Joe Stapleton is down to 29,000 chips, as it's been a slow start to the day for him so far.
Stapleton said he wishes he had more positive news to report, but through the first three hours he's still waiting for his turn to strike in the Brasilia Room.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
29,000
3,200
|
3,200 |
Nível: 4
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Scott Duncan, who hails from Kansas City, limped in from under the gun, and a middle position player raised to 1,700. The hijack called, as did Duncan.
Duncan checked the 
flop over to the middle position player, who bet 2,100. The hijack folded, and Duncan called.
The 
hit the turn, and Duncan checked again. His opponent fired 4,500, and Duncan made the call.
Both players checked the 
river, and were slightly reluctant to show.
"I got a seven," Duncan said before rolling over 
. His opponent mucked.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
Three players invested 12,000 each on a 
flop to see the 
come on the turn. Everyone checked through, and the completed the board on the river.
Michael Newman bet 12,000 from the small blind, and a player in early position called. The remaining player next to act decided to call as well after a moment, and Newman tabled 
for trip sixes. Both of his opponents mucked.
"How is that good?" another player at the table asked Newman.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000 |
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
85,000 | |
|
73,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
||
|
70,000 | |
|
62,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
48,500 | |
|
||
|
38,000 | |
|
31,100 | |
|
|
||
|
22,300 | |
|
|
13,000
-37,000
|
-37,000 |
John Hesp and 2004 Main Event Champion Greg Raymer are both seated at Amazon Orange #514, where the floor was called over to mediate a controversial huge pot.
Three players went all-in preflop, and it was Paul Cavell's 
up against 
and 
. The board showed 
, but players at the table felt that a dealer mistake had been made and the wasn't the correct turn card.
After several minutes of sorting out the situation, the floor ruled that the and another burned card be shuffled back into the deck, and the turn and river were re-dealt. Those cards came out as the 
, and Cavell's aces held up.
"Never seen anything quite like that," Hesp said.
Cavell is sitting on a 124,400 stack after scooping the big pot, which left Raymer wishing he had played his hand instead of folding.
"I folded a [mediocre] hand that would have won," Raymer said. "You'd be asking me how many chips I was sitting on and it would be 170,000."
Raymer arrived late and just sat down, as this hand was just his sixth hand of the day so far. He joked that Cavell's stack now looked like "Fofty million."
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
124,400
124,400
|
124,400 |
|
64,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
A player in middle position bet 5,000 on a 
flop into a similarly sized pot, and James Kelley made the call from the hijack.
The 
fell on the turn, and the middle position player quickly jammed for 29,600, and Kelley called.
Middle Position: 
James Kelley: 
"Dang it!" Kelley's opponent said. "He made hearts!"
Kelley's king-high flush officially eliminated his foe after the 
completed the board on the river.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
77,000 |
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
73,500 | |
|
55,000 | |
|
53,400 | |
|
|
||
|
50,600 | |
|
48,600
-126,400
|
-126,400 |
|
47,100 | |
|
46,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
||
|
|
25,800 | |
Nível: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
The field is off on their first twenty-minute break of the day.
