We missed most of the preflop raising, but when we went over to Darryll Fish's table we noticed that he was all-in in the small blind for around 80,000, and that the player in the big blind, James Guinther, had made the call. The cards were flipped up, and Fish was crushed going to the flop.
Fish:
Guinther:
The flop came , pairing Guinther but giving Fish an extra out, as he now needed one of four jacks in the deck. The turn was no help, coming the , but the slammed down on the river, giving Fish the broadway straight and the win. Fish did a spastic shake after hitting the card, and shook his head in disbelief as the chips were being pushed towards him. "I wasn't planning on geting my money in that bad. Its been a while since that has happened to me." Regardless of how long its been, Fish will gladly take the double up, as his stack is now up to 180,000.
Eric Jackson opened with a raise to 4,000 from middle position and got two callers, including Phil Hellmuth in the small blind. The flop came and it checked to Jackson who continued for 7,000. Only Hellmuth called. The turn brought the and checks from both players.
The river brought the . Hellmuth didn't waste much time tossing out a bet of 16,000, and Jackson sat back in his chair in response. With a resigned look he rechecked his cards, rubbed his chin, and sat another half-minute with a "Can I call this?" expression on his face.
Finally he did call. "Flush," called out Hellmuth in response, flipping over . Jackson showed his no-good , and Hellmuth took the pot.
Hellmuth has about 110,000 at the moment, a bit below the average stack (almost 120,000) with 1,722 players left. Meanwhile, Jackson has 130,000.
Before play began today, Ty Stewart took to the mic to mark this very special day in poker's history. Today is the day that ESPN's coverage of the 2011 WSOP officially begins, and they're rolling out some new and exciting toys for this year's production. For the first time ever, the run to the Main Event bracelet will be shown "live" on a 30-minute delay on either ESPN, ESPN2, or ESPN3.com. We know "live delay" is a bit of an oxymoron; we're just going with what the press release says here. Either way, the important bit is that there will be hole cards and live commentary from Lon McEachern, David Tuchman, and a rotating cast of guest pros to compliment the broadcasts. Football isn't the only sport with a sideline reporter, either, and the WSOP now has Kara Scott filling in the coverage from the rail. In fact, there's a whole new production crew in charge as 441 is out and Poker PROductions is in. The regular Tuesday night telecasts will begin on July 26th and run for 16 consecutive weeks leading up to the November Nine. Here are some more numbers involved in the production this year:
4.5 - Miles of cable used
10 - Number of days to build the WSOP bracelet-themed lighting truss structure
40 - Number of live hours of Main Event coverage -- a first
55 - Number of ESPN cameras (18 hole-card cams, 14 feature cams, 9 secondary cams + others)
88 - Number of LED video panels throughout the room
150 - Number of people involved in the WSOP telecasts
700 - Number of lights used on-set
1,000 - Number of man hours needed to go from an empty room to a final set for the telecast
Today's broadcast schedule has coverage from 3-9pm Eastern (that's now!) on ESPN3.com, and from 7-9pm and 11pm-2:30am on ESPN 2. As such, the break schedule for today is a bit funky.
We'll play this first level, then take a twenty-minute break. Then we'll play the second level, followed by a ten-minute break. That will put us into the third level of the day, and we'll play half of it before heading off for a two-hour dinner break around 5:30pm local time. Play will resume at 7:30 with the other half of the level, then we'll take a 15-minute break, then we'll play the fourth level of the day. And that's it. The bags will be out right at 10:45pm tonight for the lucky survivors.
Shawn Keller opened for 6,600 from middle position and Mario Delis called from the big blind. The flop came and both players checked. The turn came and they checked a second time. The river fell , Delis checked and Keller bet 15,000. Delis tossed in the call and Keller announced full house and tabled .
His opponent mucked and Keller said, "I wish you had eights full or something there." Keller is up to 270,000.
The action folded around to a player in middle position who raised to 3,500 preflop; the player in the hijack position called, but Donny Mizrachi shoved from the small blind for around 23,000. The big blind snap-called and the others got out of the way before showdown:
Big Blind:
Mizrachi:
The players chopped it up after the board ran out . Unlike last year's "brothers-in-arms" story, Donny is the Last of the Mizrachis this year and will have plenty of work to do as he's now on less than 28,000 in chips.
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Dan Shak getting his chips ready for Day 3, only to bust within the first hour of the day.
The last time we checked up on Dan Shak, he was sitting on a stack of over 180,000. On our most recent pass, we noticed his chair was empty and their were no chips in his spot. A quick check with his former table confirmed that Shak has been eliminated.
We didn't get all the details, but the table informed us that Shak apparently had a set but was beat by the flush of Ben Tollerene. Whatever the case, Shak has been eliminated from the Main Event.
Joe Cada slipped a bit to start the day, doubling an opponent at his table, but after eliminating that very same player, he's closing back in on a six-figure stack.
Cada's opponent opened to 4,100, The 2009 Main Event Champion three-bet to 11,600, and the action folded back to his opponent who went deep into the tank. The ESPN crew hovered over the table as the man sat silently, and when he finally grabbed the rest of his 28,000-chip stack, Cada beat him into the pot.
Opponent:
Cada :
The flop was fairly dry, but the turned, giving Cada's opponent ten more outs to Broadway. The river was the however - a brick - and Cada's opponent was eliminated from the tournament.
A player opened for 3,600 from early position and Victor Ramdin made the call from middle position. The two players saw a flop of and Ramdin's opponent continued out with a bet of 4,200. Ramdin quickly called and the came on the turn.
Ramdin's opponent led out once again, this time making it 6,500. Ramdin tanked for about a minute before making the call. The river brought the and both players quickly checked.
"Tens," Ramdin's opponent announced, causing Ramdin to shoot his cards to the muck, dropping his stack down to about 224,000.
Richard "nutsinho" Lyndaker raised to 3,400 from middle position only to have Eldon Diamond move all in from the cutoff for 13,400. The blinds both folded and Lyndaker made the call.
Showdown
Lyndaker:
Diamond:
Lyndaker was far behind, but the did deliver him a pair of sevens. Combine that with the turn, and suddenly Lyndaker was in a dominating spot. The river changed nothing and Lyndaker sent Diamond to the rail here in Level 11.
, pairing Guinther but giving Fish an extra out, as he now needed one of four jacks in the deck. The turn was no help, coming the 
, but the 
slammed down on the river, giving Fish the broadway straight and the win. Fish did a spastic shake after hitting the card, and shook his head in disbelief as the chips were being pushed towards him. "I wasn't planning on geting my money in that bad. Its been a while since that has happened to me." Regardless of how long its been, Fish will gladly take the double up, as his stack is now up to 180,000.
and it checked to Jackson who continued for 7,000. Only Hellmuth called. The turn brought the 
and checks from both players.
. Hellmuth didn't waste much time tossing out a bet of 16,000, and Jackson sat back in his chair in response. With a resigned look he rechecked his cards, rubbed his chin, and sat another half-minute with a "Can I call this?" expression on his face.
, and Hellmuth took the pot.
and both players checked. The turn came 
, Delis checked and Keller bet 15,000. Delis tossed in the call and Keller announced full house and tabled 
.
however - a brick - and Cada's opponent was eliminated from the tournament.
and Ramdin's opponent continued out with a bet of 4,200. Ramdin quickly called and the 
did deliver him a pair of sevens. Combine that with the