David Woo 1,650,000
Curtis Early 1,450,000
Thom Werthmann 1,045,000
Mike Glasser 665,000
Michael Polcari 620,000
Paul Kerr 615,000
Eric Beren 550,000
Habib Khanis 360,000
James Paras 335,000
Matthew Wood 325,000
Thanhdat Tran 240,000
Action folded around to Thanhdat Tran in the small blind and he moved all in for 73,000. Matthew Wood called from the big blind and the players showed:
Tran:
Wood:
Neither player hit a pair and Tran's king high was best. Tran doubled up to about 155,000 and after picking up the blinds and antes with an all-in move the very next hand, and now sits with approximately 190,000 in chips.
Russell Spaid raised to 80,000 from under the gun. Habib Khanis reraised all in for 104,000 total from early position. Action folded around to back Spaid and he made the call. The players showed:
Spaid:
Khanis:
The flop was great for Spaid coming . The turn helped neither player when it came the . Khanis was one card from elimination when the dealer put the down on the river.
He jumped into air and clapped, seemingly involuntarily. He is back in the mix, now with 262,000 chips.
Sebastian Segovia moved all in for his remaining 63,000 from the button and Curtis Early called from the big blind.
Segovia:
Early:
The flop was , pairing Segovia's four, but opening up a flush draw for Early. Early hit his diamond on the turn but if another fell, Segovia would make a higher flush. The river, though was the meaningless and Segovia hit the rail in 13th place, collecting $29,331 for his efforts.
Mike Glasser moved all in for 385,000 from under the gun. Action folded around to Edward Salazar in the small blind and he called all in for his last 105,000. The players showed:
Glasser:
Salazar:
The flop came giving Glasser the lead. The turn was the which was no help to either player. Salazar needed a jack and a jack only if he was to avoid elimination. The river fell the and Glasser's aces were best. Edward Salazar was eliminated in 14th place and earned himself $29,331 for his impressive finish here today.
We've been stuck at 14 players for about an hour now, with five eliminations to go before we call it a night. The heavily amateur field seems to be very interested in the various money jumps, as their railbirds keep coming up to the PokerNews desk with questions about the payouts.
13th and 14th place go home with just over $29,000 while 10th-12th earn nearly $37,000. I'm sure there's more than one player left at these two tables right now who is calculating how many mortgage payments he could make if he just folded to the next level.
The biggest pay jump we'll see this night, though, is from tenth to ninth where there is a $22,000-plus difference, not to mention the distinction of making a WSOP final table.