Allen Kessler has been eliminated and informed us of the details on his way out. Holding , Kessler got his chips into the middle after a series of raises with Kunal Patel, who held .
Much to Kessler's dismay, a hit the flop and he was unable to catch up.
Aaron Massey opened with a raise in early position and David "ODB" Baker called in middle position. A short-stacked player then moved all in for 8,550 and action folded around to Baker. He mulled it over before calling with , but trailed his opponent's .
The board ran out which was no help to Baker, dropping his stack to about 13,000.
A flop of was spread down on the felt in front of Dwyte Pilgrim and an opponent. After the action was checked to Pilgrim, he bet out 1,700 and received a call.
Both players checked the on fourth street and it was checked to Pilgrim once again after the completed the board. Pilgrim droppped in a bet of 4,500 and his opponent instantly called and showed . Pilgrim mucked his hand and the pot was pushed the way of his opponent.
Picking up the action after an flop, the action was Jacob Bazeley after his initial bet of 1,500 was raised to 4,000 by an opponent. A third player in the hand called that raise and Bazeley spent a solid two minutes in the tank before re-raising all in for 18,300. His opponent folded, giving the pot to Bazeley.
We caught up to see David "Doc" Sands heads up in a pot against an opponent. With over 7,000 in the pot and the board reading , Sands' opponent bet 3,150.
Sands sat thinking before finally reaching for his massive stack of yellow t1,000 chips. Sands moved the entire tower into the middle which was enough to put his opponent all in. Sands' opponent had about 12,000 behind and opted not to put his tournament life on the line this hand. Sands was able to drag the pot and he now has roughly 52,000 in chips.
With the board reading , we found Greg Raymer announce that he was all in. His opponent shrugged proclaimed a call.
"Well, I'm drawing live," lamented Raymer. He showed and was behind his opponent's for a pair of eights.
The river did not improve Raymer's hand and the second ambassador for this event was sent to the rail. Raymer signed a fossil and gave it to his opponent. We're certain that Raymer will be back tomorrow to try his luck once again.