Phil Ivey had put in a preflop raise from middle position, and it had folded around to Phil Hellmuth who decided to push all in for approximately 90,000 from the small blind. Ivey made the call.
Hellmuth turned over , finding himself behind Ivey's A-K. "He raises my blind five times, then when I make a move he's got a hand," lamented Hellmuth.
The board came , giving Ivey the hand. Thus did Hellmuth's day -- which began a couple of hours after most of the other players' -- conclude about an hour before the day's scheduled end.
From late postion David Baker raises and Phil Laak moves all in for 50,000 from the button. Baker calls with and is in a race situation against the of "The Unibomber."
The board comes and Laak's ace-king falls short. After being one of the first players to double up today, Laak falls short of making Day Two.
We picked this one up as Chau Giang and Weikai Chang were both checking the flop. The turn came the . Giang checked, Chang pushed all in for his last 31,200, and Giang called.
Chang showed for a pair of jacks and a club flush draw, while Giang turned over for a pair of queens. The river was the , and Chang was eliminated. Giang now has 210,000.
60,000 chips were already in the pot when the flop came down . Nenad Medic checked from UTG, Marco "CrazyMarco" Johnson bet 135,000 and Medic called all in for less.
Medic
Johnson
Though Medic held the lead on the flop, Johnson hit two pair when the came on the turn. The river was the and Medic hit the rail while Johnson increased his stack to 275,000.
On a flop of Bruno Fitoussi checked, David Einhorn bet 47,000, Fitoussi raised to 325,000 and Einhorn called all in.
Einhorn
Fitoussi
Fitoussi flopped the nut straight and though Einhorn had outs with his nut flush draw, he couldn't fill it as the hit the turn and the fell on the river. Einhorn hit the rail while Fitoussi was up to 670,000 in chips.
Kyle Wilson raises from under the gun to 8,000 and is called by Steve Sung and Matt Marafioti. The flop comes . Marafioti leads out for 15,000 and Wilson call. Sung then moves all in for 71,900. Marafioti takes his time before making the call. Wilson gets out of the way.
Marafioti -
Steve Sung -
The board fills out and Sung is eliminated. Matt Marafioti now has 415,000
After a player in the cutoff raised to 19,000, Phillippe Rouas reraised all in with his last 22,000. Then Marco Johnson repopped it from the big blind, forcing the cutoff out of the hand.
Johnson
Rouas
The flop came , giving Johnson the lead. The turn was the and the river the , and Rouas' day was done. Johnson now has 190,000.
We caught up to this hand on the river, with a massive pot already brewing. Shannon Shorr checked from the small blind and Emil "whitelime" Patel bet 225,000, setting Shorr all in. After a very long think Shorr tossed in his remaining 55,000 only to have Patel reveal for trip aces. Shorr mucked and hit the rail while Patel's stack swelled to 615,000.