Two Big Hands from Just Before the Break
There were two big hands that unfolded right before the break.
In the first, Dmitry Kataev got his short stack all in preflop holding the 
and was looking to crack the 
of Steve Watts. The 
made it possible as Kataev picked up a flush draw, but he was left wanting as the 
blanked on the turn followed by the 
on the river. Kataev exited in 74th place.
Meanwhile, on the last hand of the level, Bjorn Wiesler, who was in the big blind, got his stack of 112,000 all in preflop and was in dire straits against Martin Jacobson.
Wiesler: 
Jacobson: 
The 
flop wasn't anything special, and neither was the 
turn. Wiesler needed a ten for the outright double, and much to Jacobson's dismay, he found it when the spiked on the river. Needless to say, it wasn't how the reigning World Series of Poker Main Event champ hope to go to the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000 | 205,000 |
|
251,000 | -114,000 |
|
240,000 | 70,000 |
|
Busted |