Onnit player Sorel Mizzi raised to 16,000 from middle position and got a single caller in Dave D'Alesandro on the button. The flop came . Mizzi checked, D'Alesandro bet 20,000, and after thinking about a half-minute Mizzi called. The turn brought the and another check by Mizzi. This time D'Alesandro fired 45,000, and Mizzi again thought a while before tossing his hand away.
We're not sure of the action, but we do know that David Peters just lost a monster pot to Jonathan Seelbach. While we can't be sure, it appeared Peters' last 375,000 went in on the river with . We're not sure if he was the one doing the calling or pushing, but we do know Seelbach held to send a dejected Peters to the payout desk.
We found the ESPN camera crews swooping in on Gavin Smith's table to find him all in and at risk. Smith was holding on a flop of against Ercan Olgun's .
The turn was the and the river the , giving a short-stacked Smith a double up. The World Series of Poker bracelet winner's stack is now sitting at 270,000.
When we arrived at Jackie Glazier's table, there was a flop already out on the felt and Glazier was in the small blind position against Orjan Skommo on the button. There was already a big pot building, with around 80,000 in the middle from preflop action.
On the flop, Glazier slid out a continuation-bet of 40,000. Skommo then raised it up an extra 60,000. Without too much hesitation, Glazier slid out a large stack of 5,000-denomination chips, making a bet of what looked like 120,000 - making it a min raise. We say "what looked like", because the stack was back in Glazier's hands extremely quick, as Skommo instantly folded to send the handy pot to Glazier.
Readers may remember that Glazier has already a successful summer, finishing in 2nd place in Event 41: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em. The Australian poker pro will surely be looking to see even more success here in the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event.
Micah Raskin was recently eliminated and shared the details with us.
Four players saw a flop where Raskin had flopped a set of deuces. David "ODB" Baker, though, had flopped a set of sevens. The chips didn't get in until after the river when Raskin raised all in. Baker called with his superior set and scored the elimination.
Webber Kang was just all in and at risk for 169,000 total following a flop. Kang held and still needed to improve against Maurice Hawkins's .
The turn brought Kang a needed card — the — completing his flush and making the river no matter. Kang doubles up, while Hawkins continues to maintain a nearly average stack.