We noticed the seat formerly occupied by Michael Sanders was empty, and a quick check with his former opponents confirmed that he had been eliminated. Michael "Carwash" Schneider and company were kind enough to fill us in on the details.
According to the table, action folded to Sanders and he raised on the button. A nice lady affectionately referred to as "Miss Lilly" then called from the small blind and it was heads-up action to the flop, which came down with two diamonds and a club.
Miss Lilly led out for 1,000 and then called when Sanders raised to 2,200. When the turned, Miss Lilly bet 2,000 and Sanders shoved for 7,000. Miss Lilly made the call with the for a pair of queens and a flush draw, which she needed to hit to overcome Sanders' flopped straight.
The dealer burned one last time and put out the . Miss Lilly hit her flush to send a tough competitor to the rail, but she didn't seem to excited about it. In fact, she felt bad for what she'd just done. After Sanders left the rest of the table explained to Miss Lilly that he was trying to take her chips to she had nothing to feel bad about, which seemed to settle Miss Lilly's nerves a bit.
Meanwhile, we saw three-time WSOP Circuit ring winner La Sengphet exiting the room, which leads us to believe that she has been eliminated from the tournament.
Aaron Overton raised to 800 in early position, and the action folded to a player in the big blind, who tossed out the extra 400 needed to call. The dealer fanned , the player checked, and Overton continued for 1,025. The player check-raised to 2,125, and Overton tank called.
The turn was the , the player in the big blind led out for 5,300, and Overton called.
When the completed the board, the player moved all in for effectively 14,300. Overton opted to flick his hand into the muck.
"How much do I got?" John Land, also known as "Cowboy," asked us on our latest pass for chip counts. Of course we got it spot on, but then he added, "Watch this."
Land proceeded to raise to 800 after action had folded to him on the button, and both the blinds called. Three players watched the flop come down , two checks put action on Land and he bet 650. The small blind folded, the big called and the dealer, the lovely Krista, burned and turned the .
The big blind check-called a bet of 1,100 and then checked for a third time when the completed the board on the river. Land kept the pressure on with a bet of 1,075, and it was enough to get the job done as the big blind finally folded. Land then flashed the {10} for a pair of sevens and missed flush draw.
Three bets went into preflop between Kirk Acevedo and two opponents, including Harrah's Tunica Casino Champion John Holley. Holley fired out another bet on a flop of , and only Acevedo called. Both players knuckled after the turned, and the completed the board.
Holley tossed out five yellow T1,000 chips, sending the actor into the tank.
"I put you on tens," Acevedo told Holley.
"I could have tens," Holley responded. "Or sixes, or aces..."
Acevedo grabbed a gray T5,000 chip, and flipped it forward. Holley had neither tens, sixes, nor aces, rather he had for a flush, prompting Acevedo to muck his hand.