From under the gun, an opponent raised before the action folded to Humberto Brenes, who announced he was all-in. The others got out of the way and as the opponent put himself into the tank, Brenes waved wildly at the ESPN crew nearby, getting their attention with his toy shark, which when squeezed, opens its mouth and flashes a red LED.
The camera crew stood on our toes to get in for the shot, but it was all in vain - the opponent folded and Brenes hammed it up.
"Ohhhhh!" he lamented in jest. "I get all the camera here, you fold - what, you no like camera?"
The opponent, who was staring down at his stack at the time, couldn't help but join in the laughter.
Billy Kopp, the 12th place finisher in the 2009 Main Event, has just been eliminated. We missed the action, but Kopp and his opponent got all the money in preflop, with Kopp holding and his opponent having . The flop left Kopp drawing virtually dead, coming . Kopp would need runner runner straight to take the pot, but he wouldn't get it, as the turn came the and the river brought the . Kopp left rather quickly, and some of the players at the table thought he had more chips. The floor came over to count it down, and Kopp had to wait around to see if he was still alive. After the count, it was determined he was the shorter stack, and Kopp headed towards the rail for a second time, ending his event.
Denilson Menezes opened to 7,000 from under the gun, and Sam Barnhart three-bet to 22,000 from middle position. Menezes called, and the flop fell . Both players checked.
The turn was another ace - the - and Menezes checked again. Barnhart tossed out 20,000, and Menezes called.
The river was the , both players checked again, and the hands were tabled.
Menezes:
Barnhart:
Barnhart 's wired pair of nines had been counterfeited, and Menezes pulled in the pot.
A player in middle position opened for 7,000 and action passed to Daryl Jace in the big blind. Jace kicked it up to 20,000 and the original raiser moved all in for 83,000. Jace called and they were off to the showdown.
Raiser:
Jace:
The board ran ending the other player's tournament. Jace is now at 1.18 million.
From under-the-gun, Daniel Negreanu raised to 6,800. Adam Junglen, Max Heinzelmann, and Sami Kelopuro all made the call. The four players saw the flop come . Negreanu continued out by betting 18,700 and Junglen and Heinzelmann got out of the way rather quickly.
When the action came upon Kelopuro, he pushed out a raise, making it 51,500. Negreanu quickly flat called and the turn came . Negreanu checked and Kelopuro went into the tank for about a minute and a half before pushing out a bet of 78,000. Once again Negreanu called and the river came . Negreanu checked again and Kelopuro announced that he was all in. Negreanu would have to make the choice for his tournament life and opted to fold his hand, awarding Kelopuro the pot.
The action folded to Chee Kian Chan who completed from the small blind. Phil Hellmuth raised to 10,200 from the big, and Chan called. The flop fell , and both players checked.
The turn was the , Chan checked again, and Hellmuth tossed out 4,800. Chan called.
Both players knuckled after the completed the board, and Chan rolled over for a pair of aces.
"Of course he has ace-four," Hellmuth spat, tabling a wired pair of eights and jumping out of his chair. "I just wanna f***in' throw up. How f***in' bad are they?"
Hellmuth stormed around a little longer, then returned to his seat to offer a warning. "Enough is enough, bro!"
Sam Simon just now called a short-stacked player's all-in shove. Simon held and was looking to fade his opponent's . It was all over by the turn, as the board came .
Another player has hit the rail. Meanwhile Simon, one of the original developers of "The Simpsons" series, now has 537,000.
Ted Forrest has just survived another coin flip, this time with against . He had 21,500 chips left preflop, and he's got more than double that now as the board keeps his head above water.
Action opened with Adam Junglen raising to 7,000 preflop. It folded around to Josh Kay who decided to three-bet the action to 20,300. Action was back on Junglen who sat thinking for a bit before putting in a four-bet, making it 48,000 to go.
Kay wasted little time five-betting all in for 271,000. The pressure was back on Junglen as he sat contemplating a call. After tanking for about two minutes, Junglen mucked his cards, allowing Kay to scoop up a nice sized pot without ever seeing a flop.