Phil Hellmuth continues to run his mouth regularly, even while in hands.
He stomped on an early position limper making it 700. The limper called and check-called an 800-chip bet on the flop. The limper checked the turn and Hellmuth spoke up.
"Let me just do a little diamond check here," he said. "OK...check...he probably has eight-nine or something."
The river came the and after they both checked, Hellmuth's opponent spoke up.
"I have an ace with a nine," he said, turning over .
"You have an ace with a nine?" Hellmuth asked, turning over for virtually the same hand.
We found Erik Seidel locking horns with the player to his right in a blind-versus-blind battle. The small blind bet 1,500 on fourth with the board reading , and Seidel made it 4,000. The small blind called, and the river prompted a check-call of the same bet.
Seidel turned over for aces up, and that was good for the pot.
Ryan Riess' late entrance in this event could end up being an early exit as well.
Soon after sitting down he had one player at his table all in for 2,675 holding against .
It looked good for the 2013 WSOP Main Event champ on the flop, but the turn gave his opponent a gutshot that the river completed.
He's now down to 1,100 and it appears this might not be his day. Earlier, the WSOP had planned to unveil his championship banner in the Amazon Room, but unfortunately they misspelled his name on it, transposing the 'i' and 'e'.
"No big deal," Riess told PokerNews. "Everybody makes mistakes. They tell me it'll be fixed by Tuesday."
With the community having come , Jeff Sluzinski was facing an all-in bet from an opponent who had him covered. Sluzinski had about 10,000 left, roughly the size of the pot.
"Why so much?" Sluzinski asked.
We moved to check on another table, and by the time we got back, Sluzinski had made the call and had tabled in front of him. His opponent's cards were already in the muck, and Sluzinski grabbed a big double.
Ryan D'Angelo had what looked to be a three-bet to about 1,500 in front of him, and a player to his left pushed all in for 3,650. D'Angelo made the call after getting the count, though he didn't seem thrilled.
D'Angelo:
Opponent:
D'Angelo was in decent shape, but the board brought no help.
A few players have registered at the last possible time, hopping into the tournament with a mere 10 big blinds. Among them: former Main Event champ Greg Merson and Corrie Wunstel.
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flop. The limper checked the 
turn and Hellmuth spoke up.
and after they both checked, Hellmuth's opponent spoke up.
.
for virtually the same hand.
and the other 
he helped bust one player and chopped the pot with the other.
, and Seidel made it 4,000. The small blind called, and the 
for aces up, and that was good for the pot.
against 
flop, but the 
turn gave his opponent a gutshot that the 
river completed.
, Jeff Sluzinski was facing an all-in bet from an opponent who had him covered. Sluzinski had about 10,000 left, roughly the size of the pot.
board brought no help.
