Action came around to John Miner from Carson City, Nevada who raised it up to 3,800. The button called and so did the big blind. The flop fell down . The big blind checked and Miner bet out 7,300. The button got out of the way and so did the big blind.
It was a rather small pot for miner but right now Miner has a giant stack of more than 100,000.
With level 10 coming to a close, the tournament clock shows there are 930 players remaining. That number is likely already of-date. Eliminations are coming fast and furious, and cries of "Seat Open" frequently pierce the relative calm of the Amazon room. With 648 players being paid, it won't be long before we approach the money bubble.
World Series of Poker mainstay Humberto "The Shark" Brenes and his colorful personality have exited the Amazon Room.
We missed the actual hand lay out, but according to the man who did the deed, Arnold Dinio, Brenes held and elected to flat call Dinio's preflop raise.
When the flop fell , however, Brenes' pocket pair had been eclipsed by Dinio's for two pair. Unable to catch up on the turn or river, Brenes paid the price for his tricky slowplay.
We caught up with Dennis Phillips as he took down blinds and antes uncontested, which he's done quite a bit during this event. The 3rd place finisher in the 2008 Main Event is slowly but steadily chipping up, and now has about 48,000.
Garrett Beckman has quite an impressive resume. He finished 31st in the 2010 WSOP Main Event as well as finishing 109th in the 2008 Main Event. He is off to a good start today.
When we came to his table we saw him win a flip when he was holding versus an opponent who had and his pair held up.
The very next hand he got all the money in while holding another big pair of and again his opponent held a big ace. The to be precise.
As the dealer was ready to run out the board all the lights in the room dimmed. The table laughed thinking that this flip was a big showdown and the main hand of the tournament.
The board ran out crazy as the flop seemed harmless with but the turn gave Beckman's opponent a straight as it came the . Beckman was still feeling his run good and spiked a on the river to boat up.
The crazy board run out was bound to happen for this main event type hand. Beckman is feeling good and running hot with over 50,000 in chips.
We caught the aftermath of a sizable confrontation between Harold Barton and an unknown opponent, with towers of yellow 1000T chips being transferred across the table in Barton's direction.
The board read , and with the in front of him Barton's ace-high straight was good enough for the win.
Barton's opponent held , and despite flopping a strong two pair, he was outdrawn on the turn.
As level 10 begins, only about 200 players are still in the Pavilion room. Tables are breaking quickly, and pretty soon the remaining field will be consolidated in the Amazon room.