Mark Newhouse
Famous poker writer David Sklansky is out. So are Jason Lester, Stuart Patterson, and Mark Newhouse.
Stuart "the Donator" Patterson's Big Slick lost to Gavin Griffin's pocket Queens. Mark Newhouse took a vicious beat when his Queens lost to Jacks. His opponent turned a set. Ouch.
Huck Seed likes to push all his chips in, when needed.
Huck raised to 3,500 and and was re-raised to 10K. Huck moved all-in for 47,500 more and while the other player was thinking, Huck said: "You know if you bust me on Full Tilt you get a free t-shirt." The player says: "Yeah, I have a couple of those shirts." and Huck replies: "For busting me? Well here is your chance for another one."
Martin De Knijff was heads up with Kevin Song. The flop was and De Knijff moved all in for 46K total. Song thought about the call for several minutes before he decided to gamble with . De Knijff tabled for TPTK. The turn and river bricked up as De Knijff's stack passed the 200K mark.
Short stacked, Kevin Song was facing an all-in reraise preflop, and called with . His opponent flipped over , and Song did not seem surprised. The board came , and Kevin Song was eliminated.
David Plastik, Ireland's Padraig Parkinson, and Finland's Juha Helppi are all out. Other players that are currently out include: Mike Gracz, two-time WSOP bracelet winner Bill Chen, and Burt Boutin. Around 320 players remain as 50% of the entire starting field has been eliminated.