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Phil Ivey was down to just 2,000 in chips when he went all in under the gun. He tripled-up when both blinds called him and his 
held on a board reading 
.
On the very next hand, though, John Mcquinn raised from the small blind, and Ivey moved the rest of his chips into the middle.
Ivey: 
Mcquinn: 
All Ivey had to do was stay ahead, but he wasn't able to do so when the board came 
. Mcquinn collected Ivey's chips, and Ivey headed outside the rail.
Matthew Keikoan raised and Patti Gallagher reraised out of the big blind. They saw some community cards.
Gallagher bet out on every street of the 
board, and Keikoan called her all the way. When it came to showdown, though, Keikoan just mucked to Gallagher's 
straight.
Current standings - Keikoan 22,000, Gallagher 86,000.
Three players made it to the 
flop and two of them checked to Kirk Banks, who bet. The gent in the big blind folded, but Donald Sokol called from under the gun.
The turn was the 
and Sokol bet his last 4,000. Banks called, and they turned the cards over.
Sokol: 
Banks: 
River:
Sokol headed for the payout desk, and Banks headed up the leader board on 144,800.
Chip daddy Jameson Painter raised on the button and called the reraise from Kenny Hsiung in the big blind. They saw a flop.
Flop: 
Hsiung bet out and Painter raised; Hsiung reraised and Painter called.
Turn: 
Hsiung bet out again and Painter raised again; this time Hsiung just called, and they were at the river.
River: 
This time Hsiung just check-called a bet from Painter, who turned over 
for two pair. Hsiung's hand hit the muck and he dropped to 10,000. Painter, who'd taken a small hit earlier, moved back up to 143,000.
Erik Lopez got his very last in preflop with 
and found himself in exceptionally poor shape against Malissia Zapata's 
.
Though his tablemates, thoroughly enjoying themselves, did their best to call for the outdraw, the aces held up on the 
board and Lopez was eliminated. The extremely cheerful Zapata bumped her stack up a little, to a still pretty short 20,000.
As we head into the money, it looks as though Jameson Painter - our chip leader at the start of the day - is back in the lead on 145,000.
Jameson Painter check-called bets from Jonathan Tamayo on the 
flop and the 
turn. Both players checked the river, and Tamayo tabled , only to find that Painter's 
had made a four flush. Ouch.
So now, with Tamayo severely short-stacked on the official bubble, Shawn Buchanan raised in the cutoff and Tamayo reraised all in from the small blind.
On their backs.
Tamayo: 
Buchanan: 
Board: 
Neither player hit a thing, and Tamayo stood up. He had to wait until all hands were complete at the other tables, though, to ascertain that he was in fact the bubble. He took the news well, with a gentlemanly smile.
"Min-cash can suck my **** anyways," he said cheerfully. "Good luck guys!"
Level: 14
Blinds: /
Ante:
Qinghai Pan only had 2,600 left when he raised all in from the cutoff. His only taker was the big blind, who didn't even bother looking at his cards.
Pan turned up 
, and his opponent turned over one card, exposing the and then slowly looked at his next card. It was, much to Pan's disappointment, the 
.
A little bit of hope appeared for Pan in the form of a 
, but he didn't get the last bit of help he needed with the on the turn or the 
on the river.
John Lynch and Terrence Chan made it to a flop and Lynch bet out. Chan, without even looking up from his sci-fi novel, made what may be the smoothest and most nonchalant raise that has ever been seen at the WSOP. Lynch called all in, and Chan didn't even look up until all the cards were on the table.
Lynch:
Chan: dominating with
Turn: not a jack but
River: , not a jack either
Lynch was eliminated, and Chan kept both his cool and Lynch's chips.
