The tournament is down to 49 players as the eliminations are coming fast and furious. Sean Hampson would be eliminated at the hands of Robert Dugan when his was unable to improve against Dugan's . Others to hit the rail include John Pappas, Natasha Barbour, and Eddie Kofler.
We got to the table and all the chips were in the middle on a flop of with Chris Swanson being slightly covered by his opponent Song O. It was a 670,000 chip pot and the cards were turned face up:
Swanson:
O:
Song O had been coolered flopping two pair, kings and nines, only to run into a bigger two pair as Swanson had kings and queens. The turn was the and the river was the and O was crippled down to 40,000 in chips while Swanson moved up to 670,000.
Steve Trizis opened for a raise and Gregg Fund called out of the big blind. All the chips would go in the middle on the flop and Trizis would be in trouble with his as Fund had flopped bottom two pair with . The turn was the and the river was the and Fund had Trizis just covered to send him out just short of the money.
The bubble was a quick one as Sunny Moroz was all in and at risk with and was unable to improve against the of Alec Bradlow. Every player remaining is now in the money.
"All in and a call" said the dealer at table 2-7. We got to the table and Bobby Dugan was all in and at risk on a flop of against Arri Stone. Dugan turned over the nuts with the nut redraw with . He wasn't out of the woods yet, however, as Stone had flopped a set with his .
The turn would give Stone a full house as it was the and now Dugan was drawing to two cards, the or the . The river was the though and that would be the end of the road for Dugan.
The tournament is down to 38 players and Jeff Metajan was the most recent elimination in 39th place when he flopped a pair of aces with on a flop and was facing Ian Zeaman's bottom two pair as he had . The turn and river did not improve Metajan's hand and he was eliminated.