Chris Ferguson opened all in from the button. His good buddy Phil Gordon was in the big blind and decided to call with . Ferguson had pocket deuces.
"I'm live!" said Gordon excitedly. He was even more excited after pairing queens, . "Could it happen? Could I bust Chris Ferguson one time?" Indeed he could. The turn and river blanked out. Ferguson is out of the tournament.
Most of the action at this point is simple and straight-forward. A player opens all in and another calls. So it was for Erik Seidel. He opened with and was called by . Ship the double-up to Seidel, however, on a board of .
Jerome Bettis just knocked out two opponents on back-to-back hands. It looks like our last two tables are collapsing to one ten-handed table. This is the money bubble!