"They got Choctaw," Justin Kruger said as he walked toward the exit, referring to his nickname and the fact that he's been eliminated.
Kruger called a raise with , then stuck his last ~12,000 in on a flop. Kruger shoved his overcards, and the raiser quickly called with to leave Kruger in need of help. He'd get none on the turn and river, however, ending his day early
In early position, Ali Eslami opened with a raise, and Victor Ramdin moved all in for 16,000. Eslami quickly called, flipping with Ramdin's stack:
Eslami:
Ramdin:
Ramdin liked the first four cards on the board, but the river was not what he wanted to see. Eslami made his top pair, collecting the rest of Ramdin's chips and sending him to the exit.
David Peters raised to 2,000 from the hijack seat and Victor Ramdin called from the cutoff. Dwyte Pilgrim reraised all in for 34,000 from the button. Everyone folded and Peters won the pot.
After Tim West opened, Phil Hellmuth reraised to 4,000. Action got back to West and he slid out an entire stack of pink T5,000 chips to put Hellmuth all in. Hellmuth called all in for about 25,000 and tabled the . West had him dominated with the .
The board ran through and West made a full house to send Hellmuth out the door. West improved to 113,000 in chips.