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We're halfway through this Day 1, and those who've survived have been rewarded with a one-hour dinner break.
Play will resume at about 10:45 P.M. CET. While you wait, check out the Matt Giannetti vs. Phil Collins video.
Roberto Romanello finds himself atop the chip heap as dinner hits, and he's just clued us in on a little hand that played out a moment ago.
As Romanello tells it, "the table is on tilt," and they've been three-betting each other with some vigor. Particularly Romanello. When Matt Stout opened his button, Romanello three-bet him from the small blind, and the two went off to the flop. They checked through the 
, and Romanello bet 850 after the 
on the turn. Stout called that bet, and he called another 2,850 after the 
river.
Romanello rolled over 
, and Stout's muck drops him down into the danger zone with about a third of his starting stack.
Since they're showing our chip counts up on the projector, we figured we better clean some of these up before dinner.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000 | 23,000 |
|
64,000 | -3,300 |
|
56,000 | 26,000 |
|
48,000 | 7,000 |
|
46,000 | |
|
41,000 | 11,000 |
|
40,000 | 1,000 |
|
39,000 | 1,000 |
|
38,000 | 8,000 |
|
33,000 | 2,000 |
|
29,000 | -13,000 |
|
26,000 | -1,000 |
|
23,000 | -2,000 |
|
22,000 | -8,000 |
|
17,000 | -13,000 |
|
16,000 | 3,000 |
|
13,000 | -14,000 |
We missed the preflop action, but our bloggers' intuition tells us that it's likely Farzad Bonyadi opened with a raise from middle position and Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo three-bet from the small blind. However it went, we picked up the action live as the dealer spread out a 
flop. Bonomo bet out 2,800, and Bonyadi tanked for a long while and called.
The turn came the 
, and Bonomo kept the heat on with 7,500. That sent Bonyadi deep into thought, and it looked like he wanted to call. He stacked out the required amount and stared at it, shuffling chips in the other hand. Finally, he surrendered, and Bonomo is up to 40,000 after that pot.
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Alexander Kostritsyn raised from middle position to 500. Davidi Kitai called in the small blind and David Peters called from the big blind. The flop came down 
and action checked around to see the 
land on the turn. Action checked around again.
The 
completed the board on the river and Peters bet 1,250 after Kitai checked. Kostritsyn folded, but Kitai made the call. Peters showed the 
and was beaten by Kitai's 
to lose the pot.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000 | |
|
|
39,000 | 1,000 |
|
|
21,000 | -4,000 |
It appears we've just lost McLean Karr from this event.
Sorry for the bad news. But there's good news, too, at least for fans of Jonathan Duhamel. Our last check on him just a few minutes ago saw him floundering a bit down around 16,000. Now? More than 46,000 and a spot in the top ten.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
|
46,000 | 29,000 |
|
Eliminato |
From the hijack seat, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi raised to 525. David Benyamine was in the cutoff seat and flatted before 2010 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event champion James Bord three-bet from the button to 2,200. Play folded through the blinds and fell back on Mizrachi. He asked Bord how much he had in chips, which Bord showed him. Mizrachi then four-bet to 6,525. That was Benyamine's cue to get out of the way and he slid his hand into the muck. Bord mulled over his decision for a bit and then called.
The flop came down 
and both players checked to see the 
land on fourth street. Both checked again and the river completed the board with the 
. Mizrachi fired a bet of 5,500 and Bord quickly gave it up.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
46,000 | 16,000 |
|
23,000 | -7,000 |
|
22,000 | -23,000 |
From middle position, Dan Fleyshman raised to 450. In the next seat was Jason Mercier and he three-bet to 1,225. Action folded back to Fleyshman and he quickly called. Earlier, these two players clashed in this hand here and would head to the flop pitted against each other once again in a three-bet pot.
The flop came down 
and Fleyshman quickly checked. Mercier bet 950 and Fleyshman called right away.
The turn was the 
and Fleyshman led for 2,450. Mercier made the called and the river was the 
. Fleyshman fired 5,500 and Mercier tanked for a bit. He thought for a few minutes and then flung his hand into the muck.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000 | -6,000 |
|
32,000 |
Defending WSOPE Main Event champion James Bord has just taken his seat, though he's spending half his time in the final table arena sweating Sam Trickett's bracelet run. He's four-handed right now, and you can catch up on the news from that PLO final table right here.
Well, we lose one and we gain one. Antoine Saout and Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi probably passed each other in the hallway, though they were going in opposite directions. Saout's day is done, but Mizrachi's is just getting stated. He's taken his seat at the table with Ben Lamb, and he's got David Benyamine on his direct left.
Welcome to Mixed-Max, Grinder.
