We caught up to Brandon Cantu on a flop of . He had checked from the small blind, and his opponent had bet 1,200. Cantu check raised to 3,700. His opponent thought momentarily before calling.
The turn came the and action went check.
The fell on the river and this time Cantu fired 9,500. His opponent tanked for several minutes before calling. Cantu showed and his opponent instantly mucked.
On the very next hand, Brandon called his opponents 3,000 chip river bluff with a pair of aces on a paired board and he scooped another pot.
David "Doc" Sand is kicking up a fuss over at Table 3. He is extremely active and is picking up chips left right and centre. Here is the man in action.
There was an early position raise to 1,250, Sands called on the button as did the big blind. The flop was and Sands won the pot with a 1,750 bet.
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The player in the hijack seat made it 1,300 to play and Sands three-bet to 3,350 in the cutoff. The player in the hijack seat asked for a count and the dealer pulled the bet into the pot to leave the raise isolated on the felt.
"You shouldn't pull in the bet unless the player asks," Sands chastised the dealer.
The dealer apologised, the hijack called and we moved onto the flop.
Flop:
The player in the hijack seat checked and Sands picked up the pot with a 3,425 bet.
We don't know how it happened, but Jean-Robert Bellande called us over to come look at his big chip stack. He currently has around 78,000 chips, and is one of the biggest chip stacks in the room.
Bellande is keeping busy by watching South Park on his iPad.
Tristan Wade grinded it out today but ended up not making day two, or the money. First he opted to fold pocket sevens after a raise and told us he was considering moving all-in. A few hands later Wade was in middle position and moved all-in for his final nine big blinds. Behind him someone re-shoved and Wade was up against with his . No luck for the WSOPE bracelet winner who felt a bit gutted he didn't move in a couple of hands earlier. We will see Wade a lot this summer as will try to go for his second WSOP bracelet.
Nadya "KGB" Magnus, one of the Loose Cannons from PokerStars Big Game Season 1, has been quiet for most of the day, but when we found her, Nadya had amassed a nice little stack.
She's currently sitting on around 14,500, and we'll be sure to keep and eye on her progress for the rest of the day.
Victor Ramdin has just been eliminated. We didn't see the hand that crippled him but we did see his final act. He moved his last 2,000 chips into the middle holding and was called by . The board ran out and Ramdin ran out of the door.
We only caught the end of this hand, but we saw David "Doc' Sands shipping over 7,500 chips to his opponent who had rivered a straight with against his top pair with .
'Doc' is still crushing his table though as he has around 75,000 chips.
There is pure emptiness in the chair where Maria Ho once sat. We asked around the table and were told that she ended up really short before getting it in with versus . The worse hand ended up triumphant and this is why we cannot find her.
When we walked up to the table, Hellmuth was asking the dealer to count the antes, to make sure they were all there. "I'm sure you're right, but I just want to check," Hellmuth said. The dealer counted the antes, and sure enough, one was missing.
"I never miss anything," Hellmuth said.
The player who missed his ante, promptly put the ante in, and the action started. A player in early position limped in for 600. Action folded around to the button who raised to 2,200. Hellmuth called from the small blind, and the early position limper called too.
The flop rolled off .
Hellmuth promptly bet out 1,400. The limper folded. Then the button went all in for 5,925 total. This sent Hellmuth into the tank. Angrily he mulled over his options, and eventually showed his hand to Chad Brown before folding. Hellmuth still has a healthy stack with around 11,000 chips.
. He had checked from the small blind, and his opponent had bet 1,200. Cantu check raised to 3,700. His opponent thought momentarily before calling.
and action went check.
fell on the river and this time Cantu fired 9,500. His opponent tanked for several minutes before calling. Cantu showed 
and his opponent instantly mucked.
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and was called by 
. The board ran out 
and Ramdin ran out of the door.
against his top pair with 
.
versus 
. The worse hand ended up triumphant and this is why we cannot find her.
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