Marc Naalden moved all in pre-flop with the and was called by Michael Chu with the . The flop was a killer -- , giving Chu the nut flush. There was no miracle runner-runner full house for Naalden and he was eliminated.
Chu was up to 515K after the hand and has passed Jason Strasser to take the chip lead.
Steve Paul-Ambrose moved all in with 2-2 and was called by Michael Chu with 9-9. No help on the flop for Paul-Ambrose and he was eliminated in 30th place.
This is Paul-Ambrose's second cash at this year's WSOP. The young Canadian already made one final table, finishing 4th in Event #1, $5,000 Mixed Hold'em.
Jason Strasser raised from UTG, Amir Vahedi called from middle position, and Kristy Gazes moved all in from the big blind. Strasser moved all-in over the top of her and Vahedi folded. Strasser tabled the while Gazes held the . The flop was and Gazes would need to spike a ten to survive. The turn was the and the river was the , bringing no help for Gazes and sending her to the rail.
Strasser was up to 445K after the hand and is our current chip leader.
Paul Deng raised from UTG and Kristy Gazes moved all in from the small blind. Deng called and showed and was nearly a 3-1 underdog to Gazes' Q-Q. The flop brought an ace, however, and Gazes was left with less than 10,000.
On the next hand, a middle-position player raised to 11,000, Gazes called all in for less from the button, and the small blind called all in as well. Gazes held the and rivered a jack to best her opponents' and .
Gazes quadrupled up on the hand and currently sits at 41,000.
Kurt Paseka raised from UTG and Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari called from the big blind. Esfandiari moved all in for his last 4,000 on the T-7-7 flop and Paseka insta-called, tabling A-A. Esfandiari's A-Q did not improve and he was eliminated.
37. Brett Jungblut
38. Eric Haber
39. Antonio Esfandiari
40. Cesar Aburto
41. Jeff Shulman
42. Alex Melnikow
43. Matthew Sterling
44. Michael Melkersen
45. Steve Billirakis
Vinny Vinh, who ended play last night as the tournament's second largest stack, STILL has yet to show up today. His 200K stack has been blinded down to 175K.
Michael Binger returned from what he was told was a 20-minute break to discover that play had re-started ten minutes before. Flames practically shot out of his ears as he demanded to speak with the tournament directors.
"This is the second time I missed ten minutes of hands because there was no break clock! The same thing happened yesterday! This is so incompetent!" Binger roared.
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, giving Chu the nut flush. There was no miracle runner-runner full house for Naalden and he was eliminated.
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and the river was the 
, bringing no help for Gazes and sending her to the rail. 
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