Earlier this morning, Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier arranged a boat ride for fellow Team Pros Live Boeree, Daniel Negreanu, and Jonathan Duhamel, along with a few other friends.
Some familiar faces have made their way to the Amazon to support the chip leader, Anton Morgenstern. Liv Boeree, Sorel Mizzi and Philipp Gruissem are on the rail, beers in hand, and cheering on their friend.
Welcome to Day 5 of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event, a day which promises to bring even more intensity and excitement as the marathon march toward this year's final table continues.
We've reached the dinner break of Day 3, and Dick van Luijk is the new leader after amassing a gigantic stack in Level 13.
Victor Cianelli opened to 5,200 and Phil Hellmuth called in position to see a flop. Cianelli bet 10,200, Hellmuth clicked it back to 20,400, and Cianelli shoved with a covering stack.
Welcome to Day 3 of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event! After three starting flights that remained separate for the first two days of competition, this is the first day that the entire field will be combined.
Day 2c has come to a close here at the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event. The Rio was a jam-packed place for poker's greatest tournament all day long, with play taking place in all three rooms.
Phil Hellmuth opened to 1,800 from middle position, and the cutoff called. The button three-bet to 3,700, and Hellmuth called, as did the cutoff. Hellmuth decided to lead out on the flop, betting 5,000.
Day 1c of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event proved to be the biggest and baddest of the starting days, topping out at 3,467 players and surpassing last year's record-second field of 3,418 that was largest one-day Main Event field in
Phil Hellmuth raised to 1,000, and Shaun Deeb three-bet to 2,800. Hellmuth asked, “How deep are you Shaun?” Deeb replied that he started the hand with 15,000 total.
At the beginning of Level 3, Phil Hellmuth, 13-time bracelet winner and former Main Event Champion, took his seat in the Brasilia Room. The Poker Brat hasn't been too active yet, and is currently sitting with his starting stack.
Today marks the final starting flight of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event, and already the record for the largest one-day Main Event field in history (3,418 players) looks to be in jeopardy.
Following a flop, Scott Palmer checked from the big blind, a late-position player bet 4,000, Phil Hellmuth raised to 9,000 from the button, Palmer folded, and the original bettor called.
Just as Level 9 was coming to a close, a big hand arose between Luke Schwartz (big blind) and Scott Palmer (cutoff). We came on the hand after the flop had been dealt.
Phil Hellmuth late registered and waited a bit to make his entrance, but now that he's here and playing he is actually doing quite well despite the following hand.
"I couldn't win a hand today, Phil." So said Phil Hellmuth just now to Phil Ivey as he passed by his table on his way to the rail. Hellmuth joins Chris Klodnicki, Julie Schneider, and Sam Grizzle as a recent elimination.
Shane Schleger raised from under the gun and picked up three callers — Phil Hellmuth playing from the button and both of the blinds. On the first draw, the players in the blinds each drew two cards, Schleger one, and Hellmuth two.
Down to a short stack, Phil Hellmuth found himself with less than 4,000 in an Omaha-8 hand against Michael Glick by the time the flop arrived and the last of his chips went in the middle. Hellmuth held and Glick .
No-Limit Hold'em Phil Hellmuth raised to 11,000 from middle position, and it folded to Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier in the big blind who leaned forward to get a look at Hellmuth's remaining chips.
No-Limit Hold'em After a cutoff raise by Mikael Thuritz, Phil Hellmuth defended his big blind and then checked in the dark before the dealer spread the flop.
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