The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. Clemencon fired 6,700, and Quijano tank-called. Clemencon rolled over for trip tens, and took down the pot.
Only a handful of tables remain over in the Bronze Section of the Brasilia Room, but amongst those tables is one featuring Doyle Brunson and one featuring Marvin Rettenmaier. We recently caught a quick hand at each respective table.
When we arrived at Rettenmaier's table, there was already over 5,000 in the pot and a flop was out on the felt, with Rettenmaier heads up against Steve Yea. Rettenmaier checked here and Yea bet 3,400. A check-raise to 9,200 from Rettenmaier was enough to scare off Yea and scoop up the pot.
Brunson opened the pot to 2,700 from middle psotion and only the player in the cutoff would make the call. The dealer flipped over a flop and without hisitaation, Brunson bet 4,500. That was enough to scare off his opponent as Brunson raked in the small pot.
Shannon Shorr opened to 2,200 from the button and a short-stacked Andy Frankenberger pushed his remaining chips into the middle for a raise to 28,000 from the small blind. Everyone else folded back to Shorr, who quickly followed suit.
The two-time bracelet winner has some work to do if he wants to make it past Day 2.
Speaking of those bracelets, he's wearing them today as he shows in the following interview with Lynn Gilmartin.
Three players saw a flop come , and Fabrice Soulier began things with a bet of about 5,000 into the 14,500 pot. It folded to a late position player who raised all in for about 22,000 total, and after pausing just a beat, Soulier called.
Soulier had for top pair, but his opponent had the better hand with for two pair. The turn was the and river the , and Soulier has slipped below 30,000.
It folded around to Christian Harder in the small blind who raised to 2,500, then the player sitting next to him in the big blind reraised to 6,000. Harder then pushed it up to 50,000, and his opponent called for 32,800 total.
Harder had and his opponent , and when the board came , Harder took a hit to his stack.
Paul Volpe opened with a raise to 2,400 from early position and saw two opponents call him, one from middle position and the other from the cutoff.
The flop came . Volpe led for 3,300, the middle position player called, and the cutoff folded. Both of the remaining players then checked the turn.
The river brought the and a check from Volpe. His opponent fired 6,000, and Volpe called. His opponent then tabled for aces and fours, and Volpe mucked.
Volpe still has a healthy 200,000-plus chip stack, though, as he has for much of the late afternoon and evening.
When we arrived at Maurice Hawkin's and Melanie Weisner's table, there was a board already out on the felt and around 10,000 already in the pot. Hawkins had led out of 6,500 and it was on Wesiner to act. After thinking for several moments, Weisner went with a call. When Hawkins tabled , his pair of aces were strong enough to send Wesiner's cards into the muck. With that, Wesiner is down to under 20,000 in chips.