Juliano Maesano just gave his fans another reason to cheer; he just eliminated Scott Clark from the tournament.
The board gave Clark, who held A-8, a pair of eights, while Maesano picked up a gutshot straight draw, holding K-J.
The on the river gave Maesano a straight and the checkmark for the hand, eliminating Clark from the competition.
As Maesano revealed his cards, his supporters went crazy. Juliano graciously stood up from the table and shook Clark's hand before Clark exited the tournament area.
David Duran just regained the chip lead, taking down a three-way pot involving Duran, Raymond Davis and Matt Matros.
The flop came and all three players checked. The turn brought Duran's money card, the , as Duran held a pocket pair of sixes; the eight gave him a nine-high straight. Duran led out with a bet and both Davis and Matros called.
The river card was the , and again Duran led out with a bet. Raymond Davis was the only caller, as Matros decided to muck. When Duran revealed his sixes at the showdown, Davis mucked his cards in frustration and stepped away from the table.
On a board showing , Pat Poels made a bet on the river that was called by Scott Clark. Poels turned over Q-J for a straight, and Clark mucked his hand.
Afterwards, Clark was left with 18,000 chips while Poels increased his stack to approximately 80,000.
Vladimir Shchemelev just eliminated Justin Thomas from the tournament.
This was only Thomas' second WSOP appearance; he played one event last year but failed to cash. Thomas, hailing from Westfield, NY, took home $5,514 for his 21st-place finish -- not bad for a second go around!
Shchemelev has since taken over the chip lead from Duran, and is currently sitting at 188,000 chips.