A middle-position player raised to 3,000 and Jean-Robert Bellande called from the big blind. The flop was . Bellande immediately moved all in for 4,550 and the MP player tanked for several minutes before making the call. Bellande turned up , behind his opponent's . The turn was the , the river was the and Bellande hit the rail.
Nenad Medic was all in for 3,650 with against his opponent's . The flop was , the turn was the and the spiked on the river to snap off the pocket kings with a queen-high straight. Medic is now up to 8,500.
Ray Henson's stack continues its upward trend. After a late-position player limped in, Henson raised to 1,900 from the small blind and the LP player called. The flop was . Henson checked, the LP player bet 3,000 and Henson called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and they checked again.
Henson rolled over , besting his opponent's . He's now up to 64,000.
Stuart "The Donator" Paterson's short stack succumbed when he ran his into an opponent's in a preflop all-in confrontation. Paterson's hand could not improve and he hit the rail.
From this year's WSOP, Michael Banducci will not only take home a pile of cash and his first bracelet, he'll take home the memories of making a royal flush in a live tournament-- which he just did, increasing his stack to 67,000.