A player from under the gun found himself all in and at risk against Alexis Gilbard out of the big blind.
Under the Gun Player:
Alexis Gilbard:
Though Gilbard had her opponent covered she was well behind. She was unable to find any help on the flop or the turn. The river, however, saw her hit one of her two outs, sending her opponent home in brutal fashion.
A player moved all in for 37,500 from middle position and action folded around to Huy Nguyen in the big blind. Nguyen went into the tank, asking for an exact count of his opponent's stack. He did eventually make the call to put the middle position player at risk.
Middle Position Player:
Huy Nguyen:
Nguyen had his opponent dominated and looked set to scoop a decently large pot. Nothing changed on the flop or the turn. The river too was clean for Nguyen, eliminating the player in middle position short of the money.
Phil Hellmuth was all in for 4,000 from the big blind. A player in early position raised to 16,000 before Daniel Marcus shoved for 37,000 and was called.
Marcus showed , Hellmuth , and the early position raiser .
The in the window gave Marcus a set as the board ran out with . Marcus doubled up while also eliminating Hellmuth.
"He gets credit for the knockout, but I did the damage," Richard Stidham said following the hand, relating that he won a flip with two sevens against Hellmuth's ace-king a few hands earlier.
Jerry Wong registered right at the deadline but ran into aces on two consecutive hands to fall down to 3,000, less than one big blind.
He had rebuilt his stack significantly before he played his most recent pot. With the board showing and 90,000 in the pot, Wong moved all in for his last 50,000.
His opponent went into the tank for several minutes while Wong just covered his mouth with his shirt and looked up at a baseball game playing on one of the large screens around the Paris Ballroom.
"Two pair no good," his opponent asked Wong before eventually folding.
From that one big blind, Wong is now sitting on a comfortable stack of around 150,000.
With late registration closed and eliminations coming at a lightning quick pace, the last few tables in Bally's have been broken and the remaining players transferred to Paris to combine with the rest of the field.
Perry Altensey moved all in for 23,000 from middle position and was called by a player in late position. One seat over from the caller, another late position player re-jammed for 67,000. Action folded back around to the late position caller, who, after some deliberation, folded.
Perry Altensey:
Late Position Player:
Altensey was at risk and behind but the flop was an interesting one, improving the late position player to a set but also giving Altensey an open ended straight draw as well as the possibility of a backdoor flush.
The turn was gin for Altensey, who now had broadway and would only need to avoid the board pairing on the river to secure a triple up. The river was clean for Altensey, who in the space of one hand moved from being a shorty with less than ten big blinds to sitting on a fairly comfortable stack.
Soeren Baekgaard Hansen hit a fortunate river to double up earlier, but he just found out that a little luck goes both ways.
WSOP circuit ring winner Clint Mooney was all in for 65,000 with and up against Hansen's .
"That's the hand I won my circuit ring with," Mooney said when he saw Hansen's nines.
The board was harmless for Hansen, until the fell on the river. Mooney leaped from his seat and clapped his hands together while a stunned Hansen could only wait for the stacks to be counted down.
He couldn't cover Mooney and joined a long list of players to head for the exit after dinner break.
Action folded to David Levy on the button who moved all in. The player in the small blind re-jammed his larger stack and the big bind got out of the way to put Levy at risk.
David Levy:
Small Blind Player:
Levy was behind and would need help to survive. That help was quick to come, arriving on the flop. The turn and river changed nothing, ensuring that Levy gets to keep his seat for the time being.