On the flop, Tom Marchese checked, and Carlos Mortensen bet 2,000. Marchese called, and the turn was the . Marchese checked, and Mortensen bet 3,000. Marchese called, and the river was the . Marchese led for 10,000, and Mortensen tank-called.
Mike "umpa21" Ziemba raised to 1,800 from early position, Tom Marchese called in the cutoff, and Carlos Mortensen called on the button. The three took a flop of , Ziemba led out for 4,100, and only Mortensen called.
The turn was the , Ziemba fired out another 6,800, and Mortensen called.
The two checked on the river (), and Ziemba showed for kings and fours. Mortensen checked his cards one last time, shook his head, then slid them into the muck.
A player opened to 2,800 from under-the-gun and John Hennigan called from the button. The blinds let their hands go, leaving the two heads up to the flop.
The dealer fanned and Hennigan's opponent continued out for 4,300. Hennigan flatted, allowing the to hit the felt on fourth street. Hennigan's opponent slowed with a check and the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship rapped the table back.
The paired the board on fifth street and both players checked once again. Hennigan's opponent showed for kings and treys with an ace. This was good enough to take it down and Hennigan's stack decreased to about 180,000.
David "ODB" Baker raised to 5,200 preflop on the button and Jacob Naquin called from the hijack. The flop was dealt and Naquin check-called a continuation bet of 5,300 from Baker.
The turn brought the and once again Naquin check-called a bet, this time for 9,600. The fell on the river and both players checked.
Table 1 is seated right in front of the PokerNews media desk and it's a tough one. In Seat 1 is bracelet winner Chris Lee. Seat 3 is one of the current big stacks in the tournament, Linglin Zeng.
Well-known top pro Amit Makhija just took his seat right next to Zeng, on her left. Matt Matros is one to Makhija's left and way over in Seat 8 is Adam Levy.
It should be an interesting table the last four hours and one that we'll be able to keep an eye on with its close proximity to our desk.
The third level of Day 2c is in the books, and that means it's time for the 90-minute dinner break. When players return, they'll play two more levels before bagging and tagging for the night. They will then join the survivors from Day 2a/b under the same roof tomorrow at 12 p.m. local time for Day 3 action. Of course, that's far off. For now, let's head to the dinner break by taking a look back at what transpired in Level 8.
Doug "WCGRider" Polk began the day on a short stack but managed to spin it up a bit in the first two levels of play. Unfortunately for the online star who won a bracelet this summer, his Main Event came to an end when his pocket nines failed to win a race against Yun Fan's big slick. Likewise, Gus Hansen was felled in Level 8 when he got the last of it in with a straight draw on the flop against an opponent who held two pair. Unfortunately, "The Great Dane" failed to get there.
Another player to fall was 2009 WSOP Main Event champ Joe Cada, who was the victim of a rather nasty cooler. It was a tough pill to swallow, but the fact that Cada won a bracelet earlier this summer no doubt helped soften the blow. Speaking of consolation prizes, Argentinean Rafael Saul had to take solace in his home country's World Cup win as his WSOP Main Event came to an end after his opponent made a royal flush.
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flop, Tom Marchese checked, and Carlos Mortensen bet 2,000. Marchese called, and the turn was the 
. Marchese checked, and Mortensen bet 3,000. Marchese called, and the river was the 
. Marchese led for 10,000, and Mortensen tank-called.
, and Mortensen mucked.
), and Ziemba showed 
for kings and fours. Mortensen checked his cards one last time, shook his head, then slid them into the muck.
and Hennigan's opponent continued out for 4,300. Hennigan flatted, allowing the 
to hit the felt on fourth street. Hennigan's opponent slowed with a check and the 
paired the board on fifth street and both players checked once again. Hennigan's opponent showed 
and Naquin check-called a continuation bet of 5,300 from Baker.
and once again Naquin check-called a bet, this time for 9,600. The 
