All afternoon Joe Sebok's chip stack has been up and down. Sebok just moved all-in again, after reraising a single opponent. His opponent called and Sebok showed while his opponent showed .
All the money went in on a flop, Daniel Quach holding K-K for top set, and his opponent holding for a pair and a flush draw. The turn was the , the river was the and Quach doubled up to 42,000.
Joe Hachem raises to 2,700, the small blind calls, and the big blind calls. The flop comes , the small blind checks, the big blind bets 12,000, Joe Hachem moves all in, the small blind folds, and the big blind calls with for two pair, aces and tens, with a queen kicker. Hachem shows for two pair, aces and tens, with an eight kicker. Hachem is in trouble, and needs to catch an ace, a king, or runner-runner eights to stay alive.
The last two cards come , and the queen kicker plays.
Joe Hachem, the 2005 WSOP Main Event Champion, is eliminated from this year's event.
On a flop of , Miami John Cernuto moved all in for 14,300 and Sabyl Cohen called. Cernuto turned over A-9 while Cohen was behind with Q-T. The turn was the , making two pair for Cernuto, but opening up a straight draw for Cohen. However, the river was the , making Cernuto nines full of aces and he took down the pot.
After the hand, Cernuto was up to 30,000 while Cohen was down to 27,000.
There have been so many eliminations this afternoon that it has created a series of new tables. Seats left vacant by eliminated players are filled with players from other tables. As a result, some of these tables have become filled with big stacks and professional players, one of which is table 17:
Joe Sebok - 20,000
Matt Sterling - 168,000
Ken Evanowski - 226,000
Evelyn Ng - 67,000
On a board of , Doug Kim bet 7,000 and his opponent called. The river was the . Kim check-called a 6,000 bet. His opponent flipped over for a straight flush. Kim mucked his hand but said, "I had a King."
Deb Blair called an all-in of 11,600 preflop. Blair showed A-6 while her opponent showed 7-7. Blair hit an ace on the flop, then proceeded to make a full house by the river when the board came running sixes.
Joe Sebok raises from the cutoff to 2,500, and the player on the button calls. The flop comes , Sebok bets 4,500, and his opponent calls. The turn card is the , Sebok checks, his opponent bets 13,500, and Sebok folds. His opponent takes the pot.
Sebok was up to about 20,000, but this hand knocks him back down to 13,000.
Over on the ESPN Feature Table, Sabyl Cohen opened the pot for 3,500, Team PokerNews' Gary Avery raised to 13,000 and Cohen called. The flop was . Cohen checked, Avery bet 24,000, Cohen raised all in and Avery called 24,200 more.
Cohen showed , but Avery had her crushed with . The turn was the , the river was the , and Avery doubled up.
Avery apparently has a talent for making balloon animals, and went to work constructing one for Cohen at the conclusion of the hand. He presented her with a heart with a little bear at it's center.
"I double you up, and this is all I get?" chuckled Cohen.