We didn't see the hand, but we saw Michael Taylor nursing a short stack after having a healthy amount earlier in the day.
Apparently he ran 
in to 
for a 250,000 chip pot. We'll keep an eye out and see if he doubles, or ducks out quickly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
-190,000
|
-190,000 |
On a flop of 
, Doug Lee moved all in for around 95,000, with roughly 30,000 in the pot.
After some tanking from his two opponents, they both folded and Lee raked in the pot for move up to around 125,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
David Randall moved to one of the toughest tables in the field (has Nam Le, Suzie Zhao, and Jay "WhoJedi" Newnum) with about 140,000. Despite the bad draw, Randall has crushed the table, chipping up to over 400,000. We just caught the hand that got him to that plateau.
There was 35,000 in the middle on a board that read 
, and Randall had checked to his lone opponent. That player fired out 16,500, and it was back on Randall. He tanked for about 30 seconds before cutting out a stack of blue T5,000 chips, and putting in a raise to 62,000. His opponent quickly called, and Randall tabled 
for a full house. His opponent mucked, and Randall was all smiles as he raked in the massive pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
It looked for a while like Joe Tehan would run away with the tournament, but not if David Malka has anything to say about it. We saw Malka sitting at the same table as James Woods with a monster stack.
Malka began the day on a short stack, with only 32,400, but he's slowly and surely built it up to what it is now.
Looks like Tehan may have a challenger.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
620,000
620,000
|
620,000 |
Suzie Zhao has one of the toughest seats in the room, sitting right between monster stacks David Randall and Nam Le. However, she's certainly holding her own, as we just saw her take a big pot from Le.
We caught up with the two on the flop, which read 
. There was already 50,000 in the middle, and Le had checked to Zhao, who fired 33,000. Le tanked for about 90 seconds before calling, and the turn was the 
. Le checked again, and Zhao didn't slow down, firing 78,000 into the middle. Le took a couple minutes to think before tapping the table and releasing his hand.
After that one, Zhao jumps to 281,000, while Le drops down to 205,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
281,000
111,000
|
111,000 |
|
205,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
||
The clock says 85 players remaining, and since 81 are making the money, that means we are close to the money bubble. Hand-for-hand play will commence shortly, and we will soon have our bubble boy.
We will post photos of these players momentarily, but here is a list of some of the top counts in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
630,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
600,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
510,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
450,000 | |
|
435,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
350,000 | |
|
350,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Daniels and Lenaghan definitely have the two biggest stacks at their table, but they are still mixing it up here close to the bubble.
In a recent hand, with the flop reading 
, action had checked to Lenaghan on the button. He put out a bet of 16,500. The player in the small blind folded, but Daniels made the call from the cutoff.
The turn came the 
and action went check, check.
On the 
river, Daniels made a bet of 28,500 and Lenaghan quickly mucked.
After the hand Lenaghan is sitting on roughly 310,000 while Daniels has a stack of around 245,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
136,000
|
136,000 |
|
245,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
||
Title says it all. When we lose one more player, we will be in the money.
The competitive rivalry between Doug Lee and James Woods is over now that Lee has eliminated the Oscar-nominated actor from the tournament.
Leading up to Woods' last hand, we witnessed a few instances where Woods raised preflop and then folded to Lee's three-bet shove. This time, according to Lee, Woods raised to 14,000, and Lee raised all-in again with 
. Woods ended up calling it off with 
.
The board came 
according to Lee, and that was enough to give him the elimination and send Woods packing.
"He must've gotten tilted because I did this to him before," Lee said afterward.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
Busted |