On the river, with the board reading , Dick van Luijk put out a bet of 20,000. The only other player in the pot thought for a couple minutes, then raised to 80,000. Van Luijk thought for a minute, then put out a call. His opponent turned over for king high, and Van Luijk showed for a pair of eights, good enough to win the hand.
With this pot, Van Luijk became the first player in the tournament to reach the million-chip mark. He now sits with 1,073,500.
Just before break we saw Thomas Beckstead collecting a huge pot. Beckstead was holding on a board of for a straight flush. He was able to relay the action to us.
Beckstead told us that he opened and got three-bet by a player in position. Beckstead then four-bet and he was flatted by the player in position.
The flop came down and Beckstead continued with a bet for 22,500 which he said was about half the pot. The player flatted again. On the turn, Beckstead checked to the player, who bet out 29,000 which was "small" relative to the pot according to Beckstead. He called the bet. On the river, the players got all the money in. The other player was holding for the nut flush, with a pair of tens on the turn, so Beckstead was only drawing to a three to win the hand. Fortunately for him, he hit his gin card which gave both players a monster hand.
Beckstead moved to 448,000 after the hand which put him close to the top of the chip counts.
There was about 75,000 in the middle on a completed board of when we walked up to the table. We saw that Phil Galfond and Tommy Hang were heads up, and it was on Hang, who thought his options over for a bit before firing out 43,000. This bet sent Galfond deep into the tank.
After about a minute, he told Hang "Don't worry I'm not gonna raise." Hang simply smiled and said "I had ruled that out already." Galfond cut out the chips for the call, but kept them in front of his stack as he tanked for another two minutes or so. Eventually, he slid the call in, and Hang showed for the ace high flush.
Galfond said "Well I had ruled that out. My mistake. Nice hand." Galfond dropped to 86,000 after that one, while Hang jumped up to 350,000.
Playing from late position, Allen Cunningham raised and got a caller in the big blind and the pair saw a flop come . The big blind checked, then called Cunningham's continuation bet, and both watched the turn bring the . Cunningham's opponent checked again, the 2006 WSOP Main Event fourth-place finisher bet 7,000, and the big blind called once more.
The river then brought the and another check from Cunningham's opponent. This time Cunningham bet 14,000, and his opponent relatively quickly check-raised to 54,000.
That sent Cunningham deep into the tank, as to call would mean committing a significant percentage of his remaining stack. After five full minutes, Cunningham found a call, and when his opponent asked him what he had, he replied "I have an ace" while tabling . The big blind also had one — with — and they split the pot.
With the flop showing , Benny Chen checked his option from the big blind. His opponent in middle position then bet out 5,500, which was called. The fell on the turn, and Chen check called another bet of 12,000. Both players then checked the on the river, before Chen rolled over his for two pair. His opponent then mucked his hand, as Chen took down the pot.
Michael Mizrachi joined the ESPN main table about 75 minutes ago and it hasn't gone very well for him, down about 400,000 since he arrived.
Most recently Phil Mader opened to 7,000 in middle position and Michael Mizrachi called from the hijack. Olaoluwa Okelola three-bet to 22,000 from the cutoff and only Mizrachi called to see the flop. Mizrachi check-called 34,000, landing the turn where Mizrachi check-folded to Okelola's all-in bet of 96,200.
Amit Makhija check-called a bet of 6,100 from an opponent after a flop of . The turn brought a , which induced a pair of checks. The river was the , and Makhija fired 30,000 into the now-scary board. His opponent folded immediately.
The big board just showed the total remaining players number reduce to less than 1,000. Just 999 remain from the 6,352 who entered the 2013 WSOP Main Event.
The top 648 finishers will make the money, with the minimum payout being $19,106. However, all 999 of those still with chips are still eyeing the $8,359,531 first prize up top awaiting the winner.
James Mackey just found a great spot as he was battling with his neighbor to the left for a pot as the board came , then . That's when Mackey's opponent shoved all in and Mackey quickly called.
Mackey's opponent winced as he saw Mackey table his hand — for a flopped flush — then showed his with the realization that he was now drawing dead. The meaningless came on the end, and Mackey scooped the pot.
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, Dick van Luijk put out a bet of 20,000. The only other player in the pot thought for a couple minutes, then raised to 80,000. Van Luijk thought for a minute, then put out a call. His opponent turned over 
for king high, and Van Luijk showed 
for a pair of eights, good enough to win the hand.
on a board of 
for a straight flush. He was able to relay the action to us.
for the nut flush, with a pair of tens on the turn, so Beckstead was only drawing to a three to win the hand. Fortunately for him, he hit his gin card which gave both players a monster hand.
when we walked up to the table. We saw that Phil Galfond and Tommy Hang were heads up, and it was on Hang, who thought his options over for a bit before firing out 43,000. This bet sent Galfond deep into the tank.
. Cunningham's opponent checked again, the 2006 WSOP Main Event fourth-place finisher bet 7,000, and the big blind called once more.
— and they split the pot.
fell on the turn, and Chen check called another bet of 12,000. Both players then checked the 
on the river, before Chen rolled over his 
turn where Mizrachi check-folded to Okelola's all-in bet of 96,200.
. The turn brought a 
. That's when Mackey's opponent shoved all in and Mackey quickly called.
with the realization that he was now drawing dead. The meaningless 
