Mark Radoja raised and David Bach called from the big blind.
The flop came and Bach checked. Radoja bet and Bach raised. Radoja called. The turn was the and Bach bet, Radoja raised, and Bach called. The river was the and Bach check-called a bet from Radoja.
Andrey Zhigalov moved all in for 3,200, Philip Rhee folded from the small blind, leaving himself with 300 chips, and David Bach called.
Zhigalov:
Bach:
The door card was the and Zhigalov was not happy. The dealer spread the flop and the appeared and the expression on Zhigalov's face drastically changed.
The turn was the and the river was the . Zhigalov doubled with quads.
Joseph Risi from Laguna Beach, California, was the bubble after about an hour of hand-for-hand play.
He limped in early position with and two players called before Max Silver raised from the big blind with .
By the turn, Silver had bet the other players out of the pot with the board reading . Both players revealed their hands and Risi was drawing to only an ace, but couldn't catch it.
Risi plans to head back to the WSOP to play the Main Event.
After avoiding the bubble, Andrey Zhigalov got all in against Mark Radoja and looked to be doubling up when an ace came on the turn. What happened next is a short tale of despair and misfortune that left Zhigalov on the outside looking in.
The two players got all in preflop and Zhigalov held . Radoja showed .
The board ran out and all seemed well. The river was the and the table reacted with sighs as Radoja shook Zhigalov's hand.
Donald Fleming had a wheel against the pair of sevens held by Peter Morris. The two players got all in on the turn and Morris was sent home in 35th place.
Philip Rhee and Nicholas Seiken were both eliminated shortly after the break after being among the shortest stacks during the hand-for-hand marathon.
and Bach checked. Radoja bet and Bach raised. Radoja called. The turn was the 
and Bach bet, Radoja raised, and Bach called. The river was the 
and Bach check-called a bet from Radoja.
and Bach mucked.
when he hit trip kings and now tablemate Zhigalov is the short stack, left with only 3,200 after the blinds came through.
and Zhigalov was not happy. The dealer spread the flop and the 
and the river was the 
. Zhigalov doubled with quads.
, Frank Kassela bet and Joe Risi raised. Kassela called.
and two players called before Max Silver raised from the big blind with 
. Both players revealed their hands and Risi was drawing to only an ace, but couldn't catch it.
. Radoja showed 
