We just caught the action of two hands over on Table 28, with Ari Engel involved in both and Joseph Cheong involved in one.
We arrived at the table with a small pot building and a board on the felt. Engel was involved in the hand with one opponent and the action was Engel. He bet 5,200 and his opponent called. Engel then tabled , which was enough to scoop up the pot.
The very next hand saw Cheong open up the pot 5,000 from the hijack. The player in the small blind made the call, along with Engel in the big blind. The flop was spread out on the table and the action was checked to Cheong. A bet of 7,000 was sent splashing into the pot and Cheong's opponents let go of their hands, sending the pot to Cheong.
Zachary Hall, who's still sporting a rainbow-colored umbrella on his head, opened to 5,300 from middle position. A gentleman called him on the button, the blinds released, and the dealer fanned . Hall continued for 12,000, and the man immediately called.
The turn was the , and Hall slowed down, checking the player on the button, who immediately fired 25,000. Hall moved all in, and the player folded.
Here are some counts from the Purple section, at the bottom of which you'll find Gabe Kaplan listed as having busted.
Kaplan made a brief visit into the Purple section with his short stack before his elimination a short while ago. Unfortunately for the Welcome Back, Kotter star, he earns the same prize here that he won back in 1980 when he final tabled the WSOP Main Event and finished sixth — zip.
A short-stacked George Leandrou of Astoria, New York got all in preflop only to be called and dominated by Stephen Cesaro.
Showdown
Cesaro:
Leandrou:
The flop gave Leandrou some runner-runner flush options, but the took that away. With that said, he did pick up a gut-shot straight draw, though it failed to materialize as the appeared on the river.
"Nice hand," Leandrou said before taking his leave. Meanwhile, Cesaro flashed a big smile to what appeared to be his girlfriend on the rail.
We found David Singontiko in the small blind at the turn with just one opponent. The board was , Singontiko checked and his opponent bet 26,600.
Singontiko called and the river came . Singontiko checked again and his opponent bet 41,600. Singontiko re-checked his hole cards, thought for a minute and then verbally called.
His opponent tabled for jacks and sevens and Singontiko tabled for jacks and sevens with an eight kicker. He took the pot and is within shouting distance of 300,000.
We only caught the aftermath of the hand, but we know that Nam Le got the rest of his 42,000 in preflop with , but he ran into the of Claudia Crawford. The board ran down , and Le was unable to catch up.
It's been a tough day for Crawford, who started the day with over 230,000. She was down to under 50,000 earlier in the day, but after that win, she's back up to 106,000.
Level 13 has proven unlucky for Christophe De Meulder as he has just been eliminated.
In his final hand, de Meulder had about 120,000 to start when he opened with a raise from the hijack seat. The small blind called, then the big blind three-bet, with both de Meulder and the small blind calling the reraise.
The flop came . The small blind checked, the big blind shoved all in, and de Meulder called with his remaining stack. The small blind stepped aside, and de Meulder showed for top pair. Alas for the Belgian, his opponent tabled for a flopped set of sevens. The turn was the and river the , and de Meulder's day is done.
We caught up to find Jared Jaffe all in and at risk for his last 38,300. Yuval Bronshtein called with and was up against Jaffe's .
Bronshtein kept his lead on the board, but Jaffe was able to find a pair when the came on fourth street. The board completed with the and Jaffe dragged in his double up chips. Jaffe is currently sitting on about 80,000 while Bronshtein has fallen to 390,000.
We didn't catch all the action, but we saw that an unknown player had moved all in for around 100,000 from the cutoff on a board reading . Toni Judet was on the button and made a quick call with for a straight.
"Do I even have any outs?" the cutoff asked before rechecking his cards. "No," he said and tossed his cards to the muck. Per tournament rules, the dealer tabled the hand, which was the . It was an ill-timed bluff by the cutoff, who was officially eliminated when the was put out on the river.
"Damn, Toni," said another player at the table. "They just keep giving you their chips." Judet just smiled as he stacked the rather large pot.
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board on the felt. Engel was involved in the hand with one opponent and the action was Engel. He bet 5,200 and his opponent called. Engel then tabled 
, which was enough to scoop up the pot.
flop was spread out on the table and the action was checked to Cheong. A bet of 7,000 was sent splashing into the pot and Cheong's opponents let go of their hands, sending the pot to Cheong.
. Hall continued for 12,000, and the man immediately called.
, and Hall slowed down, checking the player on the button, who immediately fired 25,000. Hall moved all in, and the player folded.
took that away. With that said, he did pick up a gut-shot straight draw, though it failed to materialize as the 
, Singontiko checked and his opponent bet 26,600.
. Singontiko checked again and his opponent bet 41,600. Singontiko re-checked his hole cards, thought for a minute and then verbally called.
for jacks and sevens with an eight kicker. He took the pot and is within shouting distance of 300,000.
of Claudia Crawford. The board ran down 
, and Le was unable to catch up.
for top pair. Alas for the Belgian, his opponent tabled 
and river the 
, and de Meulder's day is done.
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came on fourth street. The board completed with the 
