It's still an early stage of the tournament, so it's a red flag when the yellow 1,000 chips lie in the middle of the table. There was already a bunch of them when we caught the action on a turn reading .
Under the gun, Jason Bolte led for 3,000 and when his opponent in the cutoff opted for a raise to 6,500, Bolte answered clearly and decisively, announcing he was all in. A fold followed about 30 seconds later, and Bolte could start stacking chips from the hefty pot.
He'd already had piles in front of him before the aforementioned hand, and now has approximately 40,000.
The action folded to Andrew Camou in the small blind and he raised to 1,600. Barry Brown shoved for a little more and Camou called it off with . Brown had a flip with and saw the board run out . Brown's teammate arrived half a minute later to take over only to be given the bad news that this wasn't needed anymore.
Camou's stack has more than doubled since the start and the same also applies for Charles Welch on the same table, while Andreas Klatt remains below average.
Adam Owen, a renowned wizard of the mixed games, just took his seat, showing the receipt to the dealer in order to receive the 5,000 starting stack. Owen was an asset of the sixth-best team in the last year's $1,000 Tag Team Tournament here at the World Series, a line-up that also boasted Owais Ahmed, Benny Glaser and Bart Lybaert.
But that team split and the 24-year-old from England has other buddies for this year's edition. Owen is in together with his fellow countrymen Joe Brindle and Colin Lovelock.
On the table of Alex Rocha and Molly Anne Mossey, Patrick Noll raised to 325 and called the shove of Jeffrey Trudeau Jr. for 1,600 in the cutoff. Noll flashed and Trudeau had a flip with . The board came and the jacks failed to hold up to eliminate Trudeau.
With the board showing , Thomas Franklin bet 1,600 and Charlie Carrel called before the river completed the board. Franklin bet 1,500 and Carrel started some table talk.
"I guess you have jack-ten, or king-jack," Carrel said, trying to get any information from his opponent.
"You will tell me," Carrel added and Franklin replied, "Do I have to tell now or later?"
Carrel added some more and Franklin joked back "I want $10 in cash," which Carrel indeed paid before mucking his cards.
Franklin flashed exactly that latter guess — — and raked in the pot, leaving Carrel short.
Joe McKeehen is bouncing back. Less than five minutes into the third level of the day, McKeehen earned a double-up to soar near the starting stack.
He was in the big blind and following a raise to 325 from a player in an early position moved all in for just under 2,000. McKeehen's opponent wasn't happy with the situation but eventually called, holding . He was trailing to McKeehen's and the board didn't change it. The champ is back.
According to the screens, there are at least 761 teams registered by the end of Level 2. Right now all players and teammates have been sent out of the room as the first 20-minute break of the day has started.
Philly's Joe McKeehen is playing the Tag Team tournament, too. However, the 2015 WSOP Main Event Champion for $7,683,346 has been struggling so far. Sporting the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers t-shirt today, McKeehen was down to last 14 big blinds when we saw him open shove from the small blind and he took the pot uncontested.
A few moments later, McKeehen was fighting for another pot. We picked up the action on the turn where McKeehen was up against one opponent. McKeehen, seated in a better position, bet 400 into about 750 and that got the job done.
However, it's still a mountain to climb for McKeehen who will return to 1,975 after the break.
Thomas Miller has more than doubled his stack, and so has Brian Altman. Altman's teammate Darren Elias played his required hands in the blinds and left while Altman did most of the work thus far.
Last but not least, the combination Sean Jazayeri and Robert Buckenmayer hovers around the starting stack while Brian Pinkus and his father are below that.
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turn where McKeehen was up against one opponent. McKeehen, seated in a better position, bet 400 into about 750 and that got the job done.