Steven Silverman is armed with 7,200 after doubling up with pocket aces.
A raising war broke out preflop that somehow left Silverman with just 600 chips behind. These went into the middle on a flop and, of course, Silverman's opponent called.
Silverman:
Opponent:
Silverman was a massive 88% favorite in the hand and that improved to 90% when the landed on the turn. Silverman won the hand when the completed the board.
Isaac "mr. menlo" Baron was all in for his first lammer with on a flop of . Russian Andrey Zaichenko had him at risk with , and Baron's two pair held up as the turn and river bricked , respectively.
Baron doubled to 6,075 (with two lammers behind), while Zaichenko cashed in one of his lammers and now has 6,500 total.
Every tournament we have every covered ends up with a table, or two, that we refer to as the Table of Doom. There are a number of tables that we could give this moniker to.
One table is the home to recent WSOP bracelet winner Taylor Paur, Mike Leah, and Brian Roberts, while another has Brian Rast, Giuseppe Pantaleo and Justin Bonomo on it. Each of the 66 tables seems to have an established pro on it and it is only a matter of time before we get a legitimate Table of Doom, one with five or six names on it. Stay tuned.
When we arrived at Table 365, Jared "harrington25" Bleznick was calling an opponent's raise out of the small blind. The dealer fanned , Bleznick led out for 1,350, and his opponent called. The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board.
Bleznick fired out 4,000, which was enough to put his opponent all in, and the player called for 3,950, showing for the nuts. Bleznick mucked, but despite doubling the player, has a very healthy stack of 30,000 chips.
There are a number of Brits in this 592-strong field and two of them are seated on the same table.
Richie Allen opened to 250 from the cutoff, Phil Ivey folded on the button, the small blind got out of the way, but Allen's fellow Brit, Christopher Brammer called from his seat in the big blind.
As we watched the dealer spread the flop onto the felt, we were preparing for a flurry of action and the splashing of chips. However, that failed to happen and the battle of the Brit was a brief affair. Brammer checked to Allen, Allen made a continuation-bet of 350 and Brammer relinquished his hand.
The board read and the action was heads-up. Contesting the pot were Brian rast in the small blind and Giuseppe Panatleo in the big blind seat. Rast led for 1,700 and Panatleo called
Rast turned over for trip sixes with an ace-king kicker. Pantaleo couldn't beat that and threw his cards into the muck.
Bruno Fitoussi at the Poker Players Championship final table
French legend Bruno Fitoussi is in the field today, sitting in the Purple Section of the Amazon Room. Apart from earning over $2.6 million in live poker tournaments in his career, including a runner-up finish in the 2007 World Series of Poker $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship, Fitoussi is largely responsible for growing the game in France, particularly at the Aviation Club de France in Paris.
Fitoussi made a return trip to the final table of the WSOP's $50,000 buy-in last year, finishing eighth in the Poker Players Championship, and then finished 35th in the WSOPE Main Event. We'll be certain to keep our eyes on the Frenchman as he tries to navigate his way to yet another WSOP final table.
flop and, of course, Silverman's opponent called.
landed on the turn. Silverman won the hand when the 
completed the board.
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on a flop of 
. Russian Andrey Zaichenko had him at risk with 
, and Baron's two pair held up as the turn and river bricked 
, 
respectively.
flop onto the felt, we were preparing for a flurry of action and the splashing of chips. However, that failed to happen and the battle of the Brit was a brief affair. Brammer checked to Allen, Allen made a continuation-bet of 350 and Brammer relinquished his hand.
