Josh Pollock, seen here in a PLO event he won earlier this summer.
Four players saw a flop of at Table 453. The first two players checked, and John Scaife bet 28,000. Josh Pollock made the call, and Andrea Carini made it 111,000. After the squeezed player folded, Scaife folded as well. Pollock asked the dealer to pull in the calls, and he announced all in after a minute of thought. Carini quickly called.
Carini:
Pollock:
Both had flush draws, but Carini was in bad shape with an inferior high card. The turn was a , keeping him alive if he could pair up on the river. A hit the board though, and Pollock, who claimed a bracelet earlier this summer in a PLO event, has announced himself as a contender with well over a million in chips.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko opened the pot from the hijack seat with a raise to 17,000. Vimy Ha flatted from the big blind.
The flop came down and Ha led out with a bet of 13,000. Timoshenko called.
The turn card was the and here's where things got crazy. Ha led again with a bet of 23,000. Timoshenko took his time to cut out a raise to 65,000. Action was back on Ha and he put in a reraise to 130,000. Timoshenko thought for about a minute and a half before putting in the chips for a call.
The river fell the and Ha put out a bet of 200,000. Timoshenko went deep into the tank. He cut out two stacks of 20 T5,000 orange chips and put them in front of him. He motioned like he was going to put them in the pot, took his hands off, then he put his hands back and pushed the chips out for a call.
Ha showed for king high, but Timoshenko had made the right call with for a pair of tens with the pair of fives on the board. With that, the giant pot was pushed to Timoshenko and he moved over to 900,000 in chips.
From under the gun + 1, Jared Woodin moved all in for his last 110,000 chips. Action folded all the way to Yevgeniy Timoshenko who was in the big blind. He didn't waste any time calling.
Timoshenko:
Woodin: .
The board ran out giving no help to Woodin on any street and no sweat to Timoshenko either. With that pot he moved over the 1 million chip mark.
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:
After returning from dinner with 446,000, Australian Jackie Glazier has gone on a run that firstly saw her flop the nut flush to leave her opponent drawing dead before furthering her stack up the leaderboard to now sit with 1,310,000.
Glazier - who is one of Australia's best tournament players - has had plenty of success here at the WSOP with two Main Event cashes (427th in 2010 and 284th in 2012) and a 2nd place last year in Event #41: $3,000 No Limit Holdem. And with a solid stack here already, another deep run can be expected.
Cary Marshall bet 38,000 after the flop in a blind versus blind battle with Brett Richey. Richey jammed his stack of 377,000, and Marshall began thinking. After a couple of minutes, he announced a call.
Marshall:
Richey:
Richey was ahead with two pair, but he needed to dodge clubs. No such sweat was needed, however, as the filled Richey on the turn. Marshall completed his worthless draw with the river, but Richey was the one dragging the pot.
JC Tran, shown here playing in a tournament earlier this summer.
Dennis Premmanee pushed all in for 232,000 on the turn with the board reading . JC Tran thought for a bit and made the call with Eddie Blumenthal behind him, who folded immediately.
Premmanee:
Tran:
Tran was ahead, but he was up against two overs, a flush draw and a gutshot. The river was an , a brick for Premmanee's draw, and Tran, who had less than 10 big blinds at one point yesterday, now has a more than healthy stack.
A gigantic pot just went down between Jason Mann and Dick Van Luijk, and thankfully the ESPN crew and a Dutch colleague were able to fill us in on the details. According to them, Mann and van Luijk were heads up in a four-bet pot, wherein Van Luijk accidentally three-bet preflop. Mann cold four-bet, on Van Luijk called, and Mann led out on a flop of . Van Luijk moved all in for 900,000, Mann tanked for a considerable amount of time, and then called with .
Van Luijk tabled for just a pair of sixes, and the aces held up.
Mann now has over two million chips, while van Luijk hit the rail.
Ludovic Lacay got the rest of his small stack in preflop holding , and he was up against the of Clement Tripodi. The players had to wait for over a minute for the cameras to come over and grab it, and the table started to get a bit restless. When they arrived, the dealer ran out a board of , and Tripodi made an unnecessary top pair on the river to bust Lacay.
Adam Friedman was first to act and he moved all in from under the gun for a total of 149,000. Next to act was Javier Montano and he reraised all in over the top for a total of 367,000. Everyone else folded and the two went to showdown.
Friedman:
Montano:
The flop came down and it looked grim for Friedman. He did pick up a few extra outs on the turn, but the river was not one of those outs. With that, Friedman was eliminated from the Main Event after making another good run here in 2013.
at Table 453. The first two players checked, and John Scaife bet 28,000. Josh Pollock made the call, and Andrea Carini made it 111,000. After the squeezed player folded, Scaife folded as well. Pollock asked the dealer to pull in the calls, and he announced all in after a minute of thought. Carini quickly called.
, keeping him alive if he could pair up on the river. A 
hit the board though, and Pollock, who claimed a bracelet earlier this summer in a PLO event, has announced himself as a contender with well over a million in chips.
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and Ha led out with a bet of 13,000. Timoshenko called.
and here's where things got crazy. Ha led again with a bet of 23,000. Timoshenko took his time to cut out a raise to 65,000. Action was back on Ha and he put in a reraise to 130,000. Timoshenko thought for about a minute and a half before putting in the chips for a call.
for king high, but Timoshenko had made the right call with 
for a pair of tens with the pair of fives on the board. With that, the giant pot was pushed to Timoshenko and he moved over to 900,000 in chips.
giving no help to Woodin on any street and no sweat to Timoshenko either. With that pot he moved over the 1 million chip mark.
river, but Richey was the one dragging the pot.
. JC Tran thought for a bit and made the call with Eddie Blumenthal behind him, who folded immediately.
, a brick for Premmanee's draw, and Tran, who had less than 10 big blinds at one point yesterday, now has a more than healthy stack.
. Van Luijk moved all in for 900,000, Mann tanked for a considerable amount of time, and then called with 
, and he was up against the 
of Clement Tripodi. The players had to wait for over a minute for the cameras to come over and grab it, and the table started to get a bit restless. When they arrived, the dealer ran out a board of 
and it looked grim for Friedman. He did pick up a few extra outs on the 
turn, but the 
