When we reached Table 359, the flop and turn had been dealt . Jeffrey Lisandro checked, Peter Morris fired 7,600, and Lisandro check-raised Morris all in for around 40,000.
Morris tanked for the better part of five minutes, allowing the ESPN camera crew and a crowd of onlookers to migrate to the table. Finally, Morris sweat his cards one last time and mucked them.
"We probably had the same hand," Lisandro told him.
"Well, I didn't have ace-queen beat," Morris responded.
Lisandro shot him a look. "There's no point in thinking then."
It folded to 2010 November Niner Joseph Cheong in the hijack seat, and as Cheong often does when folded to in the hijack seat, he raised -- this time to 2,300. The cutoff called, as did the big blind.
The flop came . The big blind checked, and Cheong continued with a bet of 3,100. The cutoff quickly called, and the third player stepped aside. The turn brought the , and both players checked.
The river was the . Cheong bet 6,600, and his opponent didn't waste much time before calling. Cheong quickly opened his hand -- for top pair, top kicker -- and his opponent mucked.
We don't have any specifics, but the seat formerly occupied by Chau Giang now has a new player in it. We know Giang was short stacked for quite some time, so it makes sense that he has met his end. We feel confident in saying that Giang has been eliminated from the 2011 WSOP Main Event.
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We only made our way to the table with the full board already out and what looked like at least 60,000 in the pot. The action was on the small blind who took a bit of time before he plopped down a large pile of orange T5000 chips that was around 70,000. Leif Force who was in middle position quietly slid his remaining 47,000 total in and the small blind turned over for the second nut flush. Force revealed however for the nut flush which was good to double him up.
Josh Tieman and his opponent were in the middle of a large pot when we got the table. With the board reading , and about 40,000 in the pot, Tieman's opponent checked, and he bet out 32,000. His opponent thought for only about 20 seconds and decided to throw in the call. Tieman showed for jacks full, and his opponent mucked. Tieman is on the rise, as he is now up to around 165,000.
There was about 10,000 in the middle and the board read when Lance Steinberg bet 7,500 from middle position. His lone opponent in the cutoff seat called the bet.
The river brought the and a quick bet of 11,000 from Steinberg. His opponent took about a half-minute this time, then called. Steinberg quickly flipped over his hand -- for a six-high straight -- and his opponent nodded disappointingly before showng his .
We were in the media tower when we saw a commotion over on Table 370. We hustled over, and upon arrival we saw this:
Board:
Ryan Olisar: - 200,000 chips
Phil Laak: Mucked - 0 chips
Laak was giving an exit interview while paying his masseuse and collecting his things, and wished his table good luck before exiting the Amazon Room for his last time at the 2011 World Series of Poker. We asked Olisar what Laak had after the hand, and he told us pocket threes.
We walked by Ben Lamb's table, and noticed that he was going for his 32nd bounty of the tournament. Ok not that many but it seems like every time we look over he's collecting chips. Lamb and his short stacked opponent got all the chips in preflop, and it was your classic race.
Lamb:
Opponent:
The flop was a great one for Lamb, coming . The turn was also low, coming the , and the river gave Lamb an unnecessary straight, coming the . Lamb, who started the day as the biggest stack in the room, is back on top where he belongs, sporting a stack of 365,000.
Ashley Mason raised in early position and a middle position player moved all in for a little under 9,000. Mason made the call and the players showed their hands.
Mason:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Mason’s opponent thought he won the pot with a straight. However Mason pointed out that he held two hearts in his hand and with the three on the board, that gave him the nut flush which was good to knockout the player.
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. Jeffrey Lisandro checked, Peter Morris fired 7,600, and Lisandro check-raised Morris all in for around 40,000.
. The big blind checked, and Cheong continued with a bet of 3,100. The cutoff quickly called, and the third player stepped aside. The turn brought the 
, and both players checked.
. Cheong bet 6,600, and his opponent didn't waste much time before calling. Cheong quickly opened his hand -- 
for top pair, top kicker -- and his opponent mucked.
board already out and what looked like at least 60,000 in the pot. The action was on the small blind who took a bit of time before he plopped down a large pile of orange T5000 chips that was around 70,000. Leif Force who was in middle position quietly slid his remaining 47,000 total in and the small blind turned over 
for the second nut flush. Force revealed 
however for the nut flush which was good to double him up.
for jacks full, and his opponent mucked. Tieman is on the rise, as he is now up to around 165,000.
and a quick bet of 11,000 from Steinberg. His opponent took about a half-minute this time, then called. Steinberg quickly flipped over his hand -- 
.
