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We missed the action prior to the turn, but with the board reading 
Alan Meltzer had put out a bet of around 12,000 and David Singer pushed all in. Meltzer called and their hands were tabled.
Singer: 
Meltzer: 
Singer would need an ace on the river to best Meltzer's set of fours, but the 
came instead which sent Singer to the rail.
With 825 in the pot and a flop of 
, Alan Meltzer bet pot from the hijack and was called by Annette Obrestad in the cutoff. When the 
hit the turn, Meltzer again bet pot, this time 2,475, and Obrestad called behind. The 
on the river double paired the board and made things interesting.
Meltzer thought for a moment before betting 7,425. Obrestad then thought equally long before putting in a raise to 15,000. Meltzer seemed to know he was in trouble and reluctantly released his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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47,000
17,000
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17,000 |
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31,500 | |
Nikolay Evdakov, the current record holder for most cashes in a single WSOP, is trying to made some headway in this years series.
We recently spotted him in a pot with another player with the board reading 
. Evdakov made a small bet of 500 on the river and when his opponent called, Evdakov tabled the 
for a pair of eights. The other player mucked his hand and Evdakov raked in the pot. He currently sits with around 17,000 in chips.
We wish we could hang around and listen to the table talk at Table 121 in the Yellow section of the Pavilion. The cast of characters at the table are David "Devilfish" Ulliott, Dwyte Pilgrim, Matt Marafioti, Anton Alleman, Lee Watkinson, Alan Kessler, Erik Cajelais and Phil Laak.
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
The number of entrants, according to the tournament clock, is now up to 173 and counting. There is still a ways to go if this year is to surpass 2010 numbers, which drew 268 players. Speaking of last year, the defending champ, Valdemar Kwaysser, is in today's field. Kwaysser was one of two Hungarians to win a bracelet last year, and he is no doubt looking to go back-to-back with a title defense.
After a player opened for 300 and received a call from another player in middle position, Men "The Master" Nguyen raised to 900 from the button. The original raiser and limper came along for the ride and all three watched the flop come down 
.
Surprisingly, everyone checked and allowed the dealer to burn and turn the 
. At this point, the under-the-gun player bet 1,650 and Nguyen was the only one to make the call. Both players proceeded to check the 
river and Nguyen waited for his opponent to show 
before rolling over the winning 
.
Nguyen added a few thousand to his stack and is up to 34,000.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and another player were facing off with the board reading 
. There was already quite a bit of money in the pot, and the other player checked the action over to ElkY who checked as well. The other player verbally said he had a busted draw, but ElkY said nothing and waited for the hand to be tabled. The other player showed his and ElkY flipped over the . Obviously both players were looking for another spade to hit the board but, in retrospect, ElkY's opponent is probably very happy it didn't come.
An under-the-gun player opened for 200 and received calls from both the hijack and David Benyamine on the button. When action reached Beth Shak in the small blind, she threw in a raise to 1,000. The big blind then woke up with a raise of his own, making it 3,200 to go. Action folded back around to Shak and she announced she wanted to raise, although she wasn't sure how to say that she wanted to be the size of the pot.
Her opponent told her just to say "pot," which is exactly what she did. The big blind quickly moved all in for his last 15,000, Shak Called, and the hands were turned up:
Shak: 
Big Blind: 
It was a bit of a Level-1 cooler for the big blind as the board ran out 
. The big blind made his way to the exit while Shak raked in the pot, bringing her stack up to 45,000.
