We caught up with the action on a 
board where Leif Force moved all in for 24,000 total and Sorel Mizzi said, “I don’t see how I can fold” before he put in the chips for the call. Mizzi turned over 
for trips but we didn’t catch Force’s hand. The river was the 
which gave Mizzi a full house and Force was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
11,900
|
11,900 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
The race for the Player of the Year is only intensifying as the $50,000 Players' Championship final table gets settled in for the long haul. With his eighth-place exit, Ben Lamb added another 86.40 points to his tally, pushing his cumulative total out to 659.05 points. Even Mr. Phil Hellmuth found the heart to commend Lamb on his abilities as he exited today. Mind games, maybe? Hellmuth is the one chasing Lamb right now, and he's got a good chance at running him down. The Brat has already locked up another 136.80 points to bring his own total up to 595.05 and counting -- closing in on Lamb. Check out how the points will be divvied up for the remaining five players:
| Place | Points |
|---|---|
| 1st | 360 |
| 2nd | 252 |
| 3rd | 180 |
| 4th | 158.4 |
| 5th | 136.8 |
Hellmuth can take the overall lead, but he'll need to run this chip stack all the way to heads-up play to do so. A win would make him nearly untouchable atop the rankings.
Owais Ahmed and Brian Rast can also close in on Lamb with a win today, but neither can catch fully up to him in this event.
Erik Seidel raised to 4,000 preflop and Sam Trickett called in position, as did Eric Crain in the big blind.
The flop came 
and Crain checked. Seidel bet 9,000 and Trickett moved all in for 24,500. Crain quickly mucked and Seidel made the call to put Trickett at risk.
Seidel: 
Trickett: 
The turn was the 
and the river was the 
. Just like that Trickett's day is done and Seidel moves up to 100,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
142,500
34,500
|
34,500 |
|
120,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
70,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
68,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
||
|
60,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
||
|
52,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
52,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
47,000
11,300
|
11,300 |
|
|
||
|
36,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
|
||
|
35,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
||
|
34,500
10,500
|
10,500 |
|
31,500
31,499
|
31,499 |
|
|
||
|
30,000
10,500
|
10,500 |
Players are now on a one-hour dinner break. In the meantime, we'll be bringing you a bunch of chip counts.
Here are counts from Table 291 and 292
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
101,000
69,700
|
69,700 |
|
75,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
75,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
73,500
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
||
|
73,000
21,900
|
21,900 |
|
66,000
-54,000
|
-54,000 |
|
|
53,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
43,500
29,100
|
29,100 |
|
38,000
-26,800
|
-26,800 |
|
||
|
32,700
4,600
|
4,600 |
|
|
32,500
17,700
|
17,700 |
|
27,000
-9,200
|
-9,200 |
|
26,000
21,600
|
21,600 |
|
22,000
-7,300
|
-7,300 |
|
17,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
16,000
-21,600
|
-21,600 |
|
14,000
-18,300
|
-18,300 |
|
5,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
161,500
88,500
|
88,500 |
|
87,000
70,500
|
70,500 |
|
|
||
|
75,000
44,900
|
44,900 |
|
65,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
63,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
||
|
62,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
61,200
61,200
|
61,200 |
|
58,000
40,300
|
40,300 |
|
|
||
|
|
42,500
15,800
|
15,800 |
|
36,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
34,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,000
-200
|
-200 |
|
28,000
10,600
|
10,600 |
|
|
||
|
26,800
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
|
26,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
25,000
-4,900
|
-4,900 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
225,000
211,700
|
211,700 |
|
165,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
|
146,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
|
||
|
135,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
|
|
||
|
128,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
110,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
100,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
80,000
34,500
|
34,500 |
|
|
||
|
78,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
77,000
52,500
|
52,500 |
|
76,000
57,900
|
57,900 |
|
72,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
|
68,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
67,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
||
|
66,000
50,300
|
50,300 |
|
|
65,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
64,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
|
||
|
63,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
62,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
62,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
59,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
57,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
52,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
50,000
24,500
|
24,500 |
|
43,000
-34,000
|
-34,000 |
Enjoy.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 0
