With the yellow 1,000 chips to be colored up at the end of this level, the players and tournament staff have agreed to extend the dinner break to 75 minutes. Play will resume at 8.45pm PST.
2011 World Series of Poker
Eddie Blumenthal has been on the wrong end of a pot once again, this time losing it to Jeffrey Papola, who's close to 3.5 million in chips.
The action folded around to Papola who raised to 60,000 from the small blind; Blumenthal called from the big blind and then both players checked the flop of before Papola led out for 85,000 on the turn of the .
Blumenthal called and then Papola opened for 185,000 on the river . Blumenthal called, but jumped out of his seat when Papola tabled . "Ah, I don't believe it!" Blumenthal cried as he sat back down, looking miserably at his stack which is now at 860,000.
It's been a brutal level for Eddie Blumenthal, who just can't seem to catch a break as the dinner break looms ever closer.
Earlier, the action folded to Blumenthal who made it 52,000 to go from the cutoff. David Vamplew reraised to 120,000 but Bryan Colin four-bet it to 350,000 before the others laid their hands down.
A short time later, Blumenthal raised to 52,000 from under the cutoff; Vamplew was the only caller from the cutoff to make it heads-up to the flop of but as it turned out, Blumenthal check-folded after Vamplew's bet of 95,000.
Bryan Colin has managed to double up through Eddie Blumenthal as we approach the dinner break to move up to over 1.1 million in chips.
The action folded to Colin who raised to 50,000 from the cutoff before Blumenthal reraised to 113,000 from the small blind. Colin snap-shoved for 525,000 and Blumenthal quickly called, showing down , but moaned when he saw Colin's .
The board was spread and Blumenthal is now down to less than 1.3 million.
Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
---|---|---|
Eddie Blumenthal |
1,270,000
-590,000
|
-590,000 |
Bryan Colin |
1,150,000
775,000
|
775,000 |
Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
---|---|---|
Jeffrey Papola | 3,000,000 | |
|
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David Vamplew |
2,430,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
Eddie Blumenthal |
1,860,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Geffrey Klein |
550,000
-175,000
|
-175,000 |
|
||
Bryan Colin |
375,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
Action folded to Anthony Spinella on the button. He put in a raise to 55,000 before it was Bryan Colin's turn to act. Colin was in the small blind and reraised to 150,000 even. After the reraise, Colin had exactly 421,000 behind. Jeff Papola was in the big blind and paused. He then asked Spinella how much he had behind. Spinella responded by telling him he had about 660,000 behind. Papola then paused for another few moments before announcing, "I'm all in."
Spinella was drawn back for a second, but then made the call and was all in. Now it was Colin who was drawn back by everything. "Wooooow!" he said, leaning back in his chair. Colin then tanked for a bit while mumbling, "I don't think I can fold this hand." Eventually, Colin did give it up and showed that he was laying down . A solid fold given how many chips he already put into the pot. Papola showed the , which Colin was ahead of, but his hunch was backed up when Spinella tabled the for the best pair.
The flop came down and Papola landed top set to take the lead. The turn brought the and the river the . Although he got his money in good, Spinella was out-flopped and hit the rail in sixth place. He took home $66,199 for his finish while Papola saw his stack grow to about three million. That's good enough for the chip lead.
There's been no shortage of hands played at this final table - such is the nature of six-max! Here's a quick rundown of the most recent action:
Earlier, the players folded around to Jeffrey Papola who raised to 50,000 from the cutoff; David Vamplew reraised to 138,000 from the small blind and Papola called before folding to Vamplew's bet of 135,000 after the flop of .
A short time later, Eddie Blumenthal raised to 52,000 from the cutoff and found one caller in the form of Anthony Spinella to go heads-up to the flop of . Spinella then check-folded to Blumenthal's post-flop bet of 52,000.
A short time later, Blumenthal came in with a raise of 52,000 from early position, only to fold after Spinella reraised all-in from the small blind.
Anthony Spinella has had two-thirds of his stack shipped over to Jeffrey Papola as the action continues on the final table of Event #10 here at the WSOP.
The action folded to Spinella who raised to 60,000 from the button; Bryan Colin folded his small blind, but Papola came back with a reraise from the big blind, making it 165,000 to go. Spinella called and the dealer spread the flop of .
Papola led out for 190,000 and after some consideration, Spinella announced he was all-in. Papola snap-called.
Papola:
Spinella:
Neither the turn of the or the river were of any help to Spinella and he went straight back to tweeting on his phone as the dealer pushed over the pot to Papola.
Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
---|---|---|
Jeffrey Papola |
2,450,000
1,310,000
|
1,310,000 |
|
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Anthony Spinella |
615,000
-1,165,000
|
-1,165,000 |
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Bryan Colin raised from the cutoff seat and David Vamplew called from the big blind to see the flop come down . Vamplew checked the flop and Colin checked.
The landed on the turn and Vamplew bet 79,000. Colin gave it up and Vamplew won the pot.
Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
---|---|---|
David Vamplew |
2,325,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
Eddie Blumenthal |
1,840,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Anthony Spinella |
1,780,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
Jeffrey Papola |
1,140,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
||
Geffrey Klein |
725,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
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Bryan Colin |
690,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |