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| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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74,000 |
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Near the end of Level 2, former Main Event champion Huck Seed was sent to the rail by Imari Love, who filled us in on the details.
Seed (who began the hand with about 13,000) opened with a raise from middle position and Love called on the button. The player in the small blind three-bet, which both Seed and Love called to a see a 
flop. The player in the small blind bet 3,000, Seed tagged along, and Love raised to 12,000. A fold from the player in the small blind led to the rest of Seed's stack being committed to the pot with 
. Love had him crushed with and Seed was not saved by the 
turn nor 
river, ending his Main Event.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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45,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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Eliminado | |
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The crew is back after a short hiatus to talk about the start of the Main Event, the lack of enthusiasm, the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship, and more. They are then joined by Jason Mercier to talk about Paul Pierce, bracelet bets, the WSOP schedule, and more.
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Nível: 3
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
What a level it's been. Online veteran Shane "Shaniac" Schleger made an uncharacteristically early exit in a hand filled with sets, and while he didn't bust, 2011 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Ben Lamb was headed in the wrong direction.
It was also in level two that we did an orbit with 2006 WSOP Main Event champ Jamie Gold and discovered the man behind the celebrated court ruling that poker is a game of skill and is not illegal under the Illegal Gambling Business Act.
We also saw Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, who jumped out to a red-hot start, slow down a bit, though he still appears to be the chip leader.
Players are now on their second break of the day and will return in 20 minutes. When they do, they will play out Level 3 before going on the 90-minute dinner break.
When we got to the table, four floor men were standing around trying to figure out a solution for a problem that occurred in Pavilion White. Both Robert Lipkin and Steve Wagner had 650 chips in front of them after a bet and a call. Simple enough right? Not so much. Here's what happened:
Preflop, Lipkin had raised to 450. He drew two callers. One of them was Steve Wagner in the big blind. The flop came down 
and Wagner checked to Lipkin who put out a bet of 650. The player in seat three folded and here's where the trouble occurred.
Instead of waiting for Wagner to take his action, the dealer grabbed the flop, mucked it, and began pushing the pot to Lipkin. While in the process of this, Wagner had grabbed his chips and made the call. When all was said and done, Wagner had called the bet, but the entire deck had been mucked and there was no way to recover exactly what the flop was.
After about 10 more minutes of waiting, one of the floor supervisors came over the to the table and gave his ruling. The two men had two options. They could either grab a random , , and from the deck and replay the flop, or they could chop the pot as it stood.
"Do you want to chop?" Wagner asked Lipkin. Lipkin agreed and the two men ended up chopping the pot.
"Did you want to see my hand?" Wagner asked. Lipkin nodded and Wagner turned up his 
for what would've been a gutshot straight draw. Lipkin showed his 
for an underpair to the board and everyone at the table laughed as a new hand was dealt.
Action raised to Craig Bergeron in the cutoff, who raised to 600. It folded to the player in the big blind who called the bet.
The flop came 
and the big blind led for 800 and Bergeron called.
The big blind check-called the 1,000 bet of Bergeron on the 
turn. Both players check the 
river and Bergeron showed 
and his opponent slid his cards to the muck.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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38,350
8,350
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8,350 |
Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi recently lost a pot, but still sits above 100,000 in chips, early in today’s proceedings.
The action kicked off with the player under the gun plus one opening to 575, and finding a call from the player in the cut-off as well as Mizrachi, who was on the button.
The flop came down 
, as the original raiser threw out a continuation bet of 1,575, which only Mizrachi called. The 
fell on the turn, as another bet of 2,525 was called, before the 
completed the board.
Mizrachi’s opponent instantly bet out 3,500, before “The Grinder” thought about his decision for a moment. He finally made the call, but mucked his hand, when he saw the 
tabled.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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110,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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Following a raise to 450 and a call, Takashi Ogura three-bet to 2,050 from the small blind and both players called.
The flop landed 
and all three players checked as the landed on the turn and Ogura checked to the initial raiser who tossed in 2,800. The cutoff folded, as did Ogura who slipped to 34,000 in chips.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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34,000 |
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
86,000
5,400
|
5,400 |
|
49,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
38,500
38,500
|
38,500 |
|
38,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
38,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
||
|
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
34,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
34,000 | |
|
33,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
33,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
31,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
||
|
23,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
||
|
21,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
13,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
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