On the button Elizondo moved all-in with and Ray Henson called from the small blind with pocket Tens. The board did not improve Elizondo's hand and he was eliminated.
A case of bad timing sent John Dutchak to the rail, as he moved all-in on a flop of A-K-J, while Rep Porter was sitting with the stone cold nuts, Q-10.
Porter made the call and Dutchak failed to improve, as the turn and river blanked out.
After the hand, Porter upped his chip count to 2,050,000.
Matt Brady moves all in from middle position for about 126,000, and Bob Slezak calls from the cutoff with . Brady shows , and he needs to improve to survive.
The board comes , and Slezak's pocket eights hold up to win the pot.
Matt Brady raises from the cutoff to 33,000, and Adam Weiss calls from the small blind. The flop comes , Weiss checks, Brady bets 35,000, and Weiss calls. The turn card is the , and both players check. The river card is the , Weiss checks, Brady bets 81,000, and Weiss calls with K-J for a pair of jacks. Brady shows 3-3 for a pair of threes. Weiss wins the pot.
Lee Childs raised to 36,000 from UTG, Kelly Jo McGlothlin called from middle position, and Brian Tracy moved all in for 116,000 more from the big blind.
"One of you, please call" begged Tracy. Childs obliged and called.
"Triple me!" he begged of McGlothlin. She also called.
The flop was . Childs and McGlothlin both checked. The turn was the . Both players checked again.
"Triple me up, come on!" shouted Tracy.
The river was the . Both players checked it down again.
Tracy turned over , Childs showed , and McGlothlin tabled . Tracy dragged the pot with a cry of "Woooo-hooo!"
Brandon Adams raised from the small blind and Montgomery moved in for his entire 400,000. Bad timing. Adams had Aces, Montgomery , and after the flop, that was pretty much that for Montgomery's Main Event. Adams is now up to 900,000.
Preflop, Kevin Kim raises to 36,000 from early position. Gonzalo Flores calls in the big blind. On the flop, Flores bets all in for 243,000 and Kim calls with . Flores has and is eliminated. Kim is up to 1,200,000.
Phil Hellmuth has just walked around the final 19 tables, wishing good luck to his friends and others who are still alive in the Main Event. Don't be surprised if he reappears tomorrow for the same reason.
He stopped by Chad Brown's table to say hello, and Thor Hansen jokingly asked, "Hey, Phil. How much do you have?" Phil responded, "How much do I have where?" Like most players in the Main Event, Hellmuth busted on Day One.
Hellmuth stopped by most of the tables, talking to Billy Baxter, Berry Johnston, and Huckleberry Seed among others.
1986 World Champion Berry Johnson
After Perry raised to 135K on the button Johnston moved all-in for 225,000 in total. Perry called and showed , while Johnston held . The board gave Johnston the hand and he's now up to 550,000. Perry's stack slipped to 200K.