When we reached Table 389, the board read . Charles Kassin's hand was pulled into the muck, and Igor Sharaskin's hand lay open in front of him. Sharaskin's was good enough for the knockout, and Kassin was sent to the rail.
We caught the action on a board when Mike Matusow checked to Chris Tryba who bet 1,775. Matusow played with his chips for a while before announcing he was all in. The raise was for about 10,000 extra chips, and Tryba almost called intantly.
Mike Matusow
Chris Tryba
Matusow was in superb shape, and he doubled up when the hit the river. Matusow seemed flustered by what just happened, but he happily stacked his new chips.
Vincent van der Fluit, winner of the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha, has just busted another player. He grabbed the chip lead, and is cruising along in this event.
Van der Fluit told us he raised under the gun to 1,000 in No-Limit Hold'em, and a short stack pushed for his final 5,100. Van der Fluit told us this player had just folded in a big pot, and because of that he was more inclined to make the call.
Van der Fluit's opponent tabled and the Dutchman was ahead with . The flop brought out , but the turn and river bricked giving Van der Fluit some more chips to work with.
Eli Elezra was knocked all the way down to just 900 chips when he started his comeback. Right before the start of the break we saw him all in for 2,150 and Chino Rheem was his only opponent.
Chino Rheem
Eli Elezra
The board ran out , giving Elezra another double up.