On a flop of , Steve Austin moved all in and Tuam Lam called. Austin flipped over and Lam showed . The turn was the and the river was the . Austin headed to the rail.
Mortensen's Pre-Elimination Chip Edifice
Bo "Legato" Sehlstedt raised to 30,000 from UTG, Carlos Mortensen moved all in for 150,000 and Sehlstedt called. Mortensen turned over but was in bad shape against Sehlstedt's . The board came , and the 2001 WSOP Main Event Champion was eliminated.
Robert Varkonyi doubled up and has increased his stack to 245,000. The former WSOP champion has been fighting to stay alive with a short stack all day long.
Tom Peterson raises to 32,000, and Clint Schafer calls from the button. The flop comes , Peterson bets 50,000, and Schafer calls. The turn card is the , Peterson bets 150,000, and Schafer calls. The river card is the , Peterson checks, Schafer bets 275,000, and Peterson calls.
Peterson shows for a set of tens, and Schafer mucks. Peterson takes the pot, increasing his stack to about 1.3 million. Schafer drops to about 485,000.
Justin Sellers moved all in with . Lee Watkinson called with K-K. Sellers' hand could not improve and he busted out. Watkinson increased his stack to 1,500,000.
With the board showing on the turn, Avi Cohen bets 50,000 from the big blind, and Bob Slezak moves all in for 299,000. Cohen goes into the tank for about five minutes.
His first question, as soon as Slezak moves in, is "Do you have aces again?" Slezak has already had aces in at least three different all-in situations. Slezak lets him off the hook after a while, saying, "I'll give you some help. I do not have two aces."
Cohen is talking to himself a lot. "Is my pocket pair bigger than yours?" "Is this the second biggest donkey play of the tournament?"
Cohen asks, "Do you want a call?" Slezak responds, "I have a standard answer for that. I want you to call if I'm ahead, and fold if I'm behind." Cohen shrugs off this answer and says, "The question is, do I believe you?"
As a last-ditch effort, Cohen asks, "Will you show me if I fold?" Slezak doesn't move, and doesn't answer.
After about four minutes, Cohen asks the dealer, "Can I call the clock on myself?" She says yes, but several players also jump in with, "I'll call the clock!"
A floorperson is there in seconds, and begins the one-minute clock. Cohen never makes a decision, and when the floorperson counts to zero, his hand is declared dead.
He asks Slezak to show his hand one more time, but Slezak mucks his cards as he collects the pot, increasing his stack to about 500,000.
Cohen still has a healthy stack of about 968,000, but he's probably still thinking about this hand.