Thayer Rasmussen has pushed way up to 78,000. He was just involved in a 2-7 hand in which he and opponent bet and drew the entire way, and Rasmussen ended up drawing to an 8-7-5-4-2, while his opponent paired his six on the end.
Allen Kessler bet the entire way on a board of and was called down by his opponent. Kessler showed and a look of surprise came over his face when his opponent mucked and his hand was good. The pot was worth about 12,000 chips.
A short-stacked J.C. Tran had the last of his chips in the middle before the flop against both Todd Brunson and Felipe Ramos. Brunson and Ramos checked it down as the community cards came .
Brunson showed and Ramos -- both made Broadway. Tran showed and hits the rail.
We picked up the action on the turn on a board of . The first player, out of the small blind, bet and Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler called. Michael Binger called on the button as well.
The river brought the and it checked to Binger. Binger bet out and the small blind called. Kessler called as well saying, "I was praying for no ace."
"I have a wheel." said Binger. "I think I may have gotten pretty lucky."
Binger showed for the wheel. Kessler showed and then mucked. The other opponent did not show.
Binger scooped the entire pot and is back up to 75,000. Kessler dropped to 35,000.
Shamus
Jennifer Harman has made it to her seat after being eliminated from Event No. 41, the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout.
Harman made the cash over in Event No. 41. Now she will try to do so in Event No. 42 as well. She returns to find her Day 2 starting stack of 27,750 cut roughly in half to 14,350.
David Sklansky was all in on the turn with the board showing . Sklansky had and was looking for a nine, king or heart. Meanwhile, his opponent Felipe Ramos had two of his outs in his hand with .
The river was the , and Sklansky is out. Ramos had slipped earlier, but is back up to 12,500 currently.
and was called down by his opponent. Kessler showed 
and a look of surprise came over his face when his opponent mucked and his hand was good. The pot was worth about 12,000 chips.
. 
and Ramos 
and hits the rail.
and it checked to Binger. Binger bet out and the small blind called. Kessler called as well saying, "I was praying for no ace."
for the wheel. Kessler showed 
.
, and Sklansky is out. Ramos had slipped earlier, but is back up to 12,500 currently.
