On a board reading , Terry Grimes checked from the small blind and Bobby Corcione took the opportunity to bet 7,200. Grimes, who has flanked by a beautiful woman the entire tournament, made the call and then checked the river. Corcione fired out 8,200 and Grimes snap-called.
"You win," Corcione sheepishly said. Grimes then tabled the for two pair with an ace kicker. Corcione simply mucked and took stock of his remaining chips.
Following a middle-position limp, a short-stacked James Campbell pushed all in from the button for 19,700 total. Mike Massri, sitting to Campbell's left in the small blind, leaned forward to examine the amount of the raise, then said he was calling. Allen Kessler folded the big blind, as did the limper.
Campbell:
Massri:
An ace was the first visible card as the dealer spread the flop to the right , causing Massri to sit up slightly in his seat while Campbell remained stoic. The turn was the and river the , and Campbell took his leave.
With 9,000 in the pot and a flop of , John Dibella checked from the big blind and Brian Phelon bet 5,200 from the button. Dibella responded by moving all in for 18,800 more, Phelon called, and the cards were turned up.
Dibella:
Phelon:
"Smooth call pre?" someone asked of Dibella, who had apparently flatted from the big blind. It would prove a wise decision if he could avoid a Phelon's flush draw. He did so on the turn, and managed to fade the river when the harmless rolled off.
We saw a disgusted Stephen Kendra exiting the tournament area and quickly made our way over to Table 10. All we know is that Kendra had gotten his stack all in prior to the river holding on a board, and he was out in front of John Yale's . Unfortunately for him, the spiked on the river to give Yale a bigger full house and the win.
Meanwhile, Jia Liu, Joel Silverwatch, Anthony Casagrande and Tyler Noyes have all been eliminated from the tournament.
Arkadiy Tsinis won Event #6 earlier this week at Foxwoods, topping a field of 212 to win the ring in the $580 no-limit hold'em event. But Tsinis was near the bottom of the counts to start today's second day of the Main Event, with about as many people ahead of him than he topped earlier in the week.
Tsinis lasted about an orbit today, then a hand arose in which he pushed his short stack of 15,200 all in from the cutoff seat and found himself up against Bob Ricciuti playing from the blinds.
Tsinis had and Ricciuti . The flop came , then the fell meaning Tsinis was drawing dead.
Players were able to re-enter up until the start of play today, and numerous pros took advantage. Ronnie Bardah, Victor Ramdin and Will "The Thrill" Failla have opted to fire another bullet, as did Micah Raskin, who lasted less than three minutes.
We didn't see the hand but overheard Raskin explain to a friend what had happened. According to him, the player on the button opened for 4,500 and Raskin looked down at in the big blind. He shipped his stack of 20,000 and the button called with . It was a flip, and one that did not come down in Raskin's favor. On to the next one.
, Terry Grimes checked from the small blind and Bobby Corcione took the opportunity to bet 7,200. Grimes, who has flanked by a beautiful woman the entire tournament, made the call and then checked the 
river. Corcione fired out 8,200 and Grimes snap-called.
for two pair with an ace kicker. Corcione simply mucked and took stock of his remaining chips.
, causing Massri to sit up slightly in his seat while Campbell remained stoic. The turn was the 
and river the 
, and Campbell took his leave.
, John Dibella checked from the big blind and Brian Phelon bet 5,200 from the button. Dibella responded by moving all in for 18,800 more, Phelon called, and the cards were turned up.
turn, and managed to fade the river when the harmless 
board, and he was out in front of John Yale's 
spiked on the river to give Yale a bigger full house and the win.
and Ricciuti 
. It was a flip, and one that did not come down in Raskin's favor. On to the next one.
