Two of the biggest stacks in the room are sitting at the same table and were involved in a hand. Nicholas Rampone raised to 4,300 and Jeffrey Papola reraised to 12,000. Rampone made the call.
The flop ran out . Papola led out with 12,000 and Rampone folded.
Both players sit near the top of leader board with over 150,000 in chips.
Jordan Young was under the gun and opened for 5,100, Ronald Stubing called directly behind him and Helen Ellis called from late position as well. The flop hit , Young slid out 7,600, Stubing raised to 18,000, Ellis called the 18,000 and Young folded very reluctantly.
The turn brought the and was checked by Stubing and Ellis. The river came and Stubing checked to Ellis. She roughly counted and commented that their stacks were about the same. Ellis then moved all in and Stubing let his hand go. Ellis is up to 114,000.
2009 WSOP Circuit Rincon champion Dwyte Pilgrim won't be able to add a bracelet to his championship ring after having been eliminated by Zachary Hench.
All the money was in the middle preflop; Pilgrim was the short stack and had moved in with , but ran smack into Hench's .
Neither hand improved on the board of and Pilgrim's now off to an early (and permanent dinner break).
With Humberto Brenes no longer in today's event, we've found a new shark in the form of Ismail "The Shark" Abousharkh, who's now up to more than 120,000 in chips after doubling through Kenny Nguyen.
On a flop of , Abousharkh checked to Nguyen who led out for 7,000 into a pot worth about 10,000. Abousharkh then check-raised, making it another 20,000 to go and Nguyen called before the dealer produced the turn of the .
Abousharkh open-shoved for 32,000 and Nguyen snap-called.
Nguyen:
Abousharkh:
Abousharkh was down to just two outs, but he couldn't contain himself when the spiked on the river to give him the set and the double-up!
Nguyen laughed, but he's probably still hurting a bit inside, now that he's down to less than 60,000 in chips.
Kenny Nguyen opened in the cutoff for 4,600 and Michael Compolongo shoved from the button for just under 20,000. Nguyen counted out the call and debated to himself whether he should call or not. He said, "You've got me beat but I'm gonna call." He made the call and tabled .
Compolongo turned up and watched the board run . With five diamonds on the board both players had a flush, but Compolongo had the nut flush holding the . Nguyen is still over 100,000 and Compolongo has 50,000
Dwyte Pilgrim called a raise from the player on the button preflop for 4,200. The flop ran out .
Both players checked the flop and the fell on the turn.
Pilgrim led out with a 4,000 bet and his opponent called. The river brought the and Pilgrim led out with 7,000. His opponent called. Pilgrim flipped up to take down the pot.
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. Papola led out with 12,000 and Rampone folded.
, Young slid out 7,600, Stubing raised to 18,000, Ellis called the 18,000 and Young folded very reluctantly.
and was checked by Stubing and Ellis. The river came 
and Stubing checked to Ellis. She roughly counted and commented that their stacks were about the same. Ellis then moved all in and Stubing let his hand go. Ellis is up to 114,000.
, but ran smack into Hench's 
and Pilgrim's now off to an early (and permanent dinner break).
spiked on the river to give him the set and the double-up!
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