All the money went in on the flop between Greg DeBora and Taylor Caby. DeBora showed while Caby showed 3-3. The turn was the , leaving DeBora drawing to a club. The on the river was exactly what DeBora was looking for and is now up to 84,000.
Team PokerNews player Stefan Vlaanderen is all in preflop with J-8 against another player's Q-J, and he'll need to improve to survive. The board comes A-J-4-3-9, and Vlaanderen is eliminated from the Main Event.
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Lee Watkinson raises from early position to 5,500, the cutoff calls, the button raises to 14,500, Watkinson calls, and the cutoff folds. The flop comes , and both players check. The turn card pairs the baord with the , Watkinson checks, the button bets 22,500, Watkinson raises to 50,000, and the button folds.
Lee Watkinson takes the pot, increasing his stack to about 200,000.
'Downtown' Chad Brown
With the action folded to him, the small blind raised to 4,500, Chad Brown re-raised to 16,000 from the big blind, the small blind moved all in for 50,000 more and Brown insta-called. The small blind sheepishly turned over the "Doyle Brunson," , while Brown showed . The flop was , but the turn was the , making the small blind two pair. The river was the , and nearly 70K was shipped into the small blind's stack.
Gavin Smith's opponent led out for 20,000 on the river and Gavin made the call. His opponent turned over pocket threes for a full house and Gavin mucked. After the hand, Gavin is down to 113,000.
PokerNews caught up with Gavin Smith, who started the day a little short-stacked but now has over 150,000 in chips, on break from the Main Event. Gavin seems to think Tiffany is bad luck as he had unfortunate turns of events just after his last two interviews with her, but it seems that Gavin is doing well now, so we may have broken that streak.
With the board showing on the river, Gus Hansen bets 18,000, and his opponent calls. Hansen shows , and his opponent mucks. Gus Hansen is up to about 400,000.
Chris Moneymaker, the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion whose Cinderella-like victory is often cited as one of the sparks of the modern poker boom, has been eliminated.
Ben Lamb and an opponent were all-in preflop with Lamb holding pocket jacks while his opponent held pocket tens.
Flop:
After the flop, his opponent was looking for any club, an ace, or a nine. The turn was the but the river was the , giving his opponent the straight flush. After the hand, Lamb is down to 370,000.
Ever since Gus Hansen won a race with pocket deuces against A-J, he's been on a tear. His opponent said that Hansen was a "sick puppy" for making that call.
Hansen just won another pot. He's among the chip leaders and sitting on a stack worth 420,000.
Although Gus Hansen has won four World Poker Tour titles and has earned almost $5 million in tournaments, he has never won a bracelet at the WSOP.
while Caby showed 3-3. The turn was the 
, leaving DeBora drawing to a club. The 
on the river was exactly what DeBora was looking for and is now up to 84,000.
, and both players check. The turn card pairs the baord with the 
, Watkinson checks, the button bets 22,500, Watkinson raises to 50,000, and the button folds. 
, while Brown showed 
. The flop was 
, but the turn was the 
, making the small blind two pair. The river was the 
on the river, Gus Hansen bets 18,000, and his opponent calls. Hansen shows 
, and his opponent mucks. Gus Hansen is up to about 400,000.
but the river was the 
, giving his opponent the straight flush. After the hand, Lamb is down to 370,000.
