We heard a commotion at an outer table and we made our way over. From what we could piece together, Justin Wainscott had just taken down a monster pot to chip up to 300K. In the process, he also eliminated two opponents, including last year's runner-up Bobby Toye.
It happened when Wainscott held , Toye and an unknown player . An aces on the flop secured the pot for Wainscott, and he vaulted up the leaderboard while Toye's run came to a sudden halt.
La Sengphet was eliminated just before the break. She shoved her short stack in with pocket nines and the big blind woke up with . Her nines didn't hold and she was eliminated.
A short-stacked player got his last 9,500 all in preflop holding and was called by the of WSOP Circuit Russell Ivy. The appeared in the window to give the at-risk player some hope, but it was followed by the and to take it away. Neither the turn nor river changed a thing and the shorty was eliminated from the tournament; meanwhile, Ivy chipped up to 75,000.
A player in middle position limped and was soon met with an all-in shove to 38,000 by WSOP Circuit Harrah's St. Louis Main Event winner Tripp Kirk in the hijack. Action folded back to the limper and he made a reluctant call.
Showdown
Tripp
Limper
Kirk was in a dominate spot, and even more so once the flop came down . The turn left the limper drawing dead, and after the was put out on the river for good measure, Kirk was pushed the roughly 90K pot.
Action folded to the player on the button and he put in a raise to 7,500. The small blind got out of the way and Blake “blakeb0921” Barousse opted to move all in for around 95,000 from the big. The button thought long and hard, breaking down and restacking his chips, before making the call.
Showdown
Barousse
Button
Barousse knew he was in trouble, but he seemed to perk up a bit when the flop delivered him a gut-shot straight draw to a jack. The turn wasn't what he was looking for and he slowly rose from his chair, but the spiked on the river to deliver him salvation. The button, who lost the vast majority of his stack in the hand, was clearly shellshocked as Barousse silently waited for the dealer to push him the pot.
Tables have been breaking very fast today and players have been jumping all over the place. At the moment Table 40 may be the toughest table in the room. There's plenty of chips at the table but not very many soft spots. Seated at the table are:
"Cowboy" John Land
Andrew Nguyen
David Fox
Tripp Kirk
Justin Wainscott
Tournament Director Steve Frazer has informed the room of the schedule for the rest of the event. Today the field will play down to 72 players - which is the money bubble. Day 3 will play from 72 players down to the final table of nine. Then Monday we will crown a champion.
and an unknown player 
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and was called by the 
of WSOP Circuit Russell Ivy. The 
appeared in the window to give the at-risk player some hope, but it was followed by the 
and 
to take it away. Neither the 
turn nor 
river changed a thing and the shorty was eliminated from the tournament; meanwhile, Ivy chipped up to 75,000.
. The 
turn left the limper drawing dead, and after the 
was put out on the river for good measure, Kirk was pushed the roughly 90K pot.
turn wasn't what he was looking for and he slowly rose from his chair, but the 
spiked on the river to deliver him salvation. The button, who lost the vast majority of his stack in the hand, was clearly shellshocked as Barousse silently waited for the dealer to push him the pot.