Brunson checked on fifth street, Oppenheim bet, and both Parker and Brunson called. The action checked to Parker on sixth, and he bet. Only Oppenheim called.
Oppenheim check-called one last bet on seventh, then mucked when Parker showed for a straight and a low.
Jonathan Duhamel opened his button to 15,000 and a short-stacked Calvin Anderson moved all in for his last 53,000 from the small blind. John Monnette thought for a bit in the big blind before releasing his cards. Duhamel called and the hands were turned over.
Anderson:
Duhamel:
The board ran out , keeping Anderson's ace-high in the lead. He doubled up to around 120,000 in chips.
We saw Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier collecting his things and exiting the tournament area. By the time we made our way over to Table 354, the cards were already scooped up.
We do know that he fell in a hand of stud hi-low when he got his chips in on fifth street against Brandon Shack-Harris. Grospellier had kings, but in the end Shack-Harris wound up with trip fours. That proved good enough to win the pot and send the Frenchman to the rail.
Before the break, John Hennigan raised to 12,000 from under the gun, Robert Mizrachi called on his direct left, James Obst called in the hijack seat, Jason Mercier called on the button, and Frank Kassela called out of the small blind.
"Do I even have to look?" David Steicke said in the big blind.
He did look, then begrudgingly folded.
The flop fell , Kassela checked, Hennigan bet the pot (66,000), and the action folded to Mercier. He rereaised, Kassela folded, and Hennigan called all in.
Hennigan:
Mercier:
Mercier flopped the wheel, but Hennigan was drawing to a spade flush. He hit it on the turn (), and the bricked off on the river. Johnny "World" doubled to 330,000 chips, while Mercier dropped to 806,000.
2010 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Frank Kassela was quiet in the early part of the day, but he came on strong in Level 14. For this edition of PokerNews Impromptu we caught up with Kassela on the last break of the night.
Mizrachi led out on fourth street, Mercier called, and both players checked on fifth. Mizrachi bet again on sixth, Mercier called, and Mizrachi slowed down on seventh, checking. Mercier bet, and the fellow Floridian called.
"Two pair," Mercier said, showing .
Mizrachi sat for nearly 30 seconds before mucking his hand, and Mercier dragged the pot.
David Oppenheim and Gary Benson took a flop of . Oppenheim checked to Benson on the button who fired out a bet of 25,000. Oppenheim came over the top with a check-raise to 53,000.
"How much is it?" asked Benson. "Hundred straight."
Without missing a beat, Benson cut out 100,000 in chips and pushed the three-bet forward. Oppenheim took a moment before tossing out a call. Fourth street paired the board with the and Oppenheim checked. Benson flung 125,000 into the middle and Oppenheim let go of his hand. Benson picked up the pot and now has roughly 1.39 million in chips - almost exactly one million more than Oppenheim who sits at 395,000.
Gary Benson completed with the and then called when David Oppenheim raised with his . Benson proceeded to call bets on fourth through sixth streets, and then Oppenheim fired one last time on seventh. Benson squeezed out his last card, but he must not have liked it as he folded his hand.
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for a straight and a low.
, keeping Anderson's ace-high in the lead. He doubled up to around 120,000 in chips.
, Kassela checked, Hennigan bet the pot (66,000), and the action folded to Mercier. He rereaised, Kassela folded, and Hennigan called all in.
bricked off on the river. Johnny "World" doubled to 330,000 chips, while Mercier dropped to 806,000.
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and Oppenheim checked. Benson flung 125,000 into the middle and Oppenheim let go of his hand. Benson picked up the pot and now has roughly 1.39 million in chips - almost exactly one million more than Oppenheim who sits at 395,000.
and then called when David Oppenheim raised with his 
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