World Series of Poker November Niner Sam Holden raised from the cutoff seat and was called by the player on the button. The flop came down and Holden bet 1,100. His opponent announced a raise and made it 3,000 to go. Holden gave it a little bit of thought, but then folded and relinquished the pot.
David Williams is sat in the lobby talking to Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi and Erik Cajelais so it is safe to say the man who was short-stacked is out of the Main Event.
With about 23,000 chips in the middle, the board read between Mark Radoja and Will "The Thrill" Failla. Radoja fired 5,800 and Failla tanked for a bit before making the call. Radoja tabled the for a straight and Failla mucked his hand.
Marco Traniello is up to 36,000 chips after winning back-to-back hands.
The first saw him open from the hijack to 750 and only Ramzi Jelassi in the big blind called. The flop came down and both players checked. The turn was the and again both players checked. The river saw the make an appearance and when Jelassi checked, Traniello bet 1,350 and took down the pot.
The very next hand the action folded to Traniello and he raised to 750. This time only Eugene Katchalov called in the big blind. A flop reading was checked by both players but the turn saw Katchalov bet 1,300 and Traniello call. The river brought the into play and Katchalov bet again, this time 2,100 only to see Traniello raise very quickly to 5,900.
Katchalov went into the tank for over two minutes before he mucked his hand..
This summer, Tyler Bonkowski won Event #14: $3,000 Limit Hold'em at the 2011 World Series of Poker for $220,817. He's here playing today, but things haven't been going so well thus far.
As it currently stands, Bonkowski is down under 5,000 in chips, far from the starting stack of 30,000 he began the day with. We'll see if he can run it back up.
David Kahan raised under the gun and the action folded to Hoyt Corkins in the small blind and he three-bet to 3,000. Next to act was Barney Boatman and he called but Kahan was in no mood for calling and he pumped it up to 12,000.
This sent Corkins into the tank for three minutes and when he emerged he let his hand go. Boatman instantly mucked after him.