Lee Childs has been eliminated following a couple of tough-luck hands, both of which pitted Childs against Avdo Djokovic.
In the first, Djokovic was all in with versus the of Childs, and the board rolled out to give Djokovic a ten-high straight and the pot.
That hand knocked Childs back down around 40,000. He'd chip back up a little, then had the misfortune of jamming with pocket jacks only to run into the of Djokovic. Five cards later Childs was sent railward, while Djokovic now enjoys a stack of about 220,000.
With a little less than a half-hour to go in Level 17, exactly 100 players remain in the 2012-13 WSOP Circuit Harrah's Resort Atlantic City Main Event. The top 63 finishers make the money.
Action folded to Thomas Conway in the cutoff and he raised to 7,000. David Diaz three-bet to 12,200 on the button, only to see Terry Grimes four-bet to 35,000 from the small blind. Conway mulled it over briefly before five-betting all in for 126,800. Diaz guickly folded, but Grimes went into the tank for a while before folding.
Cathy Dever opened to 8,000 from early position and David Diaz popped it to 22,000 from the hijack. The player in the small blind re-raised all in with a covering stack, getting a quick fold from Dever.
Diaz though, asked for the chips to be pulled in. With 82,500 behind, Diaz opted to call and tabled . He was racing with his opponent's and it looked to be the end of the line for Diaz when the flop fell . He was already out of his chair and ready to go when the hit the turn, giving him a flush draw.
Diaz did indeed make a flush when the landed on the river, giving him a healthy 220,000 going into the dinner break.
With about 85 players still left in the field, they've reached the end of Level 17 and the one-hour dinner break. Players will be back about 7:40 p.m. local time to resume play.
Wade Woelfel is the chip leader going into the dinner break with about 500,000.
It folded around to Roland Israelashvili in the small blind who raised, then Zachary Hall reraised all in for 84,000 from one seat over. Israelashvili hemmed and hawed a bit, then let his hand go.
Israelashvili had built a leading stack earlier in Day 2, but after having slipped back down that hand left Israelashvili with but 59,000.
When the next hand saw a middle position player raise to 4,500, Israelashvili responded with an all-in shove from the button. The blinds folded, then the original raiser called, turning over to Israelashvili's .
"Eh, whaddya gonna do?" shrugged Israelashvili, who watched the cards come , and with the same stoic acceptance rose, bid the others good luck, and departed about 20 spots shy of the cash.
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to give Djokovic a ten-high straight and the pot.
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and it looked to be the end of the line for Diaz when the flop fell 
. He was already out of his chair and ready to go when the 
hit the turn, giving him a flush draw.
landed on the river, giving him a healthy 220,000 going into the dinner break.
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, securing the double up for Dever.
