Firstly, France's Christophe Benzimra is the most recent casualty of this Day 1b. We didn't see the hand that finished him off, but we did see him let out a heavy sigh as he paced back out the doors.
And at the adjacent table, we watched Brian Powell raise his way back to starting stack. Powell made it to the quarterfinals of Event #5, and he's looking to add a few more Euros to his pocket again this week. In the last pot, Clement Beauvois raised to 525, and Powell three-bet to 1,700 in position. Beauvois called, and they took a flop of heads up. Beauvois elected to lead out into the pot with 1,975 of his own chips, but Powell studied carefully and raised to 5,500. His opponent folded, and Powell has moved back to starting stack with that little pot.
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James Dempsey - well and truly rivered
We arrived at the scene of the crime with staring at the ceiling lying next to 1,900. James Dempsey bet 1,500 and his opponent called. The turn was the and Dempsey bet 2,500 and once again his opponent called. The river card was the , Dempsey checked, his opponent bet 2,500 and Dempsey called. His opponent turned over and Demspey mucked his hand.
First in from the cutoff seat, Sandra Naujoks raised to 450, and Robert Mizrachi flatted on the button. In the big blind, Dominik Nitsche squeezed in three-bet to 1,525. Naujoks folded, Mizrachi quickly called, and it was heads up to the flop.
It came , and Mizrachi called the continuation bet of 1,700. Nitsche fired another 4,250 on the turn, and once again, Mizrachi didn't waste any time matching the bet. The river drew one final bullet from the German -- 6,325. His opponent acted quickly again, but this time Mizrachi insta-raised to 18,000, enough to cover Nitsche from the looks of it. He folded, saving his ~11,000 for a better spot.
Grinder's brother is doing some good work here in the early levels.
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Jonathan Duhamel Just Bluffed Off a Chunk of Chips
The poker pros will tell you that the WSOP Main Event is the softest tournament in the world. We doubt the same can be true for the WSOPE Main Event. Take a look at this table for example:
Seat
Name
Winner Winner
1
Benny Spindler
EPT London Winner
5
ElkY
What hasn't he won?
8
Jonathan Duhamel
WSOP Main Event
9
James Akenhead
Poker Million
So a great table and the World Champion is having a rough time:
Duhamel raised to 500 in the hijack and the big blind called. The flop was and the big blind check-raised to 2,000 forcing Duhamel to fold his hand and lose his 625 c-bet.
Then [Removed:146] raised to 500 in first position and Jonathan Duhamel three-bet to 1,350 a few seats to his left. The two of them shared a flop of and Guerfi check-called a 1,500 Duhamel bet. The turn was the and the same action ensued but this time for 4,200. The river was the and the strategy switched with Guerfi betting 6,000. Duhamel thought for a while and raised to 16,500. The bet was enough to end Guerfi's tournament but he made the call and Duhamel mucked his hand. Guerfi tabled to pick up the pot.
Ben Delaney raised to 500 from the button and Brandon Adams called from the small blind to see the flop come down . Both players checked and the landed on the turn. Adams fired 900 and Delaney called.
After the landed on the river, Adams fired 2,700 and immediately, Delaney announced a call. Upon hearing that, Adams mucked his hand. Per World Series of Poker rules, the winning hand must be shown and Delaney revealed the .
It was a short day for Michael Mizrachi, who apparently used up all his run-good yesterday. You know, while he was busy winning another bracelet?
In his final hand, Mizrachi got his full stack in with pocket aces on a flop. He was happy to find action from a player with a covering stack and the inferior pocket kings, but a third king appeared right on the turn to send Mizrachi home in two-out fashion.
We picked up a three-way pot on the turn as the board showed . There was 5,075 in the middle of the table already, and Tom Alner checked from the big blind. Alex Wice was in the big, and he put out a bet of 3,000. Narendra Banwari was under the gun (so we'll infer that he was the preflop raiser), and he came along with the call to send the decision back to the small blind. There, Alner snuck in a check-raise to 10,000 total. Wice instantly called, and Banwari took pause before calling as well.
That brought them to the river with a big pot up for grabs. Alner had 12,525 left, and he stuck them all in. Wice pounded his fist on the table and angrily mucked, huffing and puffing and staring around the room. He wasn't happy. Neither was Banwari. When the decision came to him, he too smashed a stack of chips into the felt in front of him, and he'd eventually go on to open-muck his .
"I had that beat," Wice said. Banwari didn't believe him, so he repeated, "I had top set beat." Wice must have folded a flush, then, and it reduces his stack to just 7,500.
Jean Noel Thorel raised to 700 in early position, Lari Sihvo called a few seats over and then Sam Trickett said "why not," in the big blind. The flop was and all three players checked. The turn was the and Trickett fired out a 1,100 bet, Thorel folded and Sihvo made the call. The river was a third king - - and Trickett bet 1,200 and Sihvo called.
Showdown
Sihvo
Trickett
It was the battle of the boats and Sihvo had the bigger Battleship
From the hijack seat, Ribiero Da Mota raised to 500 and Leo Margets called from the cutoff seat. In the small blind, second-place finisher in this event John Tabatabai also made the call.
The flop came down and Tabatabai checked. Da Mota bet 750 and Margets made the call. Tabatabai folded.
The on the turn landed and both players checked to see the land on the river. Da Mota bet 1,525 and Margets called.
Da Mota showed the for a straight and Margets mucked.
heads up. Beauvois elected to lead out into the pot with 1,975 of his own chips, but Powell studied carefully and raised to 5,500. His opponent folded, and Powell has moved back to starting stack with that little pot.
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staring at the ceiling lying next to 1,900. James Dempsey bet 1,500 and his opponent called. The turn was the 
and Dempsey bet 2,500 and once again his opponent called. The river card was the 
, Dempsey checked, his opponent bet 2,500 and Dempsey called. His opponent turned over 
and Demspey mucked his hand.
, and Mizrachi called the continuation bet of 1,700. Nitsche fired another 4,250 on the 
and the big blind check-raised to 2,000 forcing Duhamel to fold his hand and lose his 625 c-bet.
and Guerfi check-called a 1,500 Duhamel bet. The turn was the 
and the strategy switched with Guerfi betting 6,000. Duhamel thought for a while and raised to 16,500. The bet was enough to end Guerfi's tournament but he made the call and Duhamel mucked his hand. Guerfi tabled 
. Both players checked and the 
landed on the turn. Adams fired 900 and Delaney called.
landed on the river, Adams fired 2,700 and immediately, Delaney announced a call. Upon hearing that, Adams mucked his hand. Per World Series of Poker rules, the winning hand must be shown and Delaney revealed the 
flop. He was happy to find action from a player with a covering stack and the inferior pocket kings, but a third king appeared right on the turn to send Mizrachi home in two-out fashion.
. There was 5,075 in the middle of the table already, and Tom Alner checked from the big blind. Alex Wice was in the big, and he put out a bet of 3,000. Narendra Banwari was under the gun (so we'll infer that he was the preflop raiser), and he came along with the call to send the decision back to the small blind. There, Alner snuck in a check-raise to 10,000 total. Wice instantly called, and Banwari took pause before calling as well.
and all three players checked. The turn was the 
land on the river. Da Mota bet 1,525 and Margets called.
for a straight and Margets mucked.