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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.