On the last hand before dinner break, Dwyte Pilgrim had Bill Eichel all in with pocket kings against Eichel's big slick. The board ran out to give Dwyte the big pot and the elimination of Eichel.
That was so quick we didn't even catch the preflop action. We do know that Motoyuki Mabuchi got all in with Robert Cheung. Moto showed while Cheung had .
Mabuchi flopped the gutshot straight draw when the board came , and he picked up more outs when the hit the turn. The river was unkind though, putting the on the board and giving Mabuchi top pair, which couldn't beat Cheung's flush.
In the time it took to write that last post, three more players including Theo Tran have been eliminated from the tournament.
Tran raised from middle position with and was called by Tam Nguyen who was holding . The flop came , giving Nguyen two pair. The on the turn gave Tran a chance at the wheel, but the on the river splashed cold water on his dream of doubling up.
Meanwhile, Tam Nguyen is now sitting with about 220,000 in chips.
On a flop of , Tom McTeer got all his chips in the pot and drew a call from Matt Graham.
McTeer showed for top set, while Graham tabled and was drawing very thin, needing some sort of runner-runner combination for a straight or flush that wouldn't pair the board. The turn and river brought the and , and McTeer now has just over 100,000 chips.
Tony Cousineau was all in with a short stack from the cutoff seat with . The button, Ian Woodley, isolated with a reraise with and got heads up with Cousineau. The board ran out 9-8-2-Q-A and that was it for Cousineau.