Jeff Sarwer raised to 700 under the gun, which was called by an opponent in middle position. Another player then popped it to 2,500, which Sarwer and the other player both called. All three players proceeded to check the flop and river, leading to the river.
At this point, Sarwer shipped all in for 17,850, the middle-position player folded, and the other player tanked. "You're gonna fold anyway. You can't call," Sarwer said. Luckily the chess prodigy was wrong as his opponent did in fact call, only to much when Sarwer rolled over .
"As long as there are no set-over-set situations, I'm gonna run over this table," Sarwer said as he raked in the pot.
We didn't see the hand that finished off his stack, but Shane Warne quickly went from 30,000 to 40,000, then down to 20,000, then out completely. He's vanished, and his chair is now occupied by someone who's not nearly as good a cricketer as Warney is.
Phil Hellmuth -- now back in his characteristic outfit of black hat, jersey, headphones, and dark glasses -- opened with a raise to 1,000 from early position and it folded around to RIck Rahim on the button who called. Massimiliano Martinez called as well from the big blind, and the flop came .
Martinez checked, and Hellmuth fired 1,300. Rahim made it 3,100, forcing a fold from Martinez. Hellmuth didn't waste too much time before folding his hand as well -- ! Rahim couldn't resist showing the hand with which he'd raised the flop -- .
"Something felt wrong," said Hellmuth afterwards. "I had outs… a lot of them," cracked Rahim.
Hellmuth has 29,000 now, while Rahim has about 55,000.
Having taken a hit to his stack earlier, Tyler Patterson is now up to more than 20,000 in chips after doubling through an opponent.
An opponent in early position raised to 750 before another in middle position called, as did the cutoff and Patterson from the big blind to make it four-handed to the flop of . Patterson checked and the early position led out 2,600, but the middle position folded before the cutoff called.
No sooner had the chips from the cutoff's bet had hit the felt, Patterson snap-raised all-in for an additional 6,950. The early position player folded and the cutoff called.
Patterson:
Cutoff:
Patterson's two pair was out in front, but the cutoff still had outs with the flush draw. He didn't get there - the river was the - and Patterson took down the pot.
Greg Brooks, who you might recall as the winner of this year's Los Angeles Poker Classic (LAPC), raised to 750 from middle position and action folded all the way around to the player in the big blind, who decided to defend.
It ended up being a hapless defense as the big blind simply check-folded to Brooks' 1,100 bet on the flop. Brooks is slowly rebuilding his stack and is up to 26,500.
Team PokerStars Pros are out in full force today on Day 1c of the World Series of Poker Main Event. Twenty PokerStars Pros are playing today, and they are scattered across the Amazon and Pavilion Rooms as this is one of the busiest days we have seen.
We caught Humberto Brenes in a hand against an opponent with a flop of . Brenes bet 3,000, and his opponent raised to 6,000. After asking for a count and thinking for quite a while, Brenes moved all in for around 23,000. His opponent quickly called. Brenes, with much enthusiasm, turned over pocket aces, the . His opponent turned over . This caused a crowd of people to come over and watch the board run out. The turn brought the , and the hit on the river to double up Brenes. He now sits with around 60,000 in chips.
Other PokerStars Pros doing well are Arnaud Mattern and Julien Brecard who each have 64,000 in chips. The defending Main Event champion, Jonathan Duhamel is sitting with 37,400 at the feature table in the Amazon Room. Matthias de Meulder is also building up his chip stack and is up to 59,000. JP Kelly, Tom McEvoy, Marcel Luske, Daniel Negreanu, and Bryan Huang are all sitting with above the starting chip stack.
The first PokerStars Pro sent to the rail today was Chris Moneymaker. With a flop of Moneymaker was all in holding , and his opponent held for a set of tens. The turn brought the , and the hit on the river sending Moneymaker packing.
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Humberto Brenes just filled us in about how he got his now 63,000-chip stack.
He was dealt preflop and called a three-bet from an opponent. The flop came with an ace and after a few bets and raises, his opponent put all of his chips in with drawing near dead.
"Sometimes it's an easy game," Brenes said with a smile.
Bryan Huang was struggling for a while, but is starting to mount a comeback on his table as play in Day 1d rolls on.
With over 3,500 in the pot on a flop of , a player in middle position checked to Huang who bet 1,825. The player check-called, then checked again on the turn of the . Huang fired out 4,175 and that was enough to end it right there.
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