Things looked grim for David Bach when he found himself all in preflop with his up against . The flop was , the turn was the , but the spiked on the river, doubling Bach's stack to 175,000.
John Juanda moved in the last of his chips with pocket nines and found himself racing against . His slight lead evaporated when the flop came A-J-4, and when Juanda couldn't find a nine on the turn or river his night came to a premature end.
Joe Sebok moved his last chips into the middle with Q-J off and was called by a suited A-7 of clubs. Sebok couldn't improve his hand, and the A-7 held up to eliminate Sebok from the first event of the World Series of Poker.
Phil Ivey was put all in by his opponent on a flop of 10-10-6 after he led out with a bet. Ivey made the call, showing K-Q. He was behind his opponent's A-J. Ivey failed to improve after the turn was a deuce and the river another blank.
Ivey has been eliminated and will have to wait until another event to capture his next bracelet.
Alex Kravchenko moved all in with his short stack with A-10. He was called by David Bach and his J-J. Bach's jacks held up and Kravchenko was sent to the rail.