Raymond Davis was on top of the world just a few minutes ago. He had upwards of 70,000 and was grinding peacefully, until this hand.
Our attention was caught by Vincente Sepulveda yelling "Ohhh!" pretty loudly. We ran to see what the commotion was and Davis was shaking his head. We gathered from the table that the money went in on the flop.
Davis:
Sepulveda:
The board completed and that's when most of the Pavilion Room heard Sepulveda's celebration when he spiked his one-outer.
Jason Mercier has had a rough go of it so far in the Main Event and is down to about 13,000 nearing the end of Level 2.
Mercier was in the big blind and in front of him was a raise to 450 and two callers. He three-bet to 1,750 and was called by two players, landing a flop of . Mercier bet 2,175 (maybe 2,200), only the original preflop raiser called, and the turn fell. Mercier checked to his opponent who bet 7,500, more than half of Mercier's remaining stack.
Mercier spent about five minutes in the tank, but ultimately opted to fold his hand.
Dan Smith opened for 500 from early position and action folded all the way around to Fabrice Soulier in the big blind, who chucked in a call.
The flop and Soulier checked, prompting a 700 bet from Smith. Soulier then quickly tossed in a check-raise to 1,700. Smith re-peeked at his cards and slid his hand into the muck.
Soulier is sitting on 42,000 at the moment, while Smith is a bit over the starting stack with 32,000.
At the start of the day, we told you about a big hand that saw Brazilian online star Gabriel "verve.oasis" Goffi double early on. While it was a good start for Goffi, his luck seems to have turned around as he is currently back down to around the starting stack.
We're not sure how it happened, but our best guess is that they went to Rob Aaronson, who is sitting on approximately 85,000! Meanwhile, World Series of Poker Circuit regular Michael "The Great MJ" Cooper is seated at a nearby table and has built his stack up to 60,000.
Here is a few counts from around the Orange Section in the Amazon room. It appears we have lost Fatima Moreira De Melo, her seat is empty and she just recently tweeted.
Fatimademelo Fatima MoreiradeMeloBusted..reshoved 44 with 15bb left into aa #wsop2012July 09 2012
From under the gun, Tony Moreno raised to 525. His raise was called by the player in the next seat, Peter Rho in the hijack seat, the small blind and the big blind. With five players in action and 2,625 in the pot, the dealer rolled out the flop.
Action was checked by the two blinds to Moreno and he bet 1,500. Everyone folded back to the big blind and he made the call with a noticeably shaky hand.
Fourth street was the and the big blind checked. Moreno opted for another bet and fired out 3,000. The big blind fired back with a check-raise to 8,000. Moreno folded and mentioned, "I almost checked."
This is Moreno's first time playing the World Series of Poker Main Event and he's currently sitting with 26,175 in chips.
flop.
and that's when most of the Pavilion Room heard Sepulveda's celebration when he spiked his one-outer.
. Mercier bet 2,175 (maybe 2,200), only the original preflop raiser called, and the 
turn fell. Mercier checked to his opponent who bet 7,500, more than half of Mercier's remaining stack.
and Soulier checked, prompting a 700 bet from Smith. Soulier then quickly tossed in a check-raise to 1,700. Smith re-peeked at his cards and slid his hand into the muck.
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respectively, and Sands' opponent was eliminated from the Main Event.
