Beth Shak
After some preflop raising, Beth Shak moved her stack into the middle from early position on a flop of . She was quickly called by her opponent who tabled and Shak would need some help with her .
Help is exactly what was delivered with the on the turn completing her gutshot straight draw. The fell on the river and Shak is left stacking up 27,000 worth of chips.
David Pham has been playing back at Chad Batista for a while now. Just recently, a player in the cutoff raised and Batista reraised to around 4,200. David Pham proceeded to move over the top all in for 20,000, which forced both his opponents to fold.
Pham is sitting with 27,000 in chips and Batista is down to 12,000.
Earlier we reported a hand where Greg Raymer was on the rough end of a bad beat holding pocket kings against . Well Raymer has just had his revenge against the same opponent, Bill Wankey.
A short stacked Raymer moved the last of his chips from under-the-gun and Wankey made the call from early position.
"Is it aces or kings?" questioned Raymer.
"Neither" replied Wankey.
"Well then we know what this would be!" quipped Raymer as he revealed the ! Wankey showed .
However the board landed an amazing to give Raymer a flush and the double up.
"Justice!" exclaimed Raymer as he stays alive with about 6,000 chips.
Bill Wankey has just been eliminated from today's event. He held against another players . Wankey's opponent spiked a jack on the flop and Wankey was unable to catch a queen. Wankey gets eliminated just shy of the dinner break.
Jason Mercier
Jason Mercier moved all in preflop and was called by a player in the one seat. Mercier showed and his opponent showed . The flop crushed Mercier when his opponent flopped a straight on a board. The on the turn left Mercier drawing dead and Mercier is now down to 4,000 in chips.
David Levi has found a nice double up holding against his opponent's dominant . The flop changed it all as the board ran out and Levi moves to 32,000 chips.
Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier moved all in preflop over a raise from under-the-gun. His opponent made the call and tabled but Grospellier was in front with his .
The board ran out and Grospellier eliminates his opponent to move to about 23,000 chips.
A player opened with a raise from the button and Stuart Paterson called from the small blind. The flop came and Paterson led out but was raised all in by his opponent. Paterson insta-called with for a flopped set as his opponent grimaced and flipped .
The turn was the and river the and Paterson will enjoy his dinner break with about 35,000 chips.