It's time for the 90-minute dinner break here on Day 6 of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event after an exciting first three levels of the day. There are just 37 players remaining including 2001 WSOP Main Event champion Carlos Mortensen, JC Tran, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Amir Lehavot, Jackie Glazier, David Benefield and Rep Porter.
Level 28 saw a new chip leader emerge from the fray in Anton Morgenstern. Morgenstern seems to be winning every single pot at his table, many of which he is doing without having to go to a showdown. In a recent pot towards the end of the level, he scooped chips from Philip Long after shoving the river and getting Long to fold.
In other chip leader news, the start-of-the-day chip leader, Sami Rustom, was eliminated in 39th place. Despite beginning the day over 7 million, Rustom couldn't keep his momentum going in the right direction. He eventually fell when he ran his into the for Long.
Other notable eliminations during the last level include Jonathan Jaffe (42nd place), Bryan Pellegrino (44th place) and Vitaly Lunkin (46th place).
The last woman standing, Glazier, still remains moving forward, and she found a nice double up right at the end of the level to get back to over 3.7 million in chips. Glazier flipped it out with her against Jack Amyx's and won.
Play will resume in 90 minutes time with the plan to play two more levels of action. We'll see you back here after dinner.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko opened for 180,000 under the gun, and Jackie Glazier pushed all of it in the middle from his left. Action folded to Jack Amyx, who jammed for 2,870,000 in the small blind, and the big blind and Timoshenko folded. Glazier was at risk for 1,700,000.
Amyx:
Glazier:
"Jack-ball!" Glazier's railbirds yelled.
They got their wish, as the flop came , giving Glazier a full house. A and completed the board, and the last woman remaining survived.
Anton Morgenstern started this level winning a couple of significant pots to push him up around 10 million. He just won another big one versus Philip Long to catapult up to 14 million, then another to gather even more.
The initial hand began with Morgenstern raising to 175,000 from under the gun, then it folded around to Long who reraised to 565,000 from the small blind. The big blind got out and Morgenstern called.
The flop came , and Long led with a bet of 480,000. Acting with deliberation, Morgenstern plucked chips off of his tall towers and called the bet. The turn was the . Long put out a bet of 1.15 million, and again Morgenstern slowly called.
The river was the . Long gathered chips once more and bet 1.775 million — more than half his remaining stack — and Morgenstern this time didn't hesitate at all before declaring he was all in. The shove sent Long deep into the tank, and after a couple of minutes he finally emerged to fold.
Soon after that one, Morgenstern won another hand without a showdown to move up around 15 million.
Matthew Reed raised to 160,000 under the gun, and Jonathan Jaffe three-bet to 450,000 from middle position. Reed responded with 900,000, and Jaffe trumped that with 1,750,000. Reed shipped all in, and Jaffe immediately called.
Two levels of play are complete on Day 6 of the Main Event. After 12 eliminations during the first level, 10 more were sent to rail during the past level. There are now only 46 players remaining.
J. C. Tran vaulted to the upper tier of the leaderboard as well. He won a big, all-in confrontation with Jorn Walthaus after Tran flopped a set to beat Walthaus’s pocket rockets. The hand put Tran above eight million in chips. He has since built his stack to over nine million, and entered the break as the chip leader.
The break is schedule for 20 minutes. We’ll have updated chip counts from every table for you soon, and we’ll be back with live updates when players return to the tables.
Marc McLaughlin raised to 120,000 from the button and got a single caller in Jonathan Jaffe playing from the big blind. The flop came , Jaffe checked, McLaughlin continued for 140,000, and Jaffe called.
The turn was the . This time Jaffe led with a bet of 270,000, and after waiting a few beats McLaughlin put out a raise to 820,000. Jaffe thought for a while, then made the call.
The river brought the and a half-minute later a check from Jaffe. McLaughlin waited about 30 seconds himself, then put out a stack of lavender (100,000) chips and a couple of green (25,000) ones to make a bet of 1.55 million.
Jaffe didn't take very long before saying he was calling, and when McLaughlin announced "straight" — tabling — Jaffe said "straight's good" and mucked.
That hand puts McLaughlin close to 9 million, just behind J.C. Tran at the moment on the leaderboard.
Jorn Walthaus raised to 1250,000 from middle position, and Carlos Mortensen shipped all in after it folded to his big blind. Walthaus snap-called, tabling , while Mortensen held .
The flop brought some extra outs for Mortensen: . The turn was a , and Mortensen needed an ace or a jack to survive. The former world champion found his on the river, completing his broadway straight for a double.
Carlos Mortensen opened to 135,000 in the hijack, and James Alexander called in the cutoff. JC Tran put in a raise to 420,000 on the button, but Jorn Walthaus cranked it up to 945,000 from the big blind. Mortensen and Alexander got out of the way, and Tran called. The flop came , and Walthaus bet 655,000. Tran raised to 1,450,000, and Walthaus came back over the top to 2,245,000. Tran immediately moved all in, and Walthaus called.
Tran:
Walthaus:
Tran had outflopped his opponent in a big way, and he just needed to fade an ace and running hearts. The turn and river were the and the , securing Tran's double.
Carlos Mortensen raised to 135,000 under the gun, and he got two calls: Jorn Walthaus in the hijack and Matthew Reed in the small blind. The flop came , and Reed and Mortensen checked. Walthaus fired 215,000, and only Mortensen called. A hit the turn, and Mortensen check-called a 510,000 bet. The river completed a possible flush draw, and Mortensen checked the wet board. Walthaus fired a final bullet, 975,000. Mortensen went deep into the tank, thinking for at least five minutes. Finally, a player called the clock, and Mortensen continued to think. As the tournament supervisor counted down to four seconds, Mortensen tossed his cards into the air toward the dealer.
The first level of Day 6 of the Main Event is in the books. Play began today with the final 68 players trying to accumulate enough chips to reach the November Nine. After two hours of play, 12 of them have already been eliminated, and will have to wait for another year to reach that goal.
The chip leader heading into break is Yevgeniy Timoshenko, who vaulted to the top of the leaderboard when his full house beat a smaller full house. He has since extended his lead, becoming the first player in the tournament to hold more than ten million in chips, at the time over three million ahead of his nearest challenger.
Tyler Cornell was the first player eliminated today. His pocket jacks ran into Michiel Brummelhuis’s pocket queens. Brummelhuis ended up turning a set, and Cornell busted in 68th place for $102,102. Eleven more players followed him to the rail before the first break.
Steve Gee, the only player remaining from the 2012 Main Event final table, got off to a fast start by winning four of the first nine hands at his table. The only remaining former Main Event champion is Carlos Mortensen, who has held steady so far today and currently has about 2.3 million in chips.
Players will return to their tables in 20 minutes. Stay tuned for updated chip counts and live updates when play resumes.
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for Long.
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, giving Glazier a full house. A 
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completed the board, and the last woman remaining survived.
. Long gathered chips once more and bet 1.775 million — more than half his remaining stack — and Morgenstern this time didn't hesitate at all before declaring he was all in. The shove sent Long deep into the tank, and after a couple of minutes he finally emerged to fold.
, and Reed doubled up.
, Jaffe checked, McLaughlin continued for 140,000, and Jaffe called.
. This time Jaffe led with a bet of 270,000, and after waiting a few beats McLaughlin put out a raise to 820,000. Jaffe thought for a while, then made the call.
and a half-minute later a check from Jaffe. McLaughlin waited about 30 seconds himself, then put out a stack of lavender (100,000) chips and a couple of green (25,000) ones to make a bet of 1.55 million.
— Jaffe said "straight's good" and mucked.
. The turn was a 
and the 
, securing Tran's double.
