Yves Dupuis was all in preflop against Barny Boatman. Boatman held and Dupuis held . The board helped neither player and Dupuis was gone. Boatman moved up to around 90,000 in chips.
If I have one piece of advice for people playing in the World Series of Poker Main Event, it's this -- try not to run your big pairs into aces. Just don't do it. It's not gonna work out well for you (well, it's not gonna work out well about four out of every five times it happens). It didn't work out for Charlie Ward, as his queens ran into another player's aces and the bullets held up. Ward was left with just 4,675 after the hand.
After seeing a flop of with two diamonds, Sam Grizzle moved all in with the . Grizzle got action by a player holding and when the turn and river fell an and a with no diamonds, Grizzle was sent packing.
Nick Caltabiano is the current Day 1b chip leader with 122,000 in chips. He is a limit cash game player from Syracuse, NY. He primarily plays in Atlantic City but flies to Los Angeles to play as well.
His preferred game is $100-$200 and $200-$400 limit hold'em. This is his first Main Event and fourth World Series of Poker overall. He is seeking his first-ever WSOP cash.
Danilo Carlucce paid $10,000 to play in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker, and all he got out of it was this bad beat story. His red pocket jacks were no match for an opponent's when four spades hit the board. Carlucce has been eliminated from the tournament.