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.
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.
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.
David Benefield raised to 200,000 on the button, and Umang Dattani, who was new to the table, moved all in for 1,235,000 from the big blind. Benefield called and turned over , and he was ahead of Dattani's . The board ran out . Both players made two pair, and Benefield won the pot with his queen kicker.
Umang Dattani was eliminated in 36th place, earning $229,281.
Action folded over to James Alexander who raised to 225,000 from the small blind. Nicolas Le Floch reraised to 525,000 from the big blind, and Alexander wasted no time before moving all in. Le Floch went into the tank for a minute before calling for a total of 4,350,000.
James Alexander:
Le Floch:
The Frenchman was in front, but the flop shot Alexander into the lead. The brought some chop outs into play, but the on the river gave Alexander the winning two pair and a pot worth more than 8.7 million.
Byron Kaverman pushed all in for 745,000 after action folded to him in the cutoff. Unfortunately for him, JC Tran woke up with in the big blind. Kaverman had , and he needed help. He would find none on the board, and Tran collected all of his chips.
It folded around to Aleksejs Ponakovs in the small blind who raised to 250,000 and Danard Petit called from the big blind.
The flop came . Ponakovs bet 225,000 and Petit called.
The turn then brought the , and this time Ponakovs bet 400,000, leaving himself about 600,000 behind. Petit got a look at what Ponakovs had left and raised all in, and after thinking for a short while Ponakovs called all in.
Petit tabled his hand first, showing for a pair of aces. Then Ponakovs showed he had but for a pair of fives. Ponakovs needed to see either a king or five to survive.
The river was the , and Ponakovs has been eliminated in 33rd place.
Dan Owen, who finished third in a WSOP event earlier this month, won't be making another final table at this WSOP. Shortly after doubling through Anton Morgenstern, Owen moved all in again just just over a million with from under the gun. Clement Tripodi called from the cutoff with , leaving Owen in bad shape.
The flop gave Owen some outs to a straight, but the turn and river sent him to the rail in 32nd place.
Sergio Castelluccio raised to 200,000 from middle position, and Jackie Glazier jammed her 1,975,000 stack from the big blind. Castelluccio called immediately.
Castelluccio:
Glazier:
We had a race on our hands, and the flop was , adding an extra out to Glazier's hand since a nine would make her quads with top kicker. The turn was a , and Glazier needed improvement on the river. A fell though, and the last woman remaining in the Main Event has been sent to the rail.
High tension just now on one of the outer tables as a huge hand with a dramatic conclusion played out involving Danard Petit and Sylvain Loosli.
The hand began with an early position open to 200,000 by Marc McLaughlin. It folded around to Petit in the who reraised to 425,000 from the small blind, then Loosli four-bet to 975,000 from the big blind. That forced a fold from McLaughlin, but Petit called.
The flop came . Petit checked, Loosli bet 950,000, then Petit check-raised to 2 million. Loosli considered the bet for a while, then called.
The turn card was the , and Petit checked again. This time Loosli pushed all in, and Petit called with the 4.045 million he had left behind.
The dealer burned a card then delivered the river… the ! A straight for Loosli, and an uncanny echo of that Duhamel-Affleck hand from three years ago. Petit was obviously disappointed, but continued to smile as he departed to the cashier's desk with his 30th-place ticket. Meanwhile, Petit suddenly catapults up over 14 million chips.
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, 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.
. 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.
, giving Glazier a full house. A 
and 
into the 
for Long.
. The board ran out 
brought some chop outs into play, but the 
on the river gave Alexander the winning two pair and a pot worth more than 8.7 million.
in the big blind. Kaverman had 
, and he needed help. He would find none on the 
. Ponakovs bet 225,000 and Petit called.
, and Ponakovs has been eliminated in 33rd place.
, leaving Owen in bad shape.
flop gave Owen some outs to a straight, but the 
, adding an extra out to Glazier's hand since a nine would make her quads with top kicker. The turn was a 
. Petit checked, Loosli bet 950,000, then Petit check-raised to 2 million. Loosli considered the bet for a while, then called.
. Petit had the lead, but Loosli could hit a second pair, trips, or fill an inside straight to catch up. The situation recalled for some 
! A straight for Loosli, and an uncanny echo of that Duhamel-Affleck hand from three years ago. Petit was obviously disappointed, but continued to smile as he departed to the cashier's desk with his 30th-place ticket. Meanwhile, Petit suddenly catapults up over 14 million chips.