Jason Mercier just took the second bullet away from Steven Silverman. Mercier held the 
against Silverman's 
. The flop came down 
and it was now Mercier's set of eights versus Silverman's flush draw.
The turn was the 
and river the 
. Mercier held a full house and Silverman reloaded for his last 10,000.
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In a most recent hand Jason Mercier, placed a bet putting his opponent Steven Silverman all in preflop. Silverman quickly called and both players turned over their hole cards.
Mercier: 
Silverman: 
It was basically a coin flip, with either player having a great chance of taking this pot down. A 
flop gave Silverman the advantage. Mercier was going to need one of the last two threes in the deck if he wanted to knock out SIlverman.
The miracle 
on the turn brought a "wow" out of Mercier and the lead. With the 
planting on the river the deed was done and Mercier was awarded the pot.
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Level: 6
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 0
Both players had all their chips in play when the final hand played out. Rousso raised from the button to 1,600 and Esfandiari made the call. The flop came down 
and Esfandiari check-raised the 2,000 continuation bet to 5,200. Rousso tanked for a bit before making the call.
The turn was the 
and Esfandiari bet 6,600. Rousso tanked once more before shoving all in for around 16,000 chips and Esfandiari snap-called. Rousso tabled 
against Esfandiari's 
and the river was the . The players shook hands and Esfandiari filled in his name on the slip that gave him acces to the second round.
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Gregory Gokey has just been eliminated literally by the hands of Tommy Chen.
We caught up to Chen after the hand to see what happened and he informed us that he put Gokey all in for about 13,000 and was called preflop. Chen held 
while Gokey possessed a superior 
.
A 
flop looked to give Gokey the double up he desperately needed, but alas a 
on the turn and a 
on the river brought Chen a winning straight and the knock out blow.
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Just a small smattering of shots from the early action.
As we discussed earlier, this is Viktor "Isildur1" Blom's first-ever World Series of Poker. He was squared off against Andy Bloch in the first round and has just defeated the newly crowned WSOP champion. Here's how it all went down.
With the blinds 400/800, Blom limped on the button and Bloch checked his option. The flop came down 
and Bloch check-called a bet of 800 to see the 
land on the turn. Both players checked fourth street and then checked the river when the completed the board. Blom showed the 
for a pair of twos and Bloch mucked his hand.
A couple hands later in the same blind level, Blom limped the button again and Bloch checked. The flop produced the 
and Bloch checked. Blom bet 800 and Bloch called. After the fell on the turn, Bloch checked and Blom bet 1,800. Bloch folded.
It was then time for the next level and the blinds increased to 500/1,000. On the first hand of the level, Bloch raised all in for 6,300 after Blom limped the button. Blom snap-called with the 
and was dominating the for Bloch. The flop, turn and river ran out 
and Bloch was forced to use his last add-on lammer.
On the very next hand having just reloaded for his final 10,000 in chips, Bloch shoved all in from the button for 10,000 and Blom called. Bloch held the 
and was once again dominated against Blom's 
. A board of 
was run out and Bloch was eliminated.
With his victory, that means Blom has won his first match in his first-ever WSOP tournament. We'll be seeing him in the second round at 4:00 PM.
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Right after the final hand Ankush Mandavia said, "That ace-four call was horrible," as both players started discussing the hands. We ran over and wrote down the final hand which played out in the following manner.
Mandavia was down to his final five big blinds and got it in with 
against . The board ran out 
and after flopping a set Mandavia got runner-runnered and Baumstein moved on.
"You just got here for this hand, but you missed the big pot," Mandavia said as we listened to Baumstein who laid out the first big pot the two played. In the first level Mandavia raised to 400 and Baumstein called from the big blind. The flop came down 
and Baumstein check-called 400. The turn was a 
and both players checked. The river was a and Baumstein checked once more. Mandavia moved all in for 7,800 and Baumstein looked him up with 
. This cost Mandavia his first lammer.
Mandavia went on to tell his the other big hand. Baumstein min-raised from the button to 1,600 and Mandavia moved all in for 18,000. Baumstein immediately corrected him saying it was 16,500 and after a good three minutes of bickering both players still couldn't agree on the bet size. Baumstein ended up making the call with 
and Mandavia kept stating how bad this was. Mandavia had and the board ran out 
giving Baumstein a flush and a commanding chip lead. The final hand was described above and Baumstein moves on to the second round.
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Recent Event 6: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Mixed-Max runner up Joseph Cheong has been eliminated after moving all in against Jacob Godshall and receiving a call preflop.
Cheong:
Godshall:
Godshall held a a bit of a lead, but with a 
flop Cheong overtook Godshall and now possessed a strong advantage. The on fourth street further insured a Cheong victory, but a river again brought a reversal of leads and Cheong was eliminated.
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