Gus Hansen had tweeted a few hours earlier that he was on his way to play the Main Event. He's now here and is sitting a few seats to the left of Michael Mizrachi in the back of the Gold section in the Amazon Room.
Brian Kim raised to 750 from under the gun, the player on his direct left called, and so did a player in middle position. The flop fell , Kim led out for 750, and only the player in middle position called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. Kim fired out 3,175, and his opponent folded.
Just before the dinner break we caught a big hand with Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott. When we arrived at the table, Ulliott had 7,100 laid out in front of him in and Don Cohn had moved all in from the big four 35,350. Ulliott didn't look too happy and asked for an exact count.
"Alright, I call. I can't fold," Ulliott said in his thick Hull accent. It was as he feared.
Ulliott:
Cohn:
It was a cooler for Ulliott, and he found no help as the board ran out . The good news was the Devilfish was left with chips, albeit a much smaller stack of 9,000.
Matt Salsberg came out firing on the first hand after dinner break, opening the action with a raise to 775. Only the big blind called. The flop came and Salsberg would make a bet of 500 after his lone opponent checked to him. His foe calld and the two both checked the turn and river.
Salsberg's opponent turned over for tens and fours and Salbserg mucked. The Hollywood writer and professional poker player still sits with a comfortable stack of 43,250 and warned everyone at his table via Twitter earlier exactly what he is:
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Three levels are in the books here on Day 1c, and that means it's time for the 90-minute dinner break. When they return, the remaining players will play two more levels before bagging and tagging for the night. Here are some highlights from the last level of play:
While you wait for play to resume, check out this video featuring Pauly "Walnuts" Bianchi, who got into the WSOP Main Event in a very unique (and not recommended) way: