Action folded to Nghi Van Tran in the cutoff seat and he raised to 27,000. On the button was Jacob Balsiger and he reraised to 63,000. From the small blind, Lawrie Gibson moved all in for 349,000. Play folded back to Tran and he tanked for a couple of minutes before folding. Balsiger quicly mucked right after and Gibson won the pot.
2012 World Series of Poker
We didn't catch the hand as it happened, but Sam Holden informed us of Andrey Zaichenko's. According to last year's November Niner, Zaichenko shipped his stack under the gun with 
. Holden, who was next to act, then looked down at 
and made the call. The board ran out dry for Zaichenko, and he made his way to the payout desk just shy of the first break.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,060,000
455,000
|
455,000 |
|
|
Eliminado | |
|
|
||
We caught up with the action on a board reading 


, where Freddy Deeb was in a pot with Dave D'Alesandro.
D'Alesandro had already bet enough to put a short-stacked Freddy Deeb all in and Deeb made the call to put himself at risk.
"You have a pair man?" Deeb asked.
D'Alesando then tabled 
for an open-ended straight draw.
"Oh good," Deeb said as he tabled 
for a pair of fours.
"Pair the board!" Deeb shouted.
The dealer then dealt the
, keeping Deeb in the lead and chipping him up to 105,000.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
105,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
||
Action folded around to Kyle Knecht's button and he popped it up to 24,000. Erik Cajelais three-bet to 68,000 in the big blind. Knecht called and the flop came down 

.
Cajelais continued out with a bet of 75,000 and Knecht mucked his hand. Cajelais shrugged and casually flipped over 
for top set. Cajelais has been having a stellar day and is currently sitting on about 2,075,000 in chips.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,075,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
|
||
Eric Legoff opened to 26,000 from middle position, Freddy Deeb moved all in for 115,000 from the button, Timothy Adams re-raised to 210,000, and Legoff re-raised to 500,000. Adams folded.
Legoff: 

Deeb: 

The board ran out 



, and Deeb doubled.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,510,000
437,000
|
437,000 |
|
|
389,000
284,000
|
284,000 |
|
|
||
The players are on their first 20-minute break of the day. Thus far, we've lost notables like John Juanda, Andrey Zaichenko, 2012 WSOP bracelet winner Brent Hanks, and Fabrizio Gonzalez.
Robert Salaburu is battling with Paul Volpe for the chip lead, and a few big hands went down:
Quad aces for "The Monkey"
Green goes runner-runner
Selbst makes quads
While you wait, check out how our very own Mickey Doft counts some of the tough stacks on the floor.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,200,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,950,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,800,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,700,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
1,580,000
568,000
|
568,000 |
|
|
1,550,000
282,000
|
282,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,400,000
540,000
|
540,000 |
|
|
1,375,000
545,000
|
545,000 |
|
|
1,240,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
|
1,180,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
|
1,165,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
|
|
1,100,000
312,000
|
312,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,030,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
|
950,000
178,000
|
178,000 |
|
|
945,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
|
940,000
211,000
|
211,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
880,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
860,000
441,000
|
441,000 |
|
|
725,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
645,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
645,000
285,000
|
285,000 |
|
|
630,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
450,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
|
|
428,000
246,000
|
246,000 |
|
|
420,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Nivel: 21
Ciegas: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
The cards are back in the air!
We caught up with the action on a three handed flop of 

. JP Kelly checked to Nicolas Divella, who fired out 36,000. Daniel Negreanu was next to act, and he min raised it to 72,000. Kelly quickly got out of the way, but Divella made the call. The turn was the
, and Divella checked as did Negreanu. The river came the
, and Divella checked to Negreanu, who assembled a bet of 105,000, and stuck it in.
Divella tanked for about three minutes, checking his cards a few times before sending them towards the dealer. Negreanu shoots up to 495,000 after that hand, while Divella drops to 651,000.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
651,000
129,000
|
129,000 |
|
|
495,000
169,000
|
169,000 |
|
|
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