Action folded all the way around to Brian Burney on the button and put in a standard raise. La Sengphet then moved all in from the big blind for 174,000, which Burney called.
Sengphet:
Burney:
Sengphet was a dog but not after the flop came down . She was suddenly in the lead and looking to dodge an ace and queen. The turn was no danger, so it was down to the river. The dealer burned and slowly turned over the . Sengphet survived and doubled to 379,000 while Burney took a small hit down to 890,000.
Now that the remaining players have chipped up and have stacks compatible with the blinds, the action seems to have slowed up a bit. There is about 80 minutes left of play, so it ought to be close on whether or not we reach the final table tonight.
Two hands led to the demise of Steve Galey. The first occurred when action folded to Kurt Jewell in the cutoff and he raised to 48,000. Galey called from the small blind and the two watched the flop come down . Galey led out for 150,000, Jewell moved all in for 426,000, and Galey called:
Jewell:
Galey:
Jewell had two overs but could hit neither as the board ran out and . Jewell doubled on the hand to 890,000 while Galey dropped to just 85,000.
A short time later, Galey moved all in from the hijack for 68,000 with and was called bu the of Mark Kehrees in the cutoff. The board ran out and Kehrees chipped up to 410,000. Meanwhile, Galey was eliminated from the WSOPC Harrah's Tunica Main Event in 14th place.
John Holley raised to 45,000 from middle position and was met with a raise to 135,000 from Matthew Lawrence in the big blind. Holley simply moved all in for 423,000 and Lawrence made the call to create a nearly 900K pot.
Lawrence:
Holley:
Holley had run smack dab into pocket rockets but managed to overcome them when the flop fell . Suddenly Lawrence needed an ace to make a set and reclaim the lead. The turn was not it and neither was the river. Lawrence took a big hit down to 545,000 while Holley doubled to 897,000.
On a board of , the money got in between Edward Chevallier and John Nguyen. Chevallier held and was behind the of Nguyen. The turn and river changed nothing and Chevallier was eliminated from the Main Event in 15th place.
Action folded to Dale Slatton in the cutoff and he moved all in for 119,000. Jesse White looked him up from the small blind and suddenly the chip leader at the start of the day was at risk.
Slatton:
White:
Slatton was looking for a queen but didn't connect on the flop. The on the turn gave him some chop outs, but the on the river sent him home in 16th place. White is up to 930,000.