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David Williams, the newest member of the Team PokerStars pros is here in the arena, and he was just introduced to the crowd. Williams stood and received a warm round of applause. Just as the commotion died down, someone from Camp Mizrachi yelled, "Who you goin' for, D?"
"Grinder!" Williams said as he sat back down.
Camp Mizrachi went wild.
Jonathan Duhamel finally fired multiple bullets, and maybe it turned out he was right not to have tried to do so on previous hands. He opened pre-flop for 750,000 and was called by small blind Joseph Cheong. Cheong check-called 850,000 on a flop of 
and another 2,275,000 when the turn came 
. Both players checked the 
river. Cheong's small pair, 
, stood tall to take down the pot.
The pots are small at the outer table. If they stay this small we could be in a for a very long night. Most recently, Jonathan Duhamel opend pre-flop for 750,000 and was called by Joseph Cheong. Action checked all the way to the river, 
. That's where Duhamel bet 875,000. Cheong, who had checked first to act, called and mucked upon being shown 
.
Duhamel hasn't been shy to open pots but he seems to be shutting down unless he hits. As a result his stack hasn't made much progress. It currently stand at 54.4 million.
Brandon Steven limped (whaaaat??) into the pot under the gun, and both blinds came along with him to a cheap flop -- Matthew Jarvis in the small and Jason Senti from the big.
The three players took a flop of 
, and Jarvis checked. Senti took the betting lead with a wager of 685,000, enough to quickly fold Steven out of the way. Jarvis called, however, and they went heads-up to the 
turn.
Jarvis took the lead now, firing out a bet of 850,000. Senti tanked and called, and Jarvis bet 1.175 million on the 
river. After a couple minutes, Senti raised to 3.165 million, and Jarvis called immediately.
It wasn't as exciting as it sounds. Jarvis tabled 
for the straight, and Senti's 
was the same hand. They chop it up, and it's on to the next shuffle.
The pre-flop raiser in the last hand at the other table was John Dolan. He made it 725,000 to go and was called by Pascal LeFrancois from the small blind. LeFrancois check-called an additional 800,000 on a paired flop, 
. Both players shut down from there and checked the 
turn and river. LeFrancois showed ace-high, 
. It was no good against Dolan's pocket fours, 
.
Before the last break, one bet was taking down most pots after the flop at the outer table. We thought things might change when three players -- Jonathan Duhamel, John Dolan and Pascal LeFrancois -- all paid 700,000 to see the flop. We were incorrect.
All three players checked an ace-high flop, 
. Dolan led the turn for 1.2 million and took down the pot without further resistance.
Jason Senti raised to 700,000 from the button, and Brandon Steven moved all in for 2.550 million from the small blind. When it came back to Senti, he hemmed and hawed but quickly called to put Steven at risk for his tournament life. Ah, but he was in good shape:
Senti: 
Steven: 
The flop was 
to keep Steven in the lead, and he paired up on the river. His cheering section erupted, but it actually helped Senti in the fact that it gave him four outs to the win instead of three. A jack would end Steven's Main Event, but the safe rivered to secure his double up and put him back in contention.
Steven is back up to 5.64 million thanks to that double dip. He'll likely need to do that at least once more if he's to survive Day 8.
Matthew Jarvis raised to 710,000 to open the pot, and short stack Brandon Stevens said, "All right, let's see a flop," as he splashed in the call. It cost him about 20% of his remaining stack to see the flop.
The dealer spread out 
, and Steven checked. Jarvis was careful, and he checked it back to see the turn. When Steven checked again, Jarvis took his cue to bet 820,000.
"Well, I made a pair on the turn," Jarvis said with a frown. He promptly mucked, slipping back under 3 million chips.
Game on.
We're two eliminations away from the November Nine.
Level: 34
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 40,000
