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A player open-shoved for around 30,000 on the button and Ray Henson quickly called out of the small blind.
Henson: 
Opponent: 
Henson held as the board ran out 
, increasing his stack to 120,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 | 55,000 |
In the last hand headed into the break, we saw Kunal Patel take down a big pot.
There was about 40,000 in the pot and a board reading 
when Patel checked from the small blind and his opponent bet 25,000. Patel made the called and then both players checked the 
river.
"Can you beat this?" asked Patel's opponent, who then flashed the 
for trips. Indeed Patel could as he had rivered a straight with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000 | 60,000 |
Just prior to the break, Doug Paxton, who we introduced you to earlier, informed us that he had been eliminated after running 
into 
.
A king hit the flop and that was it for Paxton, who made two deeps runs on both Day 1a and 1b but came up shy of making Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
The players are now on their final break of the evening.
William Hesser and an opponent took a flop of 
. Hesser checked, his opponent fired 20,000, and Hesser tanked for the better part of a minute before calling.
The turn was the 
, and both players checked. The river was the 
, and both players checked again. Hesser tabled for a pair of queens and a busted straight draw, but his opponent had that beat with two kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
128,000 | -40,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000 | 260,000 |
|
210,000 | 60,000 |
|
|
168,000 | 8,000 |
|
157,000 | -3,000 |
|
140,000 | 45,000 |
|
135,000 | -40,000 |
|
97,000 | 12,000 |
|
80,000 | -15,000 |
|
|
65,000 | -35,000 |
|
|
46,000 | -17,000 |
|
35,000 | -90,000 |
|
33,500 | -13,000 |
This past summer, Larry Wright of McQueeny, Texas won Event #30 $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit) at the World Series of Poker for $101,975 and his first gold bracelet. Wright was in today's field looking to add a ring to his jewelry collection, but that hope was just extinguished.
Wright stopped by our desk to tell us his tale of woe. According to him, he spent about four hours working a short stack of 8,000 up to 35,000 when his last hand developed. It began when the cutoff raised to 6,000, the button flatted, and Wright moved all in from the big blind with . The cutoff and button both called with 
and 
respectively, and Wright held until an spiked on the river.
It's on to the next one for the WSOP bracelet winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Jordan Smith and two opponents saw a flop of 
. A player in the small blind led out for 6,000, and only Smith called. The turn was the 
, the player led out for the same amount, and Smith called.
The 
completed the board, and as soon as the card hit the felt, the player fired 25,000. Smith went deep into the tank, mulling the decision over for the better part of 90 seconds before folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | -30,000 |
