With 40,000 in the pot on the flop, Jesse Chinni's opponent bet 20,000 on the turn with the board reading . Holding the nuts with , he raised to 50,000.
"All-in" said his opponent. Chinni quickly called and tabled his Broadway straight, while his opponent turned over T-T for a set. The hit the river and Chinni took down the monster pot.
After a flop of , Lee Watkinson moves all in, and Fabrice Soulier calls with for a set of sixes. Watkinson shows Q-Q for an overpair, and he'll need to improve to bust Soulier.
The last two cards are , and Soulier wins the pot, doubling up to 220,000. Watkinson drops to 96,000.
Issac Haxton
There was a call of "All in and call on Table 66!" and as the camera crews and reporters hacked their way across the room Isaac Haxton stood up and said, "Come watch me suck out on Nick Binger!"
Binger held A-K, Haxton had K-10, so a suckout it would take for Haxton to stay in the Main Event. And suck out he did--the flop came down , and Haxton hit another Ten on the river to add insult to injury. He's now up to 65,000.
PokerNews snagged 2007 bracelet winner Bill Edler on break from the Main Event to chat about his recent time off from poker to golf, catching some hands in the Main Event, an staying focused through such a huge field.
Prahlad Friedman
Friedman raised to 5,000 and after a middle-position player called Stuart Fox re-raised to 30K. Friedman moved in for his last 39,000 and Fox called, turning over pocket Tens that dominated Prahlad's pocket Eights. A Ten on the flop put an end to the drama and Friedman was eliminated.
Ted Forrest
Ted Forrest limps from middle position for 1,600, the player on the button raises to 11,400, and Forrest raises to 76,400 expecting to put his opponent all in. But his opponent has a bit more than Forrest figured, and he moves all in for 89,500. Forrest calls with , and his opponent shows . It's a race situation.
The board comes , and Forrest's opponent wins the pot with two pair, aces and kings. Ted Forrest drops down to 212,300 in chips.
The 2000, 2001, and 2002 World Champions are all still in this event and are playing in Day 2b: Chris Ferguson, Carlos Mortensen and Robert Varkonyi. Other world champions still in: Huck Seed and Berry Johnston.
PokerNews caught up JC Tran on his break from Day 2b of the Main Event. JC talked about his great table draw, catching some hands, and about taking advantage of having such a huge chip advantage on the rest of his table.
2002 WSOP Champion Robert Varkonyi
Mark Van Der Ben from Team PokerNews raised with A-J. Robert Varkonyi re-raised to 4,000. Van Der Ben called. The flop was . Varkonyi bet 5K and Van Der Ben called. The turn was the . Van Der Ben checked, Varknoyi bet 10,000. Van Der Ben check-raised to 36,000. Varkonyi went into the tank before he called. The river was the . Varkonyi's won the pot with Q-10. He increased his stack to 107,000.
On the very next hand, Mark Van Der Ben was eliminated.
. Holding the nuts with 
, he raised to 50,000. 
hit the river and Chinni took down the monster pot. 
, Lee Watkinson moves all in, and Fabrice Soulier calls with 
for a set of sixes. Watkinson shows Q-Q for an overpair, and he'll need to improve to bust Soulier. 
, and Soulier wins the pot, doubling up to 220,000. Watkinson drops to 96,000.
, and his opponent shows 
. It's a race situation. 
, and Forrest's opponent wins the pot with two pair, aces and kings. Ted Forrest drops down to 212,300 in chips.
. Van Der Ben checked, Varknoyi bet 10,000. Van Der Ben check-raised to 36,000. Varkonyi went into the tank before he called. The river was the 
. Varkonyi's won the pot with Q-10. He increased his stack to 107,000.
