Danny Smith opened the pot for 7,500 from the cutoff, Ken Evanowski raised to 22,000 from the button, and Smith called. The flop was . Smith checked, Evanowski bet 35,000, Smith raised to 80,000 and Evanowski folded. Smith took the pot and increased his stack to 247,000.
Not that there's ever a bad time to hold pocket Kings (well, unless someone has pocket Aces...never mind) but after a player with pocket Jacks moved in for his last 30K a player with pocket Tens called. Joe Brandenburg looked down at Cowboys and raised to 120K. That was enough to set the player with Tens all-in, and after the board ran out Q-5-3-8-2, Brandenburg sent two players to the rail and increased his stack to 260,000.
A player raises from late position,Team PokerNews player Dion Fotopoulos moves all in from the big blind for about 70,000, and his opponent calls with Q-Q. Fotopoulos shows J-J, and he'll need to improve to stay alive.
Unfortunately, the board doesn't improve Fotopoulos's hand, and he is eliminated from the Main Event.
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Matt Lefkowitz shoved with . He was called by Tom Peterson's . The flop was . The turn was the giving Peterson a flush. The river was the . Matt Lefkowitz's Big Slick could not hold up and he headed to the rail.
Shirley Williams
Shirley Williams (mother of professional player David Williams) is all in preflop for 28,200 with against another player's . The board comes , and Williams turns a set of aces to win the pot and double up to about 58,000 in chips.
Denmark's Mikkel Madsen raised 8,000 preflop and Ken Weinier moved all in for 40,800. Madsen called.
Madsen:
Weinier:
The flop was and Madsen took the lead. The turn was the . The river was the and Weinier's pair of Kings won the pot. He doubled through Madsen and increased his stack to 100,000.
Asger Boye moved all in with 9-9 and he was called by an opponent with Q-Q. His nines could not hold up and he is one of the first players to be eliminated.