Jacob Rasmussen, Matt Woodward, and a third player saw a flop of . The action checked to Woodward, who fired 2,000, and Rasmussen check-raised to 6,600. The third player folded, and Woodward called.
The turn was the , and Rasmussen led out for 12,000. Woodward studied the Dane for the better part of two minutes, then grabbed two orange T5,000 chips and two yellow T1,000 chips, and tossed them forward to make the call.
The completed the board, and Rasmussen fired 25,000 - more than two thirds of his stack. Woodward released, and Rasmussen raked in the pot.
It appears Justin Bonomo has been eliminated. We don't know exactly what happened so we will let Bonomo tell it.
JustinBonomo Justin BonomoI rivered the nut flush. He rivered a boat. I'm out :(July 10 2012
JustinBonomo Justin BonomoHJ raises. I 3 bet SB w AQdd. He calls. 842dxx. Bet call. Turn 9d. Check, he bets I call. River 2d. Check, he shoves, I call and lose to 99July 10 2012
The players are on their second break of the day. This one is thirty minutes rather than twenty minutes - the floor has to color up all of the green T25 chips, making this one of the biggest color-ups of the year.
Trying to get an interview with Phil Ivey may be even more difficult than trying to photograph the Loch Ness Monster. The World Series of Poker Media Director Nolan Dalla has outdone himself once again by being able to grab a recent interview with Ivey and you can check it out on WSOP.com.
The cards are back in the air here in the Brasilia Room (they've been in the air for a few minutes over in the Amazon Room), and we'll play one more 120-minute level then take a 90-minute dinner break.
Jay Rosenkrantz opened from the cutoff for 2,000 and Michael Gaglioni made it 4,000 from the small blind. Rosenkrantz re-raised to 13,000, Gaglioni shoved and Rosenkrantz called.
Rosenkrantz:
Gaglioni:
The board ran and Rosenkrantz was left with under 4,000 after the hand.