A player sporting a stack of about 80,000 who had just been moved to the table a hand before opened with a UTG raise to 600, and three players called behind him. Maynard Little then made it 2,100 to go from the button, and everyone got out except the original raiser.
The flop came . Little's opponent checked, Little bet 4,200, and his opponent called. The turn then brought the . And some fireworks.
Little's opponent checked again, and Little fired a bet of 6,500. His opponent responded by check-raising big to 28,000. Little paused, then declared he was all in for about 80,000 total. His opponent -- covered by about 5,000 by Little -- made the call.
Little showed for top set while his opponent had for both a flush draw and an open-ended straight draw. The river brought the , giving Little a boat and sending his opponent railward.
Little pushes way up to 170,000 with that hand, the biggest stack in the immediate vicinity by far, and perhaps all around thus far on Day 1d.
The cut-off opened to 875 preflop before Scott Clements made it 2,225 on the button, the cut-off then made it 6,400 in a cold four-bet and Clements called.
The flop was and the cut-off seemed to slow right down at this point, simply checking then folding when Clements bet 5,000
Owais Ahmed, winner of Event No. 47 ($2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better), has been eliminated from the Main Event.
On his final hand there was four-way action to see a flop come . Ahmed bet 2,500 and all three of his opponents stuck around.
The turn brought the and a bet of 6,000 from Ahmed. Only one of his opponents remained interested -- and how, as he raised all in. Ahmed called with his remaining chips (totaling about 20,000), showing . His opponent had for a set of fours, and after the river Ahmed hit the rail.
Five players -- including both Kevin MacPhee (SB) and Tommy Vedes (BB) -- saw a flop come . It checked to the player in the cutoff who bet 2,300, MacPhee called, then Vedes made it 6,100 to go. The cutoff folded, but MacPhee called the raise.
The turn brought the . MacPhee checked, and Vedes bet 9,300. MacPhee responded by pushing all in with his remaining 40,000-plus, and Vedes -- covered by MacPhee -- made the call.
Vedes had for two pair, while MacPhee had for both a flush draw and an open-ender. The river brought the , giving MacPhee a Broadway straight and sending Vedes -- and his big comfy chair -- to the rail.
MacPhee catapults up around the 100,000-chip mark on that one.
We don't know exactly what happened preflop, but we know there were 1,800 chips put in the pot preflop. When we did manage to show up we saw Jeff Madsen bet out 1,125 after his opponent checked to him on a flop. His opponent made the call and was granted access to the turn.
With the landing on the turn Madsen's opponent again checked, and Madsen bet out 2,600. This time Madsen's opponent pump faked the fold not really wanting to let it go before eventually throwing it away.
The completion of Level 4, which was characterized by a bevy of bustouts, brings about the last break of the evening, which is 20 minutes long and begins now. While you wait for the action to resume, feel free to check out the following lists, which show the players who thrived this past level, as well as those players who failed to survive.
Big Stacks: Maynard Little (170,000), Joe Tehan (139,925), Chris Limo (134,000), Doug Lee (129,500), Aaron Schaff (124,000), Robin Bergren (122,000), Noah Boeken (121,000), Patrick Coughlin (118,000)
Level 4 Eliminations: Dan Heimiller, Shawn Sheikhan, John Juanda, Adam Schoenfeld, Michael Binger, Antonio Esfandiari, Jason Senti, Scott Bohlman, Simon Watt, Ivan Demidov, Waki Waki, Tony Cousineau, Alexander Kravchenko, and Nelly
The plan after the break is to play one more level before bagging up for tonight. The surviving players of Day 1d will then return on Tuesday, along with the remaining Day 1b players, to comprise Day 2b. In the meantime, Day 1a and 1c survivors will return tomorrow at 12:00 PM PST for Day 2a.
2010 Main Event Champ Jonathan Duhamel is still in the hunt for a repeat performance
The 2010 November Nine have had a very strong showing so far at his year's WSOP and are continuing that into the Main Event. All but one have at least one cash (Senti), three have made final tables (Racener, Jarvis, Mizrachi), and Matt Jarvis got his first bracelet by winning the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed.
All nine played the Main Event and so far only two have hit the rail (Senti, Mizrachi) with a few of them well above average. Obviously, they all know what it takes to go deep in this tournament so this should be no surprise.
Day 1A
Soi Nguyen- 87,325
Filippo Candio- 71,150
Day 1B
John Racener- 84,300
Michael Mizrachi- Bust
Day 1C
Jonathan Duhamel- 41,150
Day 1D (At This Point)
Joseph Cheong- 54,000
Matt Jarvis- 45,000
John Dolan- 25,000
Jason Senti- Bust
Soi Nguyen is doing the best with 87,325 but is closely followed by John Racener and Filippo Candio. All eyes will be on them in the coming days especially if any of them start to go deep again.