Things got a little quieter here in the tournament room, and that's about the time we noticed the affable Eric Crain was gone. A quick check of his Facebook shed some light on his demise:
"Got coolered in one massive pot biggest donk at table then he finished me off with flush draw + over card vs my top pair. Pretty frustrating day. Same guy jammed 86o vs AA on T42 and went running 35 to build stack, then he coolers me (AA vs AQ on A high flop) then busts me with FD. Super obnoxious. Guess I'll have to get even playing the side events."
The action folded to 22-time Olympic medalist Michael Phelps, who raised to 2,400 out of the small blind. Jake Bazeley called in the big blind, and the flop fell . Phelps led out for 1,500, and Bazeley called.
The turn was the , Phelps checked, and Bazeley fired 3,600. Phelps called.
The river was the , and Phelps reached for chips, firing 7,500. Bazeley frowned, then folded his hand.
We didn't see the hand happen, but Jonathan Aguiar, who was seated to Seiver's right, was kind enough to fill us in. According to him, Seiver raised holding and then called off his 20-big-blind stack when an opponent raised with . The flop was dangerous to Seiver as it gave his opponent the nut-flush draw and counterfeit options to go with his overs. The turn was of no particular interest, but the river was as it ended up being the last card Seiver would see here on Day 1b.
"He's still never made Day 2 of the PCA Main Event," Aguiar added, much to the amusement of neighbor Andy Frankenberger.
Alex Venovski opened to 1,800 in early position, Olivier Busquet called on his left, and Tom Dwan called on the button. The dealer fanned , and all three players checked.
The turn was the , Venovski checked again, and Busquet tossed out 2,500. Only Dwan called.
The completed the board, and Busquet tanked for 20 seconds, then bet 6,000. Dwan grimaced, checked his cards, grimaced, examined the board, grimaced, looked at Busquet, grimaced, then folded.
According to our crack photographer Neil Stoddart, Tom Dwan has been eliminated. The last of his chips went in with against an opponent's , and the ace-king held.
flop in a single-raised pot. Charania was first, and he led for 2,300. Waxman called.
, and Charania checked. Waxman fired 3,600, and Charania made the call.
completed the board on the river, and Charania checked. Waxman bet 15,000, and Charania folded.
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. Phelps led out for 1,500, and Bazeley called.
, Phelps checked, and Bazeley fired 3,600. Phelps called.
, and Phelps reached for chips, firing 7,500. Bazeley frowned, then folded his hand.
. The 
flop was dangerous to Seiver as it gave his opponent the nut-flush draw and counterfeit options to go with his overs. The 
turn was of no particular interest, but the 
river was as it ended up being the last card Seiver would see here on Day 1b.
, and all three players checked.
, Venovski checked again, and Busquet tossed out 2,500. Only Dwan called.
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for kings up, but Lemke had that beat with 
for a set of sevens. Lemke is up to 65,000 chips, while Ivey is down to 9,100.
against an opponent's 
, and the ace-king held.
