The under-the-gun player limped and action then folded around to Jim Willerson in the hijack. He raised to 8,200, prompting folds back to the limper. He called and the two were heads up to the flop.
The flop came down and Willerson's opponent immediately reached for chips and fired 15,000. Willerson stuck around and the hit the felt on fourth street. Willerson's opponent slowed with a check and the World Series of Poker bracelet winner did the same. The finished off the board and there were two more checks, prompting a showdown. Willerson's opponent tabled for kings and tens. This was good enough to take it down and Willerson's stack dropped to about 48,000.
A player in Seat 5 opened for 6,200 and Sean Wallace moved all in for 24,000. Brandon Steven in the big blind tanked for a while before saying "I fold" and handing his cards to the dealer. The original raiser made the call and turned over which was behind Wallace's .
The flop of would not be good for Wallace and he was unable to improve on the turn and river. The friendly pro wished everyone good luck and gathered his things.
We arrived just in time to see a short stacked player all in and at risk before the flop for what appeared to be around 15,000 against David "ODB" Baker. Baker held and was in a dominating position against his opponent's .
The board ran out and Baker was shipped the chips. He now has about 66,000 to his name.
A late-positioned player raised to 6,500 and found calls from the player in the small blind and Jacob Bazeley in the big blind. The trio saw fall and all three players checked to see fourth street.
The turn was the and the small blind checked once more. Bazeley took this opportunity to bet 9,000. The original raiser called and the small blind folded. The finished off the board and Bazeley slowed down. His opponent bet 22,000, sending Bazeley into the tank. After about a minute, Bazeley reached for chips and dropped out a call.
Bazeley's opponent tabled for top pair. This was good enough to take down the pot and leave Bazeley with 37,000 in chips.
We didn't catch the action but we saw Frank Rusnak shipping a double up to another player after his was outdrawn by his opponent's on a board of . That hit sent Rusnak down to 145,000 in chips — still in good shape, but definitely a blow at this point of the day.