A middle position player raised to 700 and was called by both Thayer Rasmussen in the cutoff and Justin Bonomo from the big blind. The flop came and action checked to Rasmussen who bet 1,200. Bonomo called while the other player folded. The turn brought the inducing a check from both players and the river was the . Bonomo bet 3,000 and Rasmussen opted to fold.
Bonomo was up to 36,000 after the hand while Rasmussen was left with 16,000.
Dario Minieri saw the flop of from the button with the player in the small blind. The small blind fired out a bet of 3,000 and Minieri made the call. The turn fell and the small blind checked. Minieri decided to check behind and the came on the river.
The small blind rapped the table once more and Minieri fired out 8,000. The small blind quickly made the call, but was disheartened to see that Minieri made two pair on the river. Minieri's was the winning hand, and allowed him to drag a sizable pot.
Team PokerStar Pros suffered their first victim of the day as Andre Akkari was sent to the rail during the second level of play. He was short stacked from an earlier hand with Mike Matusow that left him with around 12,000 in tournament chips. Another Pro struggling early on is Dario Minieri who is down to 10,000 chips.
While Akkari didn’t fare too well in the Main Event other Team PokerStars Pros are building up their chip stacks. Richard Toth is up 37,000 chips. He recently picked up an 8,000 chip pot where the board ran out and he turned over to take it down. Eugene Katchalov and Maxim Lykov each have over starting stack with 36,400 and 45,200 respectively.
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We reported shortly before the break that Andrew Moreno busted but that we missed the hand. Well Moreno gave us the pretty brutal details of how he lost.
Moreno raised under the gun and called after he got three-bet. On the flop, Moreno bet 2,100 and got raised to 6,000. Moreno then shoved for his 24,000 and got called. He held against his opponent's and was in solid shape to double up. Unfortunately for him, the turn was the to give his opponent tens full of nines and Moreno was drawing to only the case seven for quads. The river bricked though and Moreno was eliminated in cruel fashion.
Justin "Boosted J" Smith was just at the wrong end of the dreaded Aces vs. Kings preflop cooler. As we walked over we heard the cry of all in and a call and saw that Smith held , but was dominated by his opponentns . The flop gave Smith no help, coming . The turn was paint, but it was the , giving both players a flush draw, with Smith having the weaker one. The river came the , and Smith shipped over half his stack over to his opponent, knocking him down to just over 10,000.
Action folded to the button who raised to 600. Both Tyler Kenney in the small blind and the big blind called. The flop came , Kenney checked, the big blind bet 1,200, the button folded, and Kenney called. Both players checked after the came on the turn but when the fell on the river Kenney took the lead betting out 3,600. The big blind decided to fold and Kenney won without a showdown.
We missed the hand that did him in, but when we went over to Andrew Moreno's table, we saw that his seat was empty, his seat card was in front of the chair, and the floor came over and pulled the chair away, making the table nine handed. Moreno has been knocked out, ending his 2011 WSOP.
We caught up with the action on an board where Ryan D’Angelo check-called a bet of 7,600. Both players checked the river and D’Angelo revealed for the win when his opponent mucked. The pot leapt D’Angelo up the leaderboard.
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and action checked to Rasmussen who bet 1,200. Bonomo called while the other player folded. The turn brought the 
inducing a check from both players and the river was the 
. Bonomo bet 3,000 and Rasmussen opted to fold.
from the button with the player in the small blind. The small blind fired out a bet of 3,000 and Minieri made the call. The turn fell 
and the small blind checked. Minieri decided to check behind and the 
came on the river.
was the winning hand, and allowed him to drag a sizable pot.
and he turned over 
to take it down. Eugene Katchalov and Maxim Lykov each have over starting stack with 36,400 and 45,200 respectively.
flop, Moreno bet 2,100 and got raised to 6,000. Moreno then shoved for his 24,000 and got called. He held 
, but was dominated by his opponentns 
. The turn was paint, but it was the 
, giving both players a flush draw, with Smith having the weaker one. The river came the 
, Kenney checked, the big blind bet 1,200, the button folded, and Kenney called. Both players checked after the 
fell on the river Kenney took the lead betting out 3,600. The big blind decided to fold and Kenney won without a showdown.
board where Ryan D’Angelo check-called a bet of 7,600. Both players checked the 
river and D’Angelo revealed