On a table that also features Mike Ross, Jason Guffey bet the river for 6,100 out of the small blind. Jason Kim in the big blind called and Guffey tabled the for two pair and that won the pot.
The player in middle position raised to 2,000 and John Page called from the hijack along with the player in the small blind and the player in the big blind.
The flop fell and was checked through to the turn. The small blind bet 5,500. The player in the big blind and the player in middle position folded. Page called.
The fileld up the river and the player in the small blind continued with another bet of 18,500. Page raised to 48,000. His opponent went deep into the tank but then decided to let it go.
There was 6,600 in the pot going three ways to a flop of . Glen Freestone checked from the big blind, a player in early position also checked, and Nick Pupillo bet 2,800. Freestone called and the third player in the hand folded.
The turn came and both players checked. The river of fell and Glenstone announced a bet of 7,000 as he put in an orange T$5,000 chip and two yellow T$1,000 chips. Pupillo thought for about 35 seconds and then pushed his cards forward to the muck.
The 2002 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Robert Varkonyi was seated at one of the first tables to break today, and he has been moved into Pavilion. He was speaking with Cary Katz and raised to 1,800. Ger Xiong called and Gergely Kulcsar raised to 8,000 in the big blind.
Varkonyi called and Kulcsar then re-raised all in for 41,900. Kulcsar called this time as Varkonyi eventually folded.
Gergely Kulcsar:
Ger Xiong:
The board came with aces holding to double up Xiong.
With in the middle, Chris Hunichen shoved from the small blind. There was about 60,000 in the pot, so it was a slight overbet of 75,500 to Jeffrey Chang in the cutoff. He went deep into the tank, thinking for three minutes or so.
"One more minute," he requested.
After about a minute, someone called a clock, which Chang wasn't thrilled with. The tournament director gave him 30 seconds and he protested that it was for all of his chips. The TD said he was sorry but someone had called a clock and said clock was ticking. Chang flicked his cards in at the buzzer and continued to voice his displeasure.
According to the chatter at the table, the player under the gun flatter along with the player from one seat over, the player in middle position, the cutoff and the hijack. Graydon Kowal, in the small blind, raised to 7,000. The player under the gun and the player in middle position were the only ones to stick around with a call.
The dealer spread a flop of . Kowal bet 10,000 and the player under the gun raised to 20,000. The player in middle position folded and Kowal responded by moving all in for about 145,000. His opponent called, putting his tournament life - and around 90,000 chips - at risk.
Opponent:
Graydon Kowal:
The player under the gun had flopped trip aces but Kowal had flopped aces full of queens.
The turn and river were a blank and Kowal took down the pot, ending his opponent's Main Event.
Julie Dang doubled through Thomas Pomponio when her held up against on a board.
A few minutes later, Pomponio jammed his last 10,100 and was called by Murat Kilic in the hijack and Larry Ross on the button. The two remaining active players checked down the board and Pomponio tabled for a straight, Kilic mucked and Ross tabled .
Warren Maxwell was in the small blind and bet 4,500 on . Marco Johnson called from the button and then faced another barrel worth 7,300 on the river. He dropped in a chip to call and Maxwell announced jack-high, showing .
Johnson turned over and raked in a much-needed pot.