Allen Bari won Event #4: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em yesterday for $875,000 and signed up for today's event, but has just been eliminated.
From middle position, Bari raised to 100 and Grant Hillman reraised from the small blind to 325. The big blind folded and Bari made the call to see the flop. Hillman fired 450 and Bari called.
The turn was the and Bari bet 775 after Hillman checked. Hillman thought for a few moments and then made the call.
After the completed the board on the river and brought in a backdoor flush draw, Hillman checked. Bari contemplated for a bit and then said, "I hope you don't have a flush." He then thought a little bit more before moving all in for 2,700. Hillman questioned Bari's comment, but wound up making the call anyway.
Bari announced that he had two sevens, but didn't show. Hillman tabled the for trip aces and won the hand, eliminating the recent bracelet winner from the tournament.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Crew were wandering by Table #36 when we were stopped by 2011 PCA Main Event champion Galen Hall.
"I wish you would have been here earlier," he said, pointing over to his neighbor Chris Peterson. "This guy made the best call I've seen in all of this World Series - it could have been an ESPN top ten play!"
He then proceeded to wax lyrical about said play. Peterson and three callers went to a flop of (two diamonds), which they all checked before a black fell on the turn. A player in late position bet out 225 and Peterson was the only caller, making it heads-up to the river .
The opponent then fired out 825 and Peterson thought about it for a minute before calling, showing down off-suit, which somehow, to everyone's amazement, was the best hand!
When we arrived at the table, the board read with about 2,000 chips in the middle. Chris Oliver, who placed second at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure this year, fired a bet of 575. His opponent tanked for a couple of minutes and then gave it up. Oliver showed the and his opponent commented, "That's why you're so good."
Two tables just got more interesting as players late registered. Greg Raymer's table now has Matt Affleck in the six seat, and Lex Veldhuis welcomed Brandon Cantu to his table. Given that all four players have been known to pull a bluff or two in their time, it should be very interesting to keep an eye on those tables.
We've just received word from the floor that 2008 WSOP Main Event champion Jerry Yang was busted at the hands of Justin Kindred.
As our photographer Joe Giron recalled, Yang moved the last of his money in with but lost the flip for his tournament life against Kindred's . And that, as they, say, was that. Props though to Mr. Giron - with the massive grind that our team is in for today, it's great to see all hands on deck!
This tournament has so many entries that they can't fit everyone in the expansive Pavilion Room. We just walked over to the Orange Section of the Amazon Room, and here's who we saw shuffling chips:
Antonio Esfandiari and Vanessa Selbst (same table)
Ali Eslami
Recent bracelet winner Allen Bari
Sam Stein
Allen Cunningham
Jonathan Jaffe and Andrew Lichtenberger (same table)
Dani Stern
Praz Bansi
Tom Marchese
Chris Oliver
Since most of the tournament is in the Pavilion room, that is where our main focus will be, but we will try to give you guys updates from the Orange Section as much as we can.
WSOP Event #4 runner-up Maria Ho has lost a pot to TJ Zumbusch on Table #29, but she is still on 4,900 as the tables continue to fill up here in the Pavillion Room.
The action folded to Ho, who raised to 75 from the hijack position. Zumbusch reraised to 175 from the small blind and Ho called, so off they went heads up to the flop of .
Zumbusch led out for 225 and Ho called. Then she called Zumbusch's opening bet of 250 on the turn of the before folding after Zumbusch shot out another 700 on the river. Zumbusch is now up to 5,800 in chips.
![[user68268]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
flop. Hillman fired 450 and Bari called.
and Bari bet 775 after Hillman checked. Hillman thought for a few moments and then made the call.
completed the board on the river and brought in a backdoor flush draw, Hillman checked. Bari contemplated for a bit and then said, "I hope you don't have a flush." He then thought a little bit more before moving all in for 2,700. Hillman questioned Bari's comment, but wound up making the call anyway.
for trip aces and won the hand, eliminating the recent bracelet winner from the tournament.
(two diamonds), which they all checked before a black 
.
off-suit, which somehow, to everyone's amazement, was the best hand!
with about 2,000 chips in the middle. Chris Oliver, who placed second at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure this year, fired a bet of 575. His opponent tanked for a couple of minutes and then gave it up. Oliver showed the 
and his opponent commented, "That's why you're so good."
.
before folding after Zumbusch shot out another 700 on the 
river. Zumbusch is now up to 5,800 in chips.