Showing , Yueqi "Rich" Zhu checks on seventh street.
John Cernuto, who's not showing a low in his upcards, says to Zhu, "You're checking? Have you got two pair?" `He checks behind. Sure enough, Zhu turns over another six and another three for two pair. "Babydoll!" cries Cernuto, and turns over two pair, eights and fives.
Hoyt Corkins is the latest player to be eliminated from today's event, the multiple WPT finalist and bracelet winner feeling the wrath of a Van Alstyne knockout punch.
Van Alstyne = with
Corkins =
Chip leader Farzad Rouhani was also in the hand with , but folded to a bet on the end.
A raising war on third street, Tom Chambers bets first, Craig Gray raises, the it's Chambers' turn, then Gray's, then Chambers', and finally Gray calls all in.
Sam Silverman has busted out, pushing it all in with just one card up. He got two callers, but Tom Chambers scared off the other opponent on seventh street.
Silverman: with
Chambers: with
Chambers takes the lot, and Silverman takes the long walk home.
Craig Gray raised preflop, and John Racener to his immediate left called, allowing them both to see a flop. Gray bet, and Racener called.
They both checked the turn, and Gray checked the on the river. Racener bet, and Gray folded -- showing . Although he has been incredibly aggressive today, Gray is also clearly capable of laying a hand down when necessary.
Tad Jurgens has enjoyed a virtual double-up courtesy of Yueqi "Rich" Zhu -- Jurgens was holding and made a full house to scoop on the X-X- board. "Nice hand," commented a few onlookers, unsurprisingly. Zhu was unimpressed.