On a flop of , a player in middle position bet 15,000 and Samantha Bazan got out of the way. Hiren Patel raised to 42,500 and the player who initially bet made the call.
Patel:
Opponent:
The turn and river came down and Patel scooped a massive pot.
In the very next hand, Patel raised it preflop and faced a three-bet from the player on the button. He four-bet all in and got a fold to win the chips without seeing a flop. Patel now has a massive chip lead in this event.
Jim Rostel and Pierre Milan got it all in preflop and Rostel was happy to be getting it in ahead with against Milan's . When the dealer dealt the flop, the window card was the and Rostel was grinning. But when all three cards were visible, the flop was . Rostel slumped. Then the dealer slapped down the on the turn and Rostel let out a "yeah" in victory. The dealer slid out the river card, the , and Milan swung back in the lead, knocking out Rostel.
Table 436 here in the purple section of the Amazon Room was already tough with it being the home to the like of Phil Collins, Chris Danek and Loni Harwood. Slightly before the break, British pro Max Silver sat between Harwood and Collins then shorttly after the break Paul Tedeschi filled the nine seat!
A hand went down a short while ago that involved two of the big names, if only briefly. Danek opened to 7,500 in middle position, Harwood called from the cutoff and the small blind came along for the ride. The first three community cards came down and the action was on the small blind. He fired a 21,000 bet at his two opponents, Danek instantly folded. Harwood looked to be looking at at least calling, but she let her hand go.
As we looked over we saw Samantha Bazan, who was playing her first-ever World Series of Poker event, being escorted to the payout desk to register her 85th place finish.
Her executioner was our chip leader Hiren Patel who now has at least half a million chips in front of him, piled high and wide.
"The rich get richer," said one philosophical soul at Patel's table. In this case, it looks like they certainly do.
The under the gun player was all in for just 500 and the action folded to Mihails Morozovs who shoved all in from the button. Michael Horchoff quickly pushed all his chips in the middle as well from the small blind.
Morozovs:
Horchoff:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Horchoff doubled, leaving Morozovs with just a few big blinds.
Darren Elias was facing a three-bet all in from his opponent, where a call and a loss would have crippled him. Elias would think for a while before finally calling with .
His opponent tabled the and Elias had to fade the overs. The board ran out and Elias is now above average.
Max SIlver is running red hot right now and has 312,000 chips in his stacks. This is bad new for whoever Silver comes up against during the last few levels of the day because he is an expert at putting his opponents under intense pressure, a job made easier when you have plenty of chips at your disposal.
Elsewhere, Cody Slaubaugh continues to have wild swings. His stack dropped to 80,000 and is now at 295,000.
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, a player in middle position bet 15,000 and Samantha Bazan got out of the way. Hiren Patel raised to 42,500 and the player who initially bet made the call.
and Patel scooped a massive pot.
against Milan's 
. When the dealer dealt the flop, the window card was the 
and Rostel was grinning. But when all three cards were visible, the flop was 
. Rostel slumped. Then the dealer slapped down the 
on the turn and Rostel let out a "yeah" in victory. The dealer slid out the river card, the 
and the action was on the small blind. He fired a 21,000 bet at his two opponents, Danek instantly folded. Harwood looked to be looking at at least calling, but she let her hand go.
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