Senovio Ramirez checked to Guilherme Garcia on a flop of , and Garcia fired out 50,000. Ramirez check-raised to 150,000, Garcia called, and the turn brought the . Ramirez led out for 225,000, Garcia called, and the completed the board. Both players checked.
Ramirez showed for a pair of nines, but he was no good against Garcia's for a pair of queens.
We stumbled upon Matt Marafioti after he was moved to a new table, and saw that he was all in.....for 1,000. According to Michael Engell, Marafioti was crippled when he moved all in for 58,000 with , and Engell woke up with right behind him. Marafioti couldn't catch up, and he was down to a single 1,000 chip. That chip got in the middle on the next hand after Kevin Williams raised it up to 20,000 under the gun. Everyone else folded to that bet, and Marafioti was actually heads up for a chance to turn 1,000 into 9,000.
Marafioti:
Williams:
Marafioti was all but dead when the flop came . The on the turn ended it, and the meaningless river was the . Marafioti left with a smile on his face as he wished everyone luck before heading to the payout desk.
Shortly after returning from break, Australia’s Mario Ljubrici was eliminated from the tournament.
The hand started with Clement Tripodi opening to 20,000 from under the gun, and finding a call from the player on the button. Ljubrici was on the big blind, and opted to move all in for 180,000 in chips. Tripodi quickly made the call, as the other player got out of the way.
Ljubrici:
Tripodi:
Unfortunately for Ljubrici had run a better hand, and was unable to improve as the board ran out .
Michiel Brummelhuis opened for 21,000, and Bradley Myers put in a three-bet to about 60,000. Brummelhuis came back over the the top with 121,000. After a couple of minutes of thought, Myers slid a two-handed bet in: 275,000. Brummelhuis released his hand.
Ara Melikian opened to 24,000 in the cutoff and Allen Cunningham three-bet all in for about 220,000 from the big blind. Melikian called with , well ahead of Cunnigham's .
The board rolled out , bringing no help to Cunningham, ending his Main Event just after the beginning of Level 19.
Level 18 of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event is in the rearview mirror, and the remaining 334 players are now on a 90-minute dinner break.
In the last two hours, we said farewell to the legendary 10-time WSOP bracelet winner and two-time Main Event champion Doyle Brunson. Brunson exited the Amazon Room to round of applause that slowly filled each corner from the Mothership to the Orange Section, and all the way to Purple. Texas Dolly gave an appreciative wave to the remaining players and the fans, then took to Twitter to tweet one simple word:
, and Garcia fired out 50,000. Ramirez check-raised to 150,000, Garcia called, and the turn brought the 
. Ramirez led out for 225,000, Garcia called, and the 
completed the board. Both players checked.
for a pair of nines, but he was no good against Garcia's 
for a pair of queens.
on the turn ended it, and the meaningless river was the 
. Marafioti left with a smile on his face as he wished everyone luck before heading to the payout desk.
saw Porzecanski eliminated as Glazier moves to 680,000 in chips.
, well ahead of Cunnigham's 
.
