Leader and mentor of the Belize crew and 2011 November Niner Badih "Bob" Bounahra is in the field and was just caught on camera by one of the attending media crew as he played a hand.
There were four other players to a flop of that was checked around.
The turn card was the and a smiling Bounahra said, “I’m going to bet three hundred. I can’t lose a pot on camera.” One by one his opponents folded and the pot was pushed to a happy Bounahra who has made a good start today.
The player sat next to him looked a bit unsure and said, “I don’t want to be on camera. My wife doesn’t know I’m in Vegas.”
There was an open from late position and Jackie Glazier three-bet to 550 from the cutoff.
The players in the blinds folded and it went heads up to a flop of .
There was no action on the flop but, when the hit the turn and it was checked to her, Glazier bet 700. Her opponent called and the on the river paired the board. Her opponent now led out for 1,000 and Glazier called.
The her opponent showed was safe enough as Glazier turned over her , saying she was a little worried he could have had queen-jack.
Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler has taken his seat and is looking for cash No. 4 of the series so far this year to add to his lifetime tally of 103 WSOP cashes totalling $1,596,063.
He is among the 3,318 players so far through the doors as Level 2 draws to a close.
Also spotted were Kathy Liebert and James “Flushy” Dempsey.
Nick Petrangelo has three WSOP final tables in the last couple of years. He got seventh in last year's High Roller for One Drop, earning $628,679. He also took fifth in last year's $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship. He earned his first WSOP bracelet in 2015 when he won the $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout. He will be looking to make his first final table of the summer and to pick up his second bracelet.