Ochana back to 4 million.
The T100,000 lavender (or periwinkle, as some of us are prone to call them) chips have made their first appearance of the 2010 WSOP. They're being colored into play as we speak, and we've still got one more high-denomination chip to bring out before this week is over. The T250,000 beige chips are still tucked safely away in the vault for now.
Michael Mizrachi opened to 80,000 from middle position with Alexander Kostritsyn, Duy Le and Christopher Bolt making the call from the cutoff and blinds respectively.
The flop down , and after a check from Le, Bolt fired out 250,000 to prompt a fold from Mizrachi and Kostritsyn before Le moved all in for 985,000.
Immediately Bolt launched from his chair and took a few steps away from the table before returning to his chair, hat shifted slightly and glasses removed as he deliberated over a decision.
Nearly five minutes went by before Bolt tossed his cards into the muck to see Le collect the pot and move back to 1,590,000 in chips.
Following a flop, Brandon Steven checked, Daniel Chamberlain bet, Steven check-raised enough to put Steven all in, and Steven made the call.
Steven showed for sevens and a flush draw, while Chamberlain tabled . The turn was the , and Chamberlain's hand was still best. But the river brought the , giving Steven the spade flush. Chamberlain was bounced in 103rd place, for which he earns $57,102.
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. That river was bad news for his chances to win this thing, and he has been eliminated from the field.
, John Dolan found himself all in against Robert Pisano.
on the turn opened up a backdoor flush draw for Dolan to avoid, and when the 
landed on the river, he doubled to over 2,100,000 as Pisano slipped to 2,800,000 in chips.
. Luis promptly shoved all in, and Carroll -- with only 550,000 left -- let his hand go.
and although it appeared harmless, it was enough for the two players to commit their chips.
and river the 
and Dunst doubles through to 1.4 million with Ochana back to 4 million.
, and after a check from Le, Bolt fired out 250,000 to prompt a fold from Mizrachi and Kostritsyn before Le moved all in for 985,000.
was delivered on the turn and following a check from Mizrachi, Kostritsyn fired out 250,000.
for sevens and a flush draw, while Chamberlain tabled 
. The turn was the 
, and Chamberlain's hand was still best. But the river brought the 
and Le checked once again before Jetten fired a bet of 240,000 to prompt a fold from Le.