Both Maguire and Erna have played the Main Event the past few years, and occasional other events. Maguire reached the final table of the first-ever Bellagio Cup in the summer of 2005, before it was turned into a televised WPT event.

ran into Ken Evanowski's 
. 







. Pharo checked and Mortensen bet 90,000. Pharo thought the better of it and tossed his cards in. Carlos "The Matador" Mortensen stacked the pot and is very much in the mix with 510,000.

Hachem has 
.

giving Kalmar a world of outs and he hits his straight on the turn when the
hits. The river is the
and Tony starts celebrating. With a second glance at the board, he quickly realizes his Series has come to a conclusion.


and both players checked. The tun was the
. Dicken bet 25,000, Tran raised to 96,000 and Dicken called. The river was the
. Dicken checked, Tran bet 160,000 and Dicken folded. 
for a stone cold bluff and raked in the monster pot. After the hand, he was back up over 1,000,000 chips.

and Morrison pulled back his chips and said, "I think I want my money back."
. The two players saw an 

flop that did nothing to help Morrison's hand...but the
hit on the turn and the
on the river to deliver a brutal beat to Webster than sent him out of the Main Event. Morrison now has 445,000.


, the big blind checks, Cory Carroll bets 20,000, the big blind moves all in for about 56,000, and Carroll immediately calls with 
for two pair. The big blind shows 
for an open-ended straight draw, and he'll need to improve to survive. 
, and Carroll's two pair holds up to win the pot. The big blind is eliminated.

and was called by a player with pocket Tens. The 

flop gave Slotboom a...let's see...it gave him a backdoor flush draw. But the
on the turn left him drawing dead and he was eliminated.