Phan and Ocksrider Among Early In-the-Money Casualties
Ryan Phan and Christopher Ocksrider have just been seen making their ways to the payout desk shortly after the bubble burst. Phan filled in the details on his bust out, saying he was in the big blind with 
and had a chance to triple versus 
, but a on the flop had another follow on the turn to spell his elimination.
Ocksrider's elimination came at the hands of "Big John" Lytle. According to tablemate Ark Onikul, Lytle opened to 16,000 in early position and action folded around to Ocksrider in the small blind, who three-bet shoved for close to 200,000. Lytle wasted no time calling and the two were off to the races.
John Lytle:
Christopher Ocksrider: 
Ocksrider found no help on the runout and his ace-queen was left second best to result in the end of his tournament at Lytle's expense, who now is closing in on 1.5 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,493,000 | 93,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
. Rossitto found himself losing the three outs he previously had and picking up nine new ones. The turn 
took one of those cards away due to a possible full house, which filled up in another way for Lytle on the river 
to eliminate Rossitto in 129th place.
and both players checked.
and the early-position player checked to Lytle once more. He fired 35,000 and received a call. The river fell 
and both players checked to take the hand to showdown.
for second pair, top kicker, and Lytle turned over 
to win the pot with his top pair. Lytle has been seen chipping up over the last couple of levels, and is the likely chip leader on the bubble with a current stack of 1.25 million.
and Nguyen check-called a continuation-bet of 20,000. 
, and Nguyen led out with a bet of 75,000. Immediately after making the bet, Tice shoved to put Nguyen all in for his remaining 156,000.
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and Hansen made a continuation-bet of 16,000. Van Blarcum raised to 46,000 and Hansen took about five seconds to shoot his cards to the center of the table. Meanwhile, six eliminations have just occurred and two more are needed to burst the bubble.
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. The big blind once again checked and Gonzalez fired out another 27,000, which the big blind called to take the hand to showdown.
and Gonzalez checked. Jackson made a continuation-bet of 36,000 and Gonzalez check-raised to 78,500. Jackson went all in over the top and Gonzalez called.
