Berry Johnston raised to 1,200 preflop and the cutoff called. The flop was . Johnston bet 3,000, the cutoff raised the size of the pot, and Johnston called all in for about 5,000 more. His opponent showed for a full house while Johnston turned over A-2-J-Q. The turn and the river were both blanks and with no low possible on the board, the cutoff scooped the pot, eliminating Johnston.
Bill Gazes, Bill Chen, Chad Brown, Tom Schneider, Kirk Morrison, Tony G, and Mike Sexton all started their day playing in the $50K H.O.R.S.E. event, which started Day 2 play at 2 p.m. After busting from that event, they couldn't get enough of the WSOP and joined the field of the $1,500 PLO8. Of those seven, five are still alive in this tournament-- Brown, Sexton, Chen, Gazes and Tony G.
On a flop of , a late-position player bet 1,000, Brett Jungblut raised to 4,000, the LP player reraised to 8,200 and Jungblut called all in. Jungblut showed for the nut low draw and an open-ended straight draw, while his opponent turned over A-3-6-7 for two pair and the second nut low draw. The turn was the , and the river was the giving Junglbut running trips and the nut low to scoop a monster pot.
A second WSOP Main Event Champion has joined Joe Hachem at the ToD. Berry Johnston just took the 8 seat abandoned by Scott Clements when he was eliminated by Chad Brown.
On a flop of , the small blind checked, Jeff Madsen bet 1,000 from UTG and the small blind called. The turn was the . The small blind checked, Madsen bet 2,000 and the small blind called. The river was the . The small blind bet out 5,000 and Madsen went into the tank for several minutes before calling.
The small blind showed for aces full. Madsen showed only K-J and mucked.