With the board showing 
, Josh Arieh was faced with a bet by an unknown opponent, and he decided on a raise to 2,700.
Arieh rolled over the 
when the other player quickly called, but his big slick had been caught on the river by 
.
The players have stood to stretch as we enter the first 20-minute break of the day.
Ludovic Riehl is a French pro with a great record in six-max events around the world, including a 40th place finish here in this year's WSOP (Event #22 - $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six Handed), and today he is already displaying that proficiency for the shorthanded game.
We caught Riehl, who goes by the name "mikedou" online while playing as a Team Winamax team pro, playing a hand on the turn, with the board reading 
. After a player in the small blind checked, Riehl fired a bet of 3,250 forward, prompting his opponent to tank for over a minute before calling.
On the river, the player then tanked for two minutes before tapping the table, and Riehl calmly moved the rest of his stack in the middle, for a 9,775 all in bet.
His opponent then went about as deep into the tank as you can dive without the clock being called, staring at Riehl in the next seat over for more than five minutes, counting out the chips to call and pump faking the fold a few times. Eventually, despite all of the theatrics, the player was convinced by Riehl's bet, and his hand was finally tossed to the dealer.
We didn't catch the hand, but we just saw Antonio Esfandiari exiting the Brasilia room, so we are reporting that he has busted from the tournament.
With the Brasilia Room filled to the brim with several of poker's young guns, two of the game's founding fathers are duking it out at the same table.
World Series of Poker icon T.J. Cloutier and Full Tilt Poker computer programmer Steve Brecher recently played a small pot, with Brecher raising preflop and taking it down with a c-bet, but their conversation understandably focused on the age discrepancy between themselves and the field.
"I bet big and pushed him off, so I showed the deuce-seven offsuit for no pair," said Cloutier, speaking of a prior incident in which a younger player dared to disrespect the living legend. "Told him, 'Listen here whippersnapper, I've forgotten more about poker than you'll ever know...' After that the kid never said another word."
Cilea Organ is today's lucky winner in the WSOP.com seat giveaway promotion. We caught Cilea just before she took her FREE seat in this event.
Faced with a bet of 2,000 on the 
flop, Antonio Esfandiari made the call to see the 
land on the turn. Esfandiari's opponent checked, and Esfandiari checked behind after a minute of thought.
On the river, the completed the board. The first player checked the newly-provided pair of fours on the board, and Esfandiari bet 3,200. His opponent quickly called.
Esfandiari rolled over the 
, but his opponent's 
proved better. Esfandiari lost the pot and dropped back to 10,000 in chips.
Moments after winning a big pot against Don Nguyen, Ron Minnis has just given all of those chips back and them some, with French pro Manuel Bevand the recpient after a fortunate river card.
The action started on the turn, with the board showing 
. Minnis checked to Bevand, and then called the Frenchman's bet of 1,500 to see the drop on the river.
Minnis then led out for 3,000, and Bevand slowly cut out enough chips for a raise, before pushing a stack of 9,700 forward. Minnis snap-called and rolled over for trip sixes on the flop that had materialized into a straight.
Bevand revealed the 
, however, and his trip sixes had transformed into an unbearable full house.
Still believing he had a lock on the hand, Minnis had to stand and peer across the table before discovering the bad news.
"You've got six-four?", he asked, "Damn, that really cut me back down."
In the first level, after an under-the-gun raise to 200, Allen Bari called on the button. Tony Cousineau called from the small blind, then the big blind called as well.
The flop came down 
, and action checked to Bari. He bet 450, and only the big blind made the call. The turn was the , and the big blind checked. Bari bet 1,600, and his opponent folded.
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