With a raise in front of him, Steve Verrett moved his last 15,000 all in preflop with pocket kings only to run into his opponent's aces. An ace on the flop sealed his fate and Verrett, who hails from Madison, Wisconsin, was sent packing.
John Sullivan, who started the day by rocketing up the chips counts, has had a reversal of fortune as of late. Once sitting with nearly 90,000, Sullivan has been reduced to just 21,000. In a recent hand, Sullivan was in the big blind and called the hijack's raise to 2,700. The flop came down 
and Sullivan checked to his opponent, who continuation bet 3,000. Sullivan simply tossed his hand into the muck. With the blinds about to go up, he may be forced to make a move sooner than later.
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
A player limped in from middle position and then the hijack seat raised to 2,500. Dwyte Pilgrim was in the small blind and reraised all in for about 37,000. The player in the big blind thought about it for a while and then called all in for 14,700. The limper took a minute to fold and then the original raiser also folded.
"Don't write this one down," said Pilgrim looking back at our reporter before tabling the 
. The big blind held the 
.
The board ran out 
and Pilgrim sent over the chips. He was knocked back to about 22,000.
"Did you see that?" asked Ari Engel to our reporter. Our reporter shook his head and then Engel said, "I just beat jacks with jack-ten, all in preflop."
We didn't dig any further than that and checked Engel's stack, which is now up to about 70,000.
Mark Kroon raised to 3,400 from middle position and was called by the big blind. Both players checked through the turn, which read 
. When the 
fell on the river, the big blind bet 4,300 and Kroon reluctantly made the call. As it turned out, it wasn't the right move as his opponent showed 
for a full house. Kroon is down to about 60,000.
According to Dwyte Pilgrim, Michael Cole is the second best player in Pilgrim's home cash game. Pilgrim said that he brought him out here to give him a shot at his first Main Event and it looks like Cole is making the most of his first big opportunity.
Just recently, Cole's stack swelled to 132,000 after he sent a player to the rail in an all-in preflop situation. Cole held the 
and was up against his opponent's 
.
A race it was and one that Cole would stay out in front the entire time as the board ran out 
. After the final card hit the board and secured Cole another elimination, he gave a little pump of his fist and proclaimed, "Guns and butter! Guns and butter, baby!" Clearly he's excited about the moves he's made so far and we'll see how long his cherry-popping Main Event run goes.
On the flop of 
Dwyte Pilgrim and one other player checked to a third opponent. That player fired 2,400 and Pilgrim made the call. The other player folded and the turn brought the . Pilgrim fired out 5,800 and his opponent raised to 15,000. Pilgrim had about 9,000 behind and was left with that much after he let his hand go, surrendering the pot.
Mark Kroon was in the small blind and told the table that if action folded around to him he would simply muck and give the big blind a walk. Sure enough, action folded to him but Kroon decided a raise to 3,600 would suit him better. The big blind did not shy away and made the call.
The flop came down 
and Kroon led out with a bet of 3,600. The big blind called and then both players checked the 
on the turn. When the hit the river, Kroon bet a tiny 2,600 and was snap-called by the big blind. Kroon turned over 
but was way behind his opponent's flopped straight with 
.
Kroon dropped to 56,000 after the hand while Steve Verrett, Kroon's poker buddy from Wisconsin who happened to be watching, told him, "It's karma for not folding it."
