Cristobal Hidalgo got the rest of his chips in on a flop of vs. Johnny Chan. Hidalgo was looking for an ace, holding against Chan's . The turn was the , the river was the and Hidalgo was eliminated. Chan is now up to 43,000.
"Johnny Motherf*ckin' Chan!" exclaimed a fan on the rail as Chan raked in the pot.
Richie Smith raised to 3,000 before the flop and was called by Wendy Weissman. The flop came . Smith checked, Weissman pushed all in for about 25,000, and after a period of contemplation Smith made the call.
Weissman had , but Smith had . The turn and river didn't change things, and Weissman is out. Smith is up to 70,000.
Smith tells us he won his entry via a satellite hosted by 2005 WSOP Main Event runner-up Steve Dannenmann. Looks like Smith currently has about twice what Dannenmann does, as Dannenmann has 36,000.
Preflop, Henrik Lennholm made it 800 to go and was called by a player in the big blind. The flop ran and Henrik fired 1,300 into the pot after his opponent checked. His opponent called and the fell on the turn. Both players checked and saw the hit on the river. Henrik led out for 2,200 and his opponent called.
Carlos Mortensen
An early position player opened with a raise to 750, before Carlos Mortensen raised it up to 2,000 from late position. The player on the button made the call, as did the EP player.
They took a flop , and the action checked to Mortensen who fired out a bet of 4,000. The player on the button moved all in for a total of 6,200. The EP player folded and Mortensen called.
Mortensen:
Button:
The turn and river blanked , and Mortensen jumps back up to 25,000 chips.
Raising and then calling an all-in preflop, Donna Varlotto has and her opponent has . The door card is a - and the board comes ! Flopped quads and Donna is down to 15,500.
Somewhere, her boyfriend, Steve Wong, has a cold chill and doesn't know why. And then, the phone rings...
From late position, Maria Ho raised to 850. Jeff Shulman, with the button, reraised to 2,300. Ho then pushed her whole stack of 20,850 into the middle. Shulman went into the tank for four minutes before finally folding.
Donnie Peters
Victor Ramdin
Victor Ramdin and Jesse Martin were all in on the flop. The board read . Ramdin held and Martin held . Martin was poised to double up pending the turn and river.
The turn was the and then the river came the , allowing Martin to keep the best hand and double to 19,400 through Ramdin.
Donnie Peters
Victor Ramdin just had hot coffee spilled on him by a cocktail waitress. Ramdin wasn't too thrilled, but could still be a little upset about doubling a player up a few hands ago.
There was about 12,000 in the pot when the turn card fell, making a board of . Ben Fineman pushed all in and after tanking for a while Gregory Dyer made the call.
Dyer had , but Fineman had him beat with . The river was the , and Dyer is out. Fineman now has 55,000.
vs. Johnny Chan. Hidalgo was looking for an ace, holding 
against Chan's 
. The turn was the 
, the river was the 
and Hidalgo was eliminated. Chan is now up to 43,000. 
. Smith checked, Weissman pushed all in for about 25,000, and after a period of contemplation Smith made the call.
, but Smith had 
. The turn 
and river 
didn't change things, and Weissman is out. Smith is up to 70,000.
and Henrik fired 1,300 into the pot after his opponent checked. His opponent called and the 
hit on the river. Henrik led out for 2,200 and his opponent called.
while his opponent tabled 
.
, 
and Mortensen jumps back up to 25,000 chips.
- and the board comes 
! Flopped quads and Donna is down to 15,500.
. Ramdin held 
and Martin held 
, allowing Martin to keep the best hand and double to 19,400 through Ramdin.
. The board came 
. Ben Fineman pushed all in and after tanking for a while Gregory Dyer made the call.
, and Dyer is out. Fineman now has 55,000.
