Kenna:
Sliwinski:
The board ran out
and Kenna's aces were best. He doubled to just over 290,000 on the hand.
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39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
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Kenna:
Sliwinski:
The board ran out
and Kenna's aces were best. He doubled to just over 290,000 on the hand.
They saw a flop of
and Hellmuth fired out 90,000 to take down the pot. He sits with roughly 1.2 million chips as Matusow jokes with Hellmuth that he has won more hands already than Matusow has won all day.
, and was going to have to outrun Peter Neff's 
in order to survive.The flop came
, and Neff was still ahead. The 
on the turn, though, gave Kolstad some hope. The 
sealed it, and Kolstad is back up to 355,000. Neff has 730,000.
The flop came
and Michelle led out for 300,000. Loecke folded and Michelle collectws the pot, much to the disgust of Pham who claimed that he folded pocket sixes! Pham was so frustrated that he stood and walked away from the table as Michelle increased her stack to 3.4 million.
Valikoski was out and Whalen boosted his stack to 980,000.
flop, then called when Kim again bet 60,000. Lade check-called a bet of 100,000 on the turn, and both players checked the 
river. Kim opened 
to win the pot with a pair of queens.Shortly thereafter, Kim opened another pot to 65,000. He was reraised by the small blind, Justin Scott, to 200,000 and made the call after tanking for about a minute. When the flop came down
, Scott open-shoved, having Kim well covered. Kim tanked a second time for another couple of minutes before finally making the the call with . Scott showed 
. He made a pair of tens with the turn, but couldn't find a hand that beat Kim when the river fell .After these two hands, Kim jumped to 1,660,000, Lade fell to 2,535,000 and Scott dipped to 1,585,000.
Players are becoming very deliberate and calculated in their actions, being careful not to give anything away.
As is the norm in late stage tournament poker, a majority of pots are being won with a late-position raise or reraise.
, but Ivan Demidov called in the small blind with a dominating 
and when the board came 
that spelled the end of Wilson’s Main Event. Demidov is now up to 3.21 million.
, Reagan Silber led out for 100,000, Matt Matros raised to 300,000, Silber moved all in and Matros called. Silber:
Matros:
Matros led with two pair, but Silber held the nut-flush draw. That ceased to matter when the
fell on the turn, making Matros a full house and leaving him drawing dead. The 
fell on the river and Silber was eliminated. Matros is now up to 2,000,000.
