Ludovic Lacay just had a slice of luck to knock out Dave Whalen. Lacay held against Whalen's but the board came and Lacay made two pair to Whalen's one.
The Frenchman has the chip lead in his sights once more.
David Levi was all in for 29,000. Michael Cassela called in a later position, but folded after Clayton Newman reraised all in. Levi had and was racing against with Newman. This time Newman held .
The flop ran out and things got grimmer for Levi. he did pick up a gutshot though. The turn brought the , nailing Levi's gutshot straight and giving him the best hand. It looked as if he was going to double, but just as the dealer giveth, the dealer taketh away with the on the river. Newman's boat was good enough to bust Levi from the tournament and put him up to 380,000.
The remaining players are, of course, all in the money, and they owe their upcoming paychecks to one man in particular. In the middle of the day yesterday, the money bubble arrived and lingered for quite while. Kia Hamadani decided he'd put a stop to it, getting all in for his ante of 500 chips and bursting the bubble for the rest of the field. Melissa Castello caught up with everyone's hero shortly thereafter:
Marla Schwartz has hit the rail, her pocket no good at all against Pat O'Malley's . A jack on the turn gave Schwartz straight outs, but she rivered only dust and is busto.
[Removed:197] opened the pot with a raise to 20,000, and J.C. Tran moved all in for 109,000 total. Next to act was Steve Doebler, and he made the call to put Tran at risk, while [Removed:198] ducked out of the way.
Tran tabled , and he was looking good for a double against Doebler's . The board ran , and the best hand wins. J.C. is up to 245,000 now.
From early position, Phil Ivey raised to 22,000. Elad Magidov called from the small blind. The flop came down and Magidov checked. Ivey fired 35,000 and was called.
The turn brought the and Magidov checked. Ivey fired 80,000 this time and was check-raised to 200,000. Ivey made the call.