With 30,000 already in the pot and a board out, Justin Filtz in early position bet out 25,000. Said his opponent Kenna James on the button, "This guy is just pimp-slapping me. It's almost embarrassing!"
Recent times have witnessed the end of John Racener's run in this event.
On Racener's former table remains Eric Lucas. He boasts a 120,000 stack and was last seen taking a small pot off Shannon Shorr with 4,200 bet on a board.
Hevad Khan has busted. The small blind made it 3,000, and Khan in the big blind made it 7,000. The small blind went all in, and Khan called for 15,000 total with pocket jacks. The small blind was holding pocket nines, but hit another nine on the board to send Khan hurtling towards the rail.
On the very last hand of the break, there was genuine controversy on the far table as Max Pescatori stumbled upon those dastardly American Airlines, .
With the board reading , Pescatori bet 10,000 only for his opponent to slide in the matching bet. Pescatori immediately flipped over his aces, only for his baffled opponent to ask, "Well, are you going to call?"
Equally confused, Pescatori inquired as to what his opponent was talking about.
"I said all in," he replied.
The tournament director was duly called in, but because nobody else had heard the declaration, the player was made to flat call only. However, if he wanted to win the pot, he had to reveal his hand.
Devilfish has taken a considerable hit somewhere along the line. Most recently, he doubled up short-stacked Gabe Costner, somehow getting it in preflop with against Costner's . As the board came down bricks for the Fish, he muttered, "I thought you had A-K."
Costner on 13,000 and still pretty desperate (shoved from the button the next hand as well, but didn't get any callers), Devilfish down to 23,000.