Mike Matusow will be taking an early out today. We did not get to see the hand go down but apparently Matusow was all in with after a flop of . His opponent called with . The turn of the did not help either player, but Matusow's opponent caught his two-outer when a hit the river. Matusow then proceeded to calmly exit the building.
Interestingly enough, Matusow was wearing a "No Blowups" t-shirt today.
Jennifer Tilly wins the last-longer bet with Phil Laak today, as he was just eliminated from the field.
Laak came over the top for all of his chips on a flop of , but his opponent quickly called with for a set of threes. Laak still had outs, drawing with .
The turn was the and river , and a disappointed Laak made an early exit.
On a flop of , David Pham faced a bet from a player in seat one. Pham raised to 1,100 and his opponent then reraised for 3,300. Pham then pushed all in and his opponent made the call. David Pham showed for a pair and a flush draw and his opponent showed . The turn was the giving Pham trips and leaving his opponent drawing dead. Just to add insult to injury, the fell on the river to give Pham the flush.
With the board reading Theo Tran raised the bet of his opponent on the river, making it 1,000 to go. His opponent then declared that he was all in, sending Tran into the tank.
He eventually folded face-up on the table and his opponent flipped for complete air.
The players at the table all dropped their jaw and echoed "Wow!" in unison as Tran is bluffed off the pocket rockets.
On a flop of , Tom McEvoy faced a bet of 425 from a middle-position opponent. He made the call. On the turn card of the , McEvoy's opponent checked and McEvoy bet out 725. His opponent made the call. On the turn card of the , again McEvoy's opponent checked and McEvoy bet out 1,000. His opponent made the call and McEvoy tabled for trip fours. McEvoy's opponent mucked.
Eugene Todd was all in on a flop of and a player in seat two made the call. Todd was holding but his opponent had flopped a straight with . The board did not pair and Eugene Todd will have either an early day or a long break before the 5 p.m. event.
After check-calling a 700-chip bet from his opponent on a flop of , Roland de Wolfe led for 2,000 on the turn of . His opponent made the call before both players checked the on the river.
His opponent flipped and de Wolfe mucked his hand to slip to 2,900 chips.
Other players that have been spotted in todays field include Allen Kessler, Stuart Paterson, Alex Jacob, Doug "Rico" Carli, David Tran, and Peter Feldman.