There had been at least one limper when Melanie Weisner raised to 1,150. A player behind her reraised to 3,600, and it folded back to Weisner who shoved all in over the top for about 12,000 total. Her opponent snap-called.
Weisner showed while her opponent tabled . The flop came , giving Weisner's opponent the nut flush. The fell on the turn, however, giving Weisner hopes for a saving full house. But the river was the and she is out before the midpoint of Level 3.
One of the last two women standing in the 2009 Main Event was Nichoel Peppe, now known as Nichoel Jurgens, will not be making a run at that title this year. Jurgens was short stacked from the the previous level and survived the blinds, but two hands later the under the gun player opened for 700.
A middle position player called and Jurgens moved all in from the cutoff for 3,225. The UTG player folded and after a short tank the middle position player called.
Jurgens:
Opponent:
The board ran and her opponent made the flush on the turn ending Jurgens dream of a final table.
John Juanda in a recent hand made it 800 from the cut off in a recent hand and managed to get a caller in the button. The dealer flattened out a flop and Juanda wasted no time putting out a bet of 1,225. The button called and both players witnessed a turn.
The fourth street slowed Juanda down and he checked. His opponent then jumped on this chance and made it 1800. After a mild tank session Juanda folded leaving his chip stack hovering around 25,000.
Abe Mosseri was one of our early chip leaders as he nearly doubled his stack very early on in the day. Clearly that wasn't enough though because after losses in two big pots he has managed to go busto very soon after the start of the third level. This following hand is the one that crippled him.
An under the gun player raised to 600 and three players called including Mosseri. The button player then raised it up to 3,000 and the under the gun player and Mosseri called.
The flop came down and all three players checked. The turn came the under the gun player bet 3,700, Mosseri called, and the button folded.
The river came the and the under the gun player went all in for 11,450. Mosseri SNAP called and was disgusted when he saw the of his opponent for a rivered full house. Mosseri splashed the pot with his call, mucked his hand, and cursed under his breath for a while.
It must've been only one or two hands later, but when we went back on the floor, Mosseri's seat was empty and he has clearly hit the rail. A tough beat for him as he probably he was sitting pretty with that early double stack.
Jeff Shulman, Rayan Nathan and JC Tran may be holding court over on table 298, but they're now all becoming very wary of TeamAPL's Shane Shalders, who's just cracked the 50K-chip mark in Amazon Blue.
We picked up the action after a raised pot between Shalders, the big blind and Shulman after the dealer had spread the flop of ; all three players checked their option before Shalders and the big blind checked again on the turn of the .
Shulman opened for 3,500 and Shalders called, then he led out for 6,500 into Shulman on the river of the . Shulman who was only playing about 18,000 behind, went into the tank for over three minutes before another player requested time.
The floor was called over and advised Shulman that he had one minute to act. After about 20 seconds, Shulman carefully checked his cards again and then let it go. Shalders flashed and raked in the pot.
With approximately 3,400 chips in the pot, action was checked by one player to Patrick de Koster on the board. De Koster fired a bet of 2,150 and his opponent then check-raised to 4,300. De Koster began to tank and his opponent sat motionless with his two elbows on the table and hands cupped in front of his mouth, head slightly down with his eyes buried below the brim of his black baseball cap. The player sat like this for a minute or two while de Koster tanked, but then all of a sudden sat back in his chair and grabbed his drink to take a sip. As soon as the player did this, de Koster tossed in the call.
Upon de Koster making the call, the player simply mucked his hand. De Koster pushed his cards forward and wasn't about to show. Being a European player, oftentimes in events over there, the winning hand doesn't have to be shown. Here at the World Series of Poker, the winning hand must be shown in order for the winner to take the pot. De Koster was explained this by the dealer and some of the members at the table before rolling over the .
It's not been a good Day 1d for Todd Terry, as can clearly be ascertained from a browse through his Twitter feed.
It's possible things are about to take a turn for the better, though, as Terry has just found his first double-up. It began with a player to his right opening to 575, and Terry jammed his last 6,225 chips into the middle. His opponent tanked and called, and the two men were flipping for the pot.
Showdown
Terry:
Opponent:
When the dealer burned and turned, the appeared right in the window, but the full flop was much better for Terry. It came to give Terry a big lead with two to come, and the turn secured his double-up. The river was too little, too late for Mr. Opponent, and he's pushed Terry back into contention with 12,900 after that double-dip.
In a four way pot, Jeff Lisandro fired out 2,000 on a flop, getting one caller from the hijack. Both players proceeded to check the turn and river, the hijack turning over the huge draw-missing-but-top-pair-making which won the pot.
We're not sure of all the details, but we do know that Tom Marchese lost the vast majority of his chips holding against only to have the board run out . That hand left Marchese nursing a short stack, but it appears his luck has ran out.
We can confirm that Marchese has been eliminated from the 2011 WSOP Main Event.
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while her opponent tabled 
. The flop came 
, giving Weisner's opponent the nut flush. The 
fell on the turn, however, giving Weisner hopes for a saving full house. But the river was the 
and she is out before the midpoint of Level 3.
flop and Juanda wasted no time putting out a bet of 1,225. The button called and both players witnessed a turn.
fourth street slowed Juanda down and he checked. His opponent then jumped on this chance and made it 1800. After a mild tank session Juanda folded leaving his chip stack hovering around 25,000.
and all three players checked. The turn came 
the under the gun player bet 3,700, Mosseri called, and the button folded.
of his opponent for a rivered full house. Mosseri splashed the pot with his call, mucked his hand, and cursed under his breath for a while.
; all three players checked their option before Shalders and the big blind checked again on the turn of the 
.
. Shulman who was only playing about 18,000 behind, went into the tank for over three minutes before another player requested time.
and raked in the pot.
board. De Koster fired a bet of 2,150 and his opponent then check-raised to 4,300. De Koster began to tank and his opponent sat motionless with his two elbows on the table and hands cupped in front of his mouth, head slightly down with his eyes buried below the brim of his black baseball cap. The player sat like this for a minute or two while de Koster tanked, but then all of a sudden sat back in his chair and grabbed his drink to take a sip. As soon as the player did this, de Koster tossed in the call.
flop, getting one caller from the hijack. Both players proceeded to check the 
. That hand left Marchese nursing a short stack, but it appears his luck has ran out.