Eli Lowenthal raised to 9,300 from early position only to have Terry Stuhldreher make it 24,000 to go from middle position. Action folded back to Lowenthal and he made the call to see the flop fall 
. Lowenthal checked, Stuhldreher bet 84,100, leaving himself just 2,500 behind, and Lowenthal tank folded.
Stuhldreher is up to 140,000 while Lowenthal dropped to 170,000.
On a flop of 
, Dennis Phillips checked only to have chip leader Harris Paroya throw in a bet. Phillips opted for a check-raise, Paroya shoved, and Phillips called off his remaining stack:
Phillips: 
Paroya: 
It was a brutal set-over-set situation, and Phillips found himself on the raw end of the deal. He needed the last four in the deck to keep his WSOP-Circuit Harrah's St. Louis Main Event hopes alive, but neither the 
turn nor 
river were it. Just like that, the well-liked St. Louis native was sent to the exit. Meanwhile, Paroya is up to 506,000.
Robert Weigel called off most of his 62,000 stack from the big blind with 
and was in good shape against the 
of his opponent. Unfortunately for him, a queen on the river paired his opponent and Weigel was crippled. Subsequently, he was eliminated a short time later.
We arrived at the table to see a board reading 
and the following cards laid out:
Gene Baker: 
Dylan Thomassie: 
Mark Fleddermann: 
As it turned out, Fleddermann was eliminated, Baker was left with just 10,000, and Thomassie chipped up to 250,000. We're not sure when the money went in, though the flop seems the most logical place.
On a flop of 
, Roland Isra got his last 64,000 in the pot holding 
and was up against the 
of David Potter. Isra's top pair was behind the bottom two pair of Potter, so he'd have to improve. He couldn't do it as the turn and river ran out the 
and 
respectively.
Isra was eliminated on the hand while Potter took down the pot and increased his stack to 175,000.
Randy Weigel had been clinging to a short stack for quite some time when he moved all in under the gun with and received a call from a player holding 
. The board ran out rather uneventful and Weigel managed a double to 60,000, which is still relatively short.
Level: 18
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
On a flop of 
, Mark "Pegasus" Smith moved all in for his last 35,500 and received a call from Harris Paroya.
Smith:
Paroya:
Smith had an open-ended straight draw and desperately needed a five or ten. The turn was no help and neither was the turn. Smith, who is tied with Men "The Master" Nguyen with four WSOP-Circuit rings, was eliminated from the Harrah's St. Louis Main Event early on Day 2.
On a board reading 
{X}, all the money got in the pot between Aaron Massey and his opponent on the river. The latter was the one at risk and rolled over 
for a straight flush. It was obviously good against Massey's , who dropped to 130,000 after the hand.
