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Yet another all in on the very busy ElkY/Young table. After a raise, Bertrand Grospellier moved all in, and Young snap-called with 
. His pair of black ladies needed to hold up against ElkY's 
, but this is Elky we're talking about folks. All he needs from a flop is a backdoor draw. It came 
, meaning he needed an ace or running hearts to double up. Might as well do it the fun way. A quick 
and 
later, and Grospellier doubled a third time, enough to retake the lead.
In a development that is sure to disappoint the forum community, Phil Gordon is back on top of Tom Marchese, 30,000 to 20,000. The two players got the chips in pre-flop on a flip, Gordon's 
against Marchese's 
. Gordon flopped a set, 
, but it's rarely that easy in hold'em. Marchese had an inside straight draw and picked up flush outs with the turn. The river did not improve Marchese to the winning hand. The match rolls on.
The match between Jen Harman and Huck Seed was almost dead-even when the players got all the chips in pre-flop. Harman was behind in the match by 1,200 chips but Seed was behind in the hand with 
against Harman's .
"I've got two flush draws," Seed dead-panned. One of those flush draws was in danger of filling by the turn of a 
board. Harman flashed a huge smile, stood up and shouldered her bag, preparing to be the third player eliminated. Instead the river double-paired the board, 
. She and Seed chopped the pot.
Minutes after doubling his very short stack to a slightly larger short stack, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier shoved his button for 7,450. His 
was up against Justin Young's 
. The flop couldn't have been much better for Elky. He picked up top pair and a flush draw on 
. The turn wasn't very interesting and left Young drawing to two outs. The 
river was neither, giving ElkY two pair and his second double up.
The youth movement is on display here in the Diamonds Bracket. Tom Marchese, who had -- pardon our French -- a hell of a 2010, found himself down to Phil Gordon. Gordon opened the button with a raise, then called an all-in re-raise from Marchese. Marchese's 
was the dominating favorite over Gordon's 
, but Marchese give a rueful smile to the ceiling as if he sense a nine coming. No such luck for Gordon: there match is all-square again after both players missed a 
board and Marchese's jack kicker played.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier was down to 4,000 after doubling Justin Young a few minutes ago. With blinds up to 300/600, ElkY open-shoved with , and Young called to put him in danger with 
.
The dealer brought ElkY the 
in the door, but the 
flop also gave Young a flush draw. The turn paired the board. The river was black, giving ElkY a sweat, but the 
saw him safely doubled to 8,000. Young still has a nice lead with 42,000.
It's an apt metaphor for poker in 2011: youth has triumphed over experience in the battle of former Main Event champions. Peter Eastgate opened his button to 900, then called Chris Ferguson's all-in shove of 8,700. Eastgate's 
led Ferguson's 
. The board provided Ferguson with no relief, 
. He is the second person eliminated from the Diamonds Bracket.
After the match ended, Eastgate and Ferguson stood table-side and discussed several hands that preceded Ferguson's elimination. That knowledge isn't much use to Ferguson now. He'll go home and sleep on his pile of Full Tilt millions; Eastgate will move on to the Round of 32.
Justin Young is one of the qualifiers in this invitational field. He came through as the sole survivor of a $200 satellite tournament held at Caesars Palace a few weeks ago, an accomplishment which earned him an entry into this field.
The bearded Young drew shock-blonde ElkY as his first-round opponent and has already doubled up. ElkY check-raised Young on a board of 
. Young pushed all in with a made straight, 
. ElkY had the chip lead and called with 
, flush and straight draws. All of Young's hard work just to get on stage was at risk, as ElkY had the chip lead. The river stayed clean for Young. He got to stick around a while longer when the came off.
We've had our first all in of the tournament, and moments later, our first elimination. And it came in one of the toughest matches of the tournament. Erik Seidel, last year's runner up, raised preflop, and Allen Cunningham made the call. The made-for-tv flop fell , and Cunningham check-raised Seidel. After a flurry of raises, all the money was in the middle. It took a minute to count the stacks and determine which player was at risk. Seidel had a slight lead, and once the hands were flipped, it was clear that Cunningham needed to catch to stay alive.
Seidel: for top two pair
Cunningham: for flush and open-ended straight draws
The on the turn was as hard a brick as possible, and the river was just as useless for Cunninghum. He took his leave to a round of applause, and Seidel is the first one to move on to Saturday's round of 32. He will play the winner of the match between Huck Seed and Jennifer Harman. Definitely no soft spots in this bracket.
We're pinned at a media desk but we'll try getting as many snaps as we can.
