Aaron Overton opened to 14,000 in early position and Yung Hwang called in the cutoff. Barry Leventhal called from the big blind and the flop fell .
Action was checked to Hwang who bet 20,000. Only Leventhal called to see the turn where he check-called 46,000 from Hwang, landing the on the river. Leventhal checked for a third time and Hwang fired a third bullet, this one for 142,000.
Leventhal went into the tank for a good three minutes, but ultimately folded.
55th: Christopher Bonn
56th: Andy Blake
57th: Michael Holm
58th: Chris Reslock
59th: Thomas Sheets
60th: Larry Landon
61st: Shahriar Assareh
62nd: Gary Schoengold
63rd: Michiel Ros
They're back in action, with the bustouts now coming at a rapid clip.
Chris Reslock was among the last few eliminations, hitting the rail in 58th place for a minimum-cash of $3,021. In addition to owning a WSOP bracelet and a handful of cashes in Las Vegas, this marks Reslock's 21st cash on the WSOP Circuit.
We've had a couple of bustouts so far since the elimination of Thomas Conway in 64th and the bursting of the cash bubble.
Michiel Ros entered today with a top five stack, and managed to make the money with a 63rd-place finish.
Not too long after it was Gary Schoengold finding himself all in and at risk with versus chip leader Wade Woelfel's . The board ran out , and Schoengold finished 62nd. Like Ros, Schoengold earns $3,021 for his finish.
Action folded to Thomas Conway in the small blind and he shoved for about 30,000. David Diaz called from the big blind with and was live against Conway's .
Conway was out of his chair and ready to leave after the flop fell , pairing up Diaz. The turn was no help to Conway, nor was the river, ending his Main Event in 64th place.
The remaining 63 players are in the money, guaranteed, $3,021.
They are just two eliminations away from the money, and the tension is rising accordingly. Just now some added drama came in the form of a big preflop all-in hand between two players with average stacks, something the remaining short stacks were only too glad to see.
The hand began with Thomas Conway opening for 12,000 from under the gun, then David Diaz reraised to 21,000 from one seat over. The table folded back to Conway who shoved all in, and Diaz called for 175,500 total.
Conway:
Diaz:
The board came , and now Diaz sits with more than 360,000 while Conway has become one of the short stacks.
At the same time, a player was eliminated from another table.
A slight adjustment has just been announced to the prize pool so that it will pay $1,500 per entry. With 616 entries, that equals a $924,000 prize pool altogether.
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turn where he check-called 46,000 from Hwang, landing the 
on the river. Leventhal checked for a third time and Hwang fired a third bullet, this one for 142,000.
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, and Schoengold finished 62nd. Like Ros, Schoengold earns $3,021 for his finish.
and was live against Conway's 
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, pairing up Diaz. The 
river, ending his Main Event in 64th place.
