We picked up the action with approximately 11,000 in the pot on a flop of . 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Greg Merson bet 8,500 from the small blind, Brandon Shack-Harris called from the big, and the dealer burned and turned the .
Merson announced that he was all in and Shack-Harris snap-called off for 39,200.
Merson:
Shack-Harris:
Both players held an overpair to the board, but Shack-Harris' was best. The river failed to help Merson, and Shack-Harris doubled through the former champ.
Daniel Laidlaw raised to 2,000 and got called by Phil Hellmuth, Sam Higgs and Dennis Huntly in the big blind called to see the four-way flop of . The action checked to Hellmuth and he bet 2,000, which only Higgs called.
They checked the on the turn and Hellmuth bet 3,500 after the river. Higgs pushed him all in and Hellmuth snap-called, flipping over . Higgs had trips as well but the worse kicker with .
Following a raise to 2,800 and a call in the cutoff, Timo Pfutzenreuter three-bet the button to 8,000 to force the initial raiser out. The player in the cutoff made the call as the flop fell .
Pfutzenreuter bet out 6,700 once it was checked to him as his opponent called and then checked when the turn landed the .
Pfutzenreuter bet out 14,000 and his opponent folded - but not before the initial raiser announced that he folded .
Pfutzenreuter raked in the pot to send him to roughly 213,000 - good enough for the current chip lead.
Scott Davies opened for 2,500 from middle position and the player in the big blind defended to see a flop of . The big blind check-called a bet of 2,700, and then check-called one of 7,500 on the turn. When the completed the board on the river, the big blind checked for a third time and then called when Davies bet 18,000.
"Straight," Davies proclaimed and tabled the . The big blind was left shaking his head and sent his cards to the muck.
This time it was an all in preflop for Phil Hellmuth and his was racing against the of a short stack. The board ran out and the Poker Brat lost half his stack.
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The action folded around to the blinds where Jeff Lisandro committed his last 19,400 against his opponent after an exchange of raises.
Lisandro:
Opponent:
The board ran out to see Lisandro drop down to just 3,600 in chips.
In the very next hand, Jeff Gross raised from the hijack and Lisandro put in the last of his chips. Gross called and tabled his pocket deuces and was up against . No help would come for the six-time WSOP bracelet winner as he was sent to the rail.
Within half an hour from 600 chips to 46,000. That's the story of Sam Cohen in a nutshell. After her previous two double ups, she reshoved for 16,000 with and got called by . On the board she doubled up once again. Cohen then reshoved twice and showed pocket queens and pocket aces.
Last but not least, there was a raise to 2,000 and a call from the player on the button before Cohen moved all in from the big blind for 41,000. There was no call and she flashed before heading into the break.
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. 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Greg Merson bet 8,500 from the small blind, Brandon Shack-Harris called from the big, and the dealer burned and turned the 
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river failed to help Merson, and Shack-Harris doubled through the former champ.
. The action checked to Hellmuth and he bet 2,000, which only Higgs called.
on the turn and Hellmuth bet 3,500 after the 
. Higgs had trips as well but the worse kicker with 
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. The big blind check-called a bet of 2,700, and then check-called one of 7,500 on the 
turn. When the 
completed the board on the river, the big blind checked for a third time and then called when Davies bet 18,000.
. The big blind was left shaking his head and sent his cards to the muck.
of a short stack. The board ran out 
to see Lisandro drop down to just 3,600 in chips.
. No help would come for the six-time WSOP bracelet winner as he was sent to the rail.
and got called by 
board she doubled up once again. Cohen then reshoved twice and showed pocket queens and pocket aces.
