to Ford's 
. The 
board missed them both, Taylor's queens held up, and he doubled to 1.02 million. Ford is now down to 810,000.
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to Ford's . The board missed them both, Taylor's queens held up, and he doubled to 1.02 million. Ford is now down to 810,000.
but was dominated by Sadauskas's 
.The board ran out
and Sadauskas got the checkmark and sent Kawashige to the rail.
flop. The turn was the 
. Eastgate bet 80,000 and Cantu called. The river brought the 
. Eastgate bet 100,000 this time, and Cantu called again.Eastgate showed
, and Cantu mucked. Eastgate now has 820,000.The very next hand, Cantu raised to 42,000 from middle position again, and everyone folded. He showed
with a shrug, telling the table he's not tilting. Not yet, anyway. Cantu is still doing well with 1.58 million.
Bishop:
Kenna:
The flop came down
. The 
on the turn meant that Kenna had to sweat the river, as a fourth diamond would allow Bishop to take the pot. That didn't happen, as the river fell . Kenna doubled up to about 585,000, while Bishop slipped to 990,000.
Rheem:
Davis:
The flop came
, but a miracle on the turn gave Rheem his two-outer to the screams of delight from his entourage in the stands. The river bricked the and Rheem finds an incredible double-up to be back to close to 1.5 million chips.
, Hansen bet 189,000. His opponent, Jeremy Joseph, moved all in for 520,000 total. Hansen had Joseph covered and weighed his options before making the call.Hansen:
Joseph:
Hansen showed an up-and-down straight draw against Joseph's ace-high. The
on the turn didn't improve anyone, nor did the river. Joseph won the pot when his ace-high beat Hansen's queen-high.On the next hand, Hansen called Chris Crilly's all in bet on a flop of
. Crilly's 
was behind Hansen's 
but the turn gave Crilly a few more outs. "That keeps it interesting," quipped Hansen.
The river came down
to make a nine-high straight for Crilly. Hansen didn't say much after he was eliminated. He just picked up his things and headed to the payout table.
to Jett's modest . The was no help and while Jett caught the 
on the turn the river was the 
and Jett's Main Event came to an end.
All three checked the
flop. The turn was the . Hellmuth bet 140,000, and Saab called him instantly. Kim folded.The river was the
. This time Hellmuth checked, and Saab counted out some chips, eventually pushing 200,000 forward. Hellmuth mucked, and Saab showed before dragging the pot.Hellmuth exhaled. "I play against these idiots," he began, Saab laughing in response. "Okay, you got away with it," Hellmuth conceded. "I should have reraised him preflop," added Kim.
Hellmuth was still shaking his head. "I can't believe what I just saw," he added, echoing Jack Buck's immortal call from another World Series.
"I'm the luckiest player," said Saab, still smiling. "Not only that, I'm color blind," a reference to the chip colors and their denominations.
(Incidentally, we're almost ten minutes later, now, and Hellmuth is still talking about the hand. He's saying now he folded pocket nines.)
but was way behind the of Martin.The dealer pulled in the pot and Martin said "no jack!" as the flop came
. To add insult to injury, the turn fell the giving Lade four of a kind. The river was a meaningless 
and Lade doubled to approximately 1,400,000 chips. Martin meanwhile, is now a bit below average with roughly 625,000.
Corkins moved in for his last 275,000. Demidov called. That's when Hoyt learned that his had run into Demidov's . The 
on the turn and on the river brought Corkins no help and he was eliminated from the Main Event.
