Andrew Watson can be forgiven if he steams a bit on his way out of the Caesars Palace poker room. After Luther Lewis opened to 14,000, Watson squeezed out in the small blind and bumped the betting up to 40,000. Brian England was in the big blind with . He put in the fourth bet, to 90,000, driving Lewis quickly out of the pot. Watson decided to stick it all in, 260,000 worth of chips, and England opted to call. Watson's dreaded queen came on the flop, . Running tens sealed his fate. He's out, and England has climbed to 640,000.
Chris Johnson opened from under the gun to 15,000. Action folded to Erica Schoenberg in the small blind and she moved all in for about 125,000. After Kenny Nguyen folded in the big blind, Johnson made the call with the . He was dominating the for Schoenberg.
The board ran out and although she picked up some chop outs on the turn, Schoenberg couldn't find what she needed and was eliminated from the tournament. Johnson moved to 540,000 in chips.
A cooler of a hand has dropped Derrick Kuenzel back to about 500,000. He was there to take on Benny Chen's all in of 91,500 on a board of . Kuenzel had bottom set with , but Chen had top set with . Two blanks on the turn and the river gave Chen the pot.
That's it for Mandy Baker. She three-bet shoved on the button with after the cutoff opened with a standard raise. Bad news for Baker: the cutoff had red aces, . He turned a set to leave Baker drawing dead. She's out of the tournament just prior to the second break of the day.
Evan Lamprea is also out. He ran right into Chris Johnson's pre-flop and did not improve. Johnson is up to 740,000.
From the cutoff seat, Adam Hui raised to 16,000. Play then folded over to Brian Park in the big blind and he moved all in for approximately 150,000. Hui requested a count of the chips and halfway through the count, made the call.
Hui:
Park:
As you can see, Park was on a complete resteal against the chip leader Hui. Even so, he was very live with his seven-four offsuit. The board ran out in Hui's favor though, , and that was the end of the line for Park. Hui increased to 935,000 in chips.
Action folded to Scott Wood in the small blind. He put in a minimum-raise to 20,000. Lance Oliver was in the big blind with pocket jacks and moved all in for 221,000. Wood quickly called, then was shocked to see Oliver's jacks.
"I didn't think you were that strong," he said as he opened . Oliver's jacks stood tall on a board of . When the stacks were counted down, Wood was busto.
Matthew Leecy raised to 20,000 and then Andy Robbins reraised to 62,000 and was all in. Leecy made the call and showed the . He was dominated by the , but sometimes that just doesn't matter in poker. The board ran out and Leecy won the pot to eliminate Robbins.
Derrick Kuenzel looked really unhappy when Benny Chen bet 62,000 on the river of a board. Kuenzel, who had checked first action, sighed and slid 62,000 across the betting line. Chen showed ; it was good. "Good hand," Kuenzel said as the dealer pushed the pot to Chen.
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in the small blind and bumped the betting up to 40,000. Brian England was in the big blind with 
. He put in the fourth bet, to 90,000, driving Lewis quickly out of the pot. Watson decided to stick it all in, 260,000 worth of chips, and England opted to call. Watson's dreaded queen came on the flop, 
. Running tens sealed his fate. He's out, and England has climbed to 640,000.
. He was dominating the 
and although she picked up some chop outs on the turn, Schoenberg couldn't find what she needed and was eliminated from the tournament. Johnson moved to 540,000 in chips.
. Kuenzel had bottom set with 
, but Chen had top set with 
. Two blanks on the turn and the river gave Chen the pot.
after the cutoff opened with a standard raise. Bad news for Baker: the cutoff had red aces, 
right into Chris Johnson's 
pre-flop and did not improve. Johnson is up to 740,000.
. Oliver's jacks stood tall on a board of 
. When the stacks were counted down, Wood was busto.
. He was dominated by the 
