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Melanie Weisner will find a better use for her 18,000.
We found this hand because our Spidey senses were tingling. We approached the table and could sense the tension. Melanie Weisner was heads up with an unknown opponent with a board of .
The pot was already somewhere over 15,000 and Weisner had checked. Her opponent took a long time to 11,000 - leaving himself with only 1,000 behind.
Weisner took her time making her decision and shuffled chips methodically. She counted her whole stack - 18,000 - and winced a bit.
Weisner folded her hand with hopes to find a better spot for her chips.
The players are about to embark on their last level of the night. Right now we are just a handful of players off the money, with 117 players getting paid and approximately 134 still at the tables.
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Christian Harder was one wizard too many.
Table 1 had a sick lineup and fireworks were bound to go off. Seated at the table were Christian Harder, Jeff Williams, Amanda Baker, Leo Wolpert and Mike McDonald.
Out of the corner of our eyes we saw Harder standing with his backpack and we rushed over. The board was and we were told all the money went in on the flop. Harder held for a flopped straight but Williams held and rivered a flush.
Jack Effel has proved he'll listen to players' requests.
The structure sheet for this event called for an 11 level day. Hopes were high that the event would attract 1,500 players or more and would require an extra level of play.
After returning from the dinner break Tournament Supervisor reminded the field that the plan was to stick to the structure sheet despite having under 1,000 players.
As of the time of publishing this post the field is just 27 players shy of the money bubble. No one had expected the tournament to go so fast.
One of poker's bright young stars, and a blogger's favorite is Dan O'Brien. He sent a tweet to WSOP TD Jack Effel asking if the field could just play the ten levels.
DanOBrienPoker Dan O'BrienPlease @wsoptd, give Steve Frezer a call and give him the power to stop #wsop49 after 10 levels. Will be itm and we all wanna get some sleepJune 27 2012
Not ten minutes later an announcement was made that the schedule would be changed after Effel called Frezer. Not a single player in the room was unhappy to hear that news.
Earlier in the day we told you about Jeffrey Dobrin, the winner of the first ever ante-only event on the World Series of Poker Circuit. Well, he still kicking and doing pretty well during these lates stages of the day.
One player opened it to 900 preflop and Gabriel Nassif made the call, along with the player on his left. On the flop, the preflop aggressor led for 2,300 and Nassif called, while the other player got out of the way.
When the hit the turn, the player continued his betting, throwing out 6,000. Nassif instantly folded and the chips went in the opposite direction of his stack.
Nassif now sits behind a below average amount of chips.
We recently watched the following hand play out between Jon Turner and two opponents. One of the players was Mickey Petersen, who had 1,000 out in front of him preflop. Turner also had 1,000 in front of him, while another player had raised it to 4,200. Petersen got out of the way and Turner made the call.
On the flop, Turner's opponent bet 3,300 and after some thought, Turner called. The on the turn would see Tuner's opponent bet and after tanking, Turner would fold.
Despite losing this pot, Turner has still managed to see his chip stack move to over 50,000 during these late stages of the day.
We are nearing the money already here on Day 1 and as such, plenty of the short stacks will need to start doing some work. That's certainly the case for Dominik Nitsche.
DominikNitsche Dominik NitscheStalling time I need to outlast 55 ppl and I got the equivalent of 7.bb #wsop2012 #tufatapprovedJune 27 2012
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and we were told all the money went in on the flop. Harder held 
for a flopped straight but Williams held 
and rivered a flush.
hit the turn, the player continued his betting, throwing out 6,000. Nassif instantly folded and the chips went in the opposite direction of his stack.
flop, Turner's opponent bet 3,300 and after some thought, Turner called. The 
on the turn would see Tuner's opponent bet and after tanking, Turner would fold.
