PokerStars and PokerNews are excited to announce the Exclusive PokerNews Main Event! - $20,000 added tournament.
This tournament takes place on July 17 at 1400 EST.
It has a $10+$1 buy-in, and $20,000 has been added to the prize pool. The structure is very deep: 30,000 starting chips, 15-minute blinds and the levels begin at 50-100.
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Tournament Specifics:
Name: Exclsuive PokerNews Main Event
Date: July 17, 2011, starting at 2:00 PM EST
Game: NLH Freezout (password protected) ID#413428486
Buyin: $10+1
Prize: $20,000 added
Structure: starting @ 50-100, 15-min blinds
Starting stack: 30,000 chips
Password: PNLIVE
Payout: standard
Late reg: 120 mins
We caught the action with 45,000 in the pot and a board reading . Donny Mizrachi had checked from the big blind only to have his opponent move all in for 123,200. Mizrachi made the call to create a monster pot, but he soon discovered the bad news.
Showdown
Mizrachi:
Button:
Both players had flopped trips, but Mizrachi's opponent held the better kicker. The river changed nothing and Mizrachi was left with just 11,100.
We just finished the dinner break here on Day 2b and a number of PokerStars Team Pros are still left in the field. Of those still left, we have Victor Ramdin, who has already cashed six times during the 2011 World Series of Poker. Ramdin holds a World Poker Tour title that netted him over $1.3 million along with a win in the Main Event at The Big Event in Los Angeles for $500,000. One thing he doesn't have though is a World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
Ramdin’s first four cashes came in the beginning of June when he cashed for a total of $39,761. He also cashed twice more after that at the end of the month for another $11,847 to bring his Series total to $51,608. Here are his 2011 WSOP results:
$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed - 78th for $4,898
$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout - 29th for $4,998
$3,000 Limit Hold'em - 13th for $11,288
$1,500 H.O.R.S.E. - 9th for $18,577
$1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout - 51st for $4,118
$2,500 Seven Card Razz - 16th for $7,729
Ramdin has cashed in the WSOP Main Event twice during his career. The first was a 29th-place finish in the 2003 Main Event for $35,000 -- the year fellow Team PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker went on to win and ignite the poker boom. The second one was in 2008. He finished in 64th place that year, but due to the much larger field size, earned $96,500.
Currently in this Main Event, Ramdin sits with approximately 125,000 in chips with hopes of a seventh WSOP cash on his mind and a spot in the 2011 November Nine.
Keep your browser refreshed on PokerNews for the latest action on all your favorite PokerStars Pros and visit the PokerStarsBlog.com for further coverage.
There was already a large pot brewing preflop between Jean-Robert Bellande in the small blind and Elie Payan in the big blind before the flop came down and Bellande led for 5,000. Payan moved all in and Bellande made the call.
Bellande:
Payan:
Bellande was behind preflop against his Payan’s pair of kings but stormed into the lead when he paired his ace on the flop. The on the turn and on the river came safe for Bellande as he knocked out Payan and boosted his stack
After the hand, Raymond Davis, who was on the table behind, said something about Bellande getting it all in preflop with which wasn't the case and which Bellande pointed out. The floor then asked the them to break it up but Davis responded with, “Oh, its okay, (Bellande’s) just being an a**hole” and for that he received a one round penalty.
With about 9,000 in the pot, Emil Patel and his opponent were heads up on a board that read . Patel's opponent bet out 3,500, and Patel put together a raise of 15,500. After about 1 minute of thought, his opponent cut out a stack of orange T5000 chips and put them in the middle, 40,000 in total. Patel has been known to be very methodical with every decision, and this case was no different. He thought in silence for about two minutes before asking "Where are you from sir?" He got no response, and continued thinking for another two minutes. He finally threw in the call, and his opponent showed for the nut straight. Patel quickly mucked his hand, and dropped down to just over 80,000, which is still a bit above average.
We only saw the action on the flop where Kathy Liebert bet 5,000 and a player in middle position raised to 16,000. Liebert went all in and her opponent made the call as the players showed their hands.
Liebert:
Opponent:
Liebert was ahead with her over pair of kings and inside-straight draw against her opponent’s top-top. The on the turn gave some chop outs to a seven but the on the river made Liebert’s opponent top two pair and she was eliminated.
We caught up to the action at Table 341 to find a player in late position putting out a bet of 2,700, next to act was Chris DeMaci in the cut-off who raised and made it 7,000. After the button folded it was on David Ulliott, who placed a chip on his whole cards and sat in contemplation for a few moments before folding. The big blind folded and action was back to the late position player who completed and was awarded a flop.
The dealer shelled out three cards for the flop and they came . The player in late position then bet out 8,000 and received a call from DeMaci. With the falling on fourth street DeMaci's opponent checked while he opted to bet 14,000. A call was made and both players got to witness the on the river. It was here that the late position player checked. DeMaci was not going to slow down and fired out 20,500 and after a mild tank session he received a call. DeMaci flipped over for three of a kind kings, which was apparently enough to take the pot down because his opponent mucked.
Action folded to the player on the button and he raised to 2,5000. A short-stacked Terrence Chan was next to act in the small blind and he three-bet all in for 14,900 total. The blinds got out of the way and the button quickly called.
Showdown
Chan:
Button:
It was a classic flip, but the flop left Chan wanting. The turn gave him some counterfeit options, but the bricked on the river and Chan was eliminated in the early part of Level 9.
The under-the-gun player opened for 2,200 and found two callers in the hi-jack and Patrik Antonius from the cutoff.
The flop came and both players checked to Antonius, who fired 5,200. The early-position player folded, but the hi-jack called.
The fell on the turn and the hi-jack led out for 16,200 after some deliberation. An emotionless Antonius glanced over at his opponent's stack and, after about two minutes of thinking, made the call.
The completed the board and Antonius' opponent sat still for over a minute before firing a 36,200 bet into the middle. Antonius re-peeked at his cards and thought for a while, but eventually slid his cards into the middle, conceding the pot.
Antonius is still sitting pretty with 205,000 in spite of the large blow to his stack.
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. Donny Mizrachi had checked from the big blind only to have his opponent move all in for 123,200. Mizrachi made the call to create a monster pot, but he soon discovered the bad news.
river changed nothing and Mizrachi was left with just 11,100.
and Bellande led for 5,000. Payan moved all in and Bellande made the call.
on the turn and 
which wasn't the case and which Bellande pointed out. The floor then asked the them to break it up but Davis responded with, “Oh, its okay, (Bellande’s) just being an a**hole” and for that he received a one round penalty.
. Patel's opponent bet out 3,500, and Patel put together a raise of 15,500. After about 1 minute of thought, his opponent cut out a stack of orange T5000 chips and put them in the middle, 40,000 in total. Patel has been known to be very methodical with every decision, and this case was no different. He thought in silence for about two minutes before asking "Where are you from sir?" He got no response, and continued thinking for another two minutes. He finally threw in the call, and his opponent showed 
for the nut straight. Patel quickly mucked his hand, and dropped down to just over 80,000, which is still a bit above average.
flop where Kathy Liebert bet 5,000 and a player in middle position raised to 16,000. Liebert went all in and her opponent made the call as the players showed their hands.
on the turn gave some chop outs to a seven but the 
falling on fourth street DeMaci's opponent checked while he opted to bet 14,000. A call was made and both players got to witness the 
on the river. It was here that the late position player checked. DeMaci was not going to slow down and fired out 20,500 and after a mild tank session he received a call. DeMaci flipped over 
flop left Chan wanting. The 
bricked on the river and Chan was eliminated in the early part of Level 9.
completed the board and Antonius' opponent sat still for over a minute before firing a 36,200 bet into the middle. Antonius re-peeked at his cards and thought for a while, but eventually slid his cards into the middle, conceding the pot.
