Posted by Andrew Feldman
8 p.m. ET: Lance Bradley and I were discussing around 6 p.m. how we had three world champions left and each of them stood with solid chip counts. Our primary focus at the time was Dan Harrington, who was cruising. He built his chip stack up over $2 million and was rolling over this table … then he decided to pull out "Action Dan" and make a huge bet on the river with air. The fact of the matter is that Harrington's big bet with 8-9 offsuit was ill-timed, but the call with pocket queens on a board of A-K-10-K-3 was simply impressive. The player, Charlie Elias, went into the tank for quite a while and finally pulled the trigger on the call, taking more than half of Harrington's stack. About 20 minutes later, Harrington moved all-in with a flush draw and was eliminated by Eric Cloutier.
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Andrew Feldman and Bluff's Lance Bradley recap Day 4 action at the WSOP, where the cash bubble was busted. The guys are joined by Norman Chad, Joe Hachem, Amnon Filippi and Nick Schulman.
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We're down to 232 players and among them is Joe Sebok, Phil Ivey and Peter Eastgate who all doubled up during the last level. Sebok hit a river king to beat his opponent's turned top pair and double up. Immediately afterward, Sebok eliminated a player and is now up to $825,000. Barry Greenstein came over from the Dream Team Poker tournament to talk to Joe and provide some support. Sebok does have quite a support staff here in the Amazon Room with a couple of members of the PokerRoad family covering the event. Wearing a PokerRoad sweatshirt, Ivey chipped up to $600,000 during the last level and has the full rail cheering for him (including, of course, the couple that wears the "Go Phil Ivey shirts").
During the last couple of hands of Level 2, we noticed some movement from some familiar faces. Nick Schulman won a nice pot and Bertrand Grospellier doubled up after suffering some tough luck earlier in the day. After losing with aces during the first hour, Grospellier picked up aces again and doubled up against 10-10. However, the biggest mover of the day is Tom Schneider. The 2007 WSOP Player of the Year has basically taken over the table with his chips, and thankfully, he colored up a little bit to make his $2.5 million easier to handle.
I briefly spoke to Dennis Phillips about the aggressive play in this main event, and his simple answer: "I don't get it, but I like it."
Small blinds: We've lost five players in the first 13 minutes of Level 3. Only 52 more players will need to be eliminated until the day is over. … If you haven't been following me on Twitter, you probably should. I'm updating the Twitter feed with whatever I see while I'm walking the floor. So make sure to follow @ESPN_Poker. … Lou Diamond Phillips and Antonio Esfandiari are sharing the spotlight at the secondary feature table. … The rail behind Ivey and Eastgate's table is gradually getting closer to the players. I think the Harrah's team needs to make some adjustments. … They are currently taking down the lights from the ceiling in the Amazon Room. The good thing is that they're saving electricity. The bad thing is that I can't see anything. OK, I can see, but more light would be nice. … Seen walking around the room during the past level: Greenstein, Adam Schoenfeld and now, the night floor staff. … Tom Schneider will be joining me on the Poker Edge podcast tonight.
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