Phil Hellmuth opened for 11,000 from UTG, then Matthew Vengrin reraised to 23,000 from the cutoff. It folded back to Hellmuth who spent about a minute restacking his chips before sitting up in his chair.
"The rest of the planet would have gone with this hand," he said. "I'm just figuring out if I can get away." By then Daniel Negreanu had wandered over from the next table, and Hellmuth asked Negreanu if he'd like a look at his hand. "Sure," Negreanu shrugged. Vengrin started to object, but Hellmuth was kidding. He did show his hand, however, to everyone as he mucked -- . Vengrin showed his as well.
Hellmuth is down to just under 60,000, while Vengrin has 315,000.
Eugene Todd raised to 29,000 preflop and Tore Lukashavgen moved all in. Todd called to put himself at risk for elimination.
Todd:
Lukashavgen:
The flop ran out giving Lukashavgen a flush draw. The hit on the turn and the hit on the river to give Lukashavgen the flush and send Todd to the rail.
Lukashavgen now sits with around 550,000 in chips.
We were in the midst of watching a large pot brewing between Matt Jarvis and Grayson Ramage when our attention was diverted to the neighboring table.
Shane Schleger was all in with versus Jonathan Duhamel's , and the board had come , giving Schleger two pair and continued tourney life. He's at about 185,000 now, while Duhamel is back down to about 200,000.
When we'd left the Ramage-Jarvis battle, there had been about 100,000 in the middle with the board showing and Jarvis having pushed out a bet and Ramage was contemplating what to do next. The consequence of that situation had been all of Jarvis' chips finding their way into the center. Ramage had , but Jarvis -- like Schleger -- had made two pair on the turn as he held . The river was the , and Jarvis was suddenly way up to 650,000. Meanwhile, Ramage has slipped to just under 50,000.
Justin Filtz started the action by opening to 9,000, a player on the button three-bet to 25,000, and Manuel Bevand moved all in for over 100,000 in the blinds. Filtz called, the third player mucked, and the hands were opened.
Bevand:
Filtz:
The board ran , Bevand was eliminated from the tournament, and Filtz now has a massive stack.
We missed the hand, but Olivier Busquet was recently eliminated by John Andress. Andress, finished second in a WSOP-Circuit Main Event at Caesars Atlantic City this spring, and with over 400,000 chips is looking to make his first ever WSOP final table.
Jesse Cohen was all in preflop holding , and he was at risk agains the of Tommy Chen. Cohen was safe on the flop, but the spiked on the turn, giving Chen a pair of aces. The bricked on the river, and Cohen was eliminated from the tournament.
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as well.
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hit on the turn and the 
hit on the river to give Lukashavgen the flush and send Todd to the rail.
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) were clean, but the 
spiked on the river, doubling Ramage to 92,000 chips.
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, and the board had come 
, giving Schleger two pair and continued tourney life. He's at about 185,000 now, while Duhamel is back down to about 200,000.
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. The river was the 
, and he was at risk agains the 
