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On a flop of 
, Mike Ellis checked to Joel Casper. Casper, the pre-flop raiser, continued with a bet of 4,000. Ellis raised all in and Casper quickly called. Ellis was on a draw with 
and was up against Casper's top pair, 
. Ellis was thrilled to hit his draw with the turn 
, but any king, any trey or any diamond would improve Casper to a better hand. The 
came on the river to give Casper the nut flush and send Ellis packing.
Anthony Hartmann raised to 4,100 from the cutoff seat, and Tom Dwan reraised from the small blind. When Hartmann shoved for 27,700 total, Dwan called off the extra bit to put his opponent at risk.
Showdown
Hartmann:
Dwan: 
The flop was very "durrrr" as it came 
to give him an open-ender to try and run down. The turn 
was a blank, though, and so was the 
river. That's no help, and durrrr has given Hartmann a double up to about 57,000.
Dwan was left with about 31,000 after that hand, and as we walked over to count him, he was in the process of losing another pot. A player next to him was all in for about 13,000 with ace-queen, and Dwan's ace-nine failed to connect with the board. Two straight losses have pushed him down to 18,000 now.
It's been all downhill for Felipe Ramos since cards went in the air to starty the day. He has just 5,000 left after doubling up David Plastik. Ramos raised pre-flop and Plastik defended from the blinds. Both players checked an 
flop. Plastik then led 4,200 when the turn fell 
. Ramos moved all in and Plastik quickly called with a set of fives, 
. Ramos turned over a set of eights, 
, and needed a river two-outer that didn't come.
Plastik is up to about 45,000.
Jason Helder raised to 2,800 in early position, and Will Failla called before Tyler Kenney squeezed in a reraise to 9,500 straight. When it came back to Helder, he moved all in for more than 70,000, enough to scare Failla out. Kenney had 
though, and he quickly called all in for his last 20,500 to put himself at risk against Helder and his 
.
The board ran clean, coming 
, and that's good for Kenney's double. He's up to about 47,000 now, while Helder slips to 122,000.
That's the ballgame for David Cairns. He opened in middle position for 2,700 and was called by one player before Marco Johnson re-raised all in for 31,200. Cairns had only 15,400 total and was the only player to call Johnson's re-raise. He turned over 
, a hand dominated by Johnson's . Cue the board: 
Johnson's queens and fives took down the pot and ended Cairns' tournament short of the money.
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Will Failla's been accumulating chips to start the day and apparently his stack is so intimidating that opponents have started open-mucking queens to him. Failla called us over to the table to tell us that he raised under the gun in a recent pot, with action folding all the way to big blind Michael Wywrot. Wywrot apparently did not see that Failla raised and thought he was getting a walk in the big blind. He complained that it was his first walk all tournament as he open-mucked pocket queens!
By that point, of course, it was too late to retrieve the hand. Failla collected the blinds and antes and would only admit to having "at least one overcard".
"Listen guys, he saved his tournament," said Failla. "I promise you that."
Anthony Hartmann, passing by the table, gave an alternate headline for this post. "This just in -- Loudmouth has lots of chips."
David Plastik opened to 4,200 from the cutoff, and Gavin Griffin three-bet to 10,500 from the button. In the big blind, Felipe Ramos looked down despairingly at his little stack of 7,100. He said, "I don't know what I'm thinking about," and he slid his baby stack in there. Plastik folded, and Griffin got a rebate as the cards were turned up:
Griffin:
Ramos:
There was a jack on the flop, and the board of 
ushered Ramos out the door.
"Who was that again, Gavin?" Jim Collopy asked from across the table.
"Felipe Ramos," Griffin answered. "Mojave."
"Seems like a nice enough kid," Collopy said.
"Yeah, great kid. Super nice."
He does indeed seem like a nice guy, but nice guys apparently finish shy of the money today. Griffin, on the other hand, is up to 154,000. Though he seems like a nice guy too.
Marlon Shirley is out. He re-raised all in for about 13,000 pre-flop afer Gabriel Vezina opened with a raise to 3,700. Vezina called with pocket nines, racing against Shirley's 
. Each player caught a piece of the 
flop, with Vezina making a set of nines and Shirley catching a flush draw. The full flush never materialized.
Tom Dwan is also out. Down to about 19,000, he shoved pre-flop with 
. The small blind, Julien Arneodo, had been dealt 
and quickly called. Each player made a pair of aces, but Dwan's jack was out-kicked by Arneodo's king.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000
25,900
|
25,900 |
|
225,000
98,200
|
98,200 |
|
||
|
187,000
60,700
|
60,700 |
|
148,000
13,700
|
13,700 |
|
||
|
145,000
74,100
|
74,100 |
|
120,000
80,400
|
80,400 |
|
120,000
-10,200
|
-10,200 |
|
118,000
50,700
|
50,700 |
|
|
||
|
96,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
||
|
96,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
88,000
53,100
|
53,100 |
|
70,000
17,800
|
17,800 |
|
|
||
|
38,000
3,100
|
3,100 |
|
|
||
|
37,000
-10,400
|
-10,400 |
|
34,000
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
||
|
27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
27,000
300
|
300 |
|
27,000
-26,100
|
-26,100 |
|
21,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
||
