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We didn't see it go down, but Tim Kelly told us he cracked a player's pocket aces with 
after Kelly shoved for nine big blinds preflop. Apparently Kelly saw it coming — he says he offered an apology to his opponent even before the board ran out.
Kelly is up to 52,000 on his second bullet of the day.
Tim Kelly cracked aces a short while ago but wasn't able to put those chips to much use. We walked up to see Joe Ciffa raise to 9,000 from early position. Action folded over to Kelly in the blinds and he moved all in. Ciffa called off for 42,500 total.
Kelly: 
Ciffa: 
The board ran out 
, giving Ciffa a rivered straight and crippling Kelly. Kelly was eliminated on the next hand,
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
Mitch Polanski informed us about Randy Pfeifer's exit. Pfeifer shoved pocket sixes into the pocket jacks of Arthur Gates, and the bigger pair held up. Gates is now among the leaders with 170,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
Busted |
While Pfeifer was playing his last hand on Table 2, Conrad St. Hilaire will eliminated by Shamel Thomas in a huge pot at Table 5. According to Hilaire, Thomas drilled a pair of aces on the river after all the chips went in on the turn. Thomas joins the rank of chip leaders with two tables remaining.
The remaining 20 players are on a 10-minute break. We'll have a seat draw for you when they return.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Vilardo |
| 2 | Unknown |
| 3 | Joe Latona |
| 4 | Sarah Khajavi |
| 5 | Aaron Olshan |
| 6 | Thomas Hawthorne |
| 7 | Shamel Thomas |
| 8 | "Johnny Vegas" |
| 9 | Dean Metzger |
| 10 | Art Demmerley |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
145,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
132,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
98,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
98,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Brett "Roscoe" Short |
| 2 | Arthur Gates |
| 3 | Dennis Danielski |
| 4 | Brian Rentschler |
| 5 | Joe Ciffa |
| 6 | Rick Block |
| 7 | Jason Nablo |
| 8 | Mitch Polanski |
| 9 | Kevin Mathias |
| 10 | Shawn Rodwell |
Rick Block was just eliminated by Joe Ciffa. We're down to 19 players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
260,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
220,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
185,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
95,000 | |
|
85,000
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
|
85,000 | |
|
60,000 | |
|
26,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
Busted |
