Matthew Berkey opened the action with a raise to 5,000 and Maria Ho made it 12,000 to play from the big blind. The blinds released and Berkey made it 30,000 to go. Ho called and the flop came .
Berkey led with 25,000, Ho called and the turn came . Berkey checked and Ho took a few moments before moving all in. Berkey called and the hands were tabled.
Ho:
Berkey:
The river came and Ho doubled up to around the average stack.
We caught John "The Razor" Phan in a heads up pot on the turn, with the board reading . Phan fired out 10,000 from the big blind, and Steve Garfinkle raised it up to 24,000. Phan thought for about 20 seconds before clicking back with a min raise to 38,000, and Garfinkle went into the tank. After about 90 seconds of thought, he kicked his cards in, giving the pot to Phan.
Phan broke the 200k mark with that hand, jumping up to 203,000.
Chris Moorman opened the action with a raise to 5,500 from early position. Alan Curl decided to three-bet to 15,000. David Randall got out of the way Brian Lamanna wasted no time in shoving all in for 38,700. Moorman got out of the way and Curl called.
Curl:
Lamanna:
Lamanna was crushed and needed help going to the flop. Curl was excited to see a third ace flop on , but horrified when he realized his opponent was holding the queen of spades.
There was no sweat, as the rolled off on the turn and Lamanna jumped into the lead. Curl would need the board to pair or to hit the fourth ace in order to send Lamanna home. Unfortunately for Curl, the river was the and Lamanna was able to dance into a double up to 88,200.
In the last hand of Level 12, a player raised to 4,300 from early position and got three callers, including A.J. Jejelowo sitting in middle position. The flop came , and when it checked to the raiser he continued for 7,000, and only Jejelowo stuck around.
The turn brought the . This time Jejelowo's opponent bet 18,000, and Jejelowo responded with a raise to 48,000 which his opponent called.
The river was the . Jejelowo's opponent checked, and Jejelowo fired a bet of 85,000 which his opponent called. Jejelowo rolled over for the flopped wheel, and his opponent mucked.
That catapults Jejelowo over 775,000, putting some distance between himself and the rest of the field to start the next level.
Level 12 has come and gone, and it was another exciting level. The Pavilion Room is now done for the summer, while the entire Red Section and half the Bronze Section of the Brasilia Room have been cleared.
Here's a look at some of the more notable happenings from Level 12:
We only came to the table on the river, but we saw that a gigantic pot had developed between Phil Galfond and Bryan Vanrijsbergen. There was already 80,000 in the middle, and the board read . Galfond had fired out 53,500, but he was the one making a decision, as Vanrijsbergen had moved all in for around 200,000.
Galfond tanked for a few minutes, and at one point asked Vanrijsbergen: "Can you do me a favor? Can you not show if I fold because I'll probably be sad." Vanrijsbergen didn't say anything, and eventually, Galfond folded. Vanrijsbergen leaned back in his chair, and let out a big sigh of relief. Galfond told him nice hand, and left to take his break.
A player raised to 5,000 from early position and Erik Hellman called from the cutoff. The flop came . The raiser continued with a bet of 6,700, and Hellman called again. The turn brought the and another bet from Hellman's opponent, this time for 10,500, and Hellman stuck around once more.
The river was the and Hellman's opponent decided against firing another barrel. Hellman checked as well, his opponent showed , and Hellman turned over for the better pair.
A new chip leader has emerged at the ESPN Feature Table. David Randall is currently sitting on a stack of 656,500 and it is one of the biggest stacks in the room.
Erick Lindgren made it 4,000 to go from the cutoff only to have the player on the button move all in for his last 61,000. Action folded back around to Lindgren who instantly called by dropping a stack of orange t5,000 chips in the middle.
Lindgren:
Opponent:
The players were made to wait for about a minute before the ESPN camera crew came over to tape the action. The dealer pounded the table and produced .
"Ooh," said Rob Perelman from across the table. "It's gonna be tough to get out of this one."
The came on fourth street and Lindgren's opponent was drawing dead. The board completed with the and Lindgren was able to reduce the field by one and increase his stack fo 178,000.
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. Berkey checked and Ho took a few moments before moving all in. Berkey called and the hands were tabled.
and Ho doubled up to around the average stack.
. Phan fired out 10,000 from the big blind, and Steve Garfinkle raised it up to 24,000. Phan thought for about 20 seconds before clicking back with a min raise to 38,000, and Garfinkle went into the tank. After about 90 seconds of thought, he kicked his cards in, giving the pot to Phan.
, but horrified when he realized his opponent was holding the queen of spades.
and Lamanna was able to dance into a double up to 88,200.
for the flopped wheel, and his opponent mucked.
. Galfond had fired out 53,500, but he was the one making a decision, as Vanrijsbergen had moved all in for around 200,000.
and another bet from Hellman's opponent, this time for 10,500, and Hellman stuck around once more.
and Hellman's opponent decided against firing another barrel. Hellman checked as well, his opponent showed 
for the better pair.
and Lindgren was able to reduce the field by one and increase his stack fo 178,000.