Catching the action on a flop of , Mike Matusow moved all in for his last 16,600, sending Mike Watson into the tank.
As Watson was deliberating William Thorson pointed out that Matusow was also on TV, featuring in an episode of Poker After Dark.
"That's when I won!" commented Matusow.
Meanwhile Watson made the call with for top pair but Matusow showed for two pair and a big straight draw.
The turn was the giving Matusow three pair but the river was the to give Watson the hand with kings and eights to eliminate Matusow from the tournament. Watson moves to 83,000 chips.
On a flop of Roland de Wolfe fired out 8,800 before Jonas Entin made it 35,000. de Wolfe moved all in and Entin made the call.
de Wolfe:
Entin:
de Wolfe was in front with his two pair, but the and the river gave Entin a bigger two pair and the pot to eliminate de Wolfe and move up to a commanding 160,000 chips.
After a limp, a raise and a call in front of him, Sorel Mizzi moved all in for an additional 6,500. The limper folded before the initial raiser potted once again from the hijack position adding another 28,600 to the pot. The play was then with Jan Sorensen on the button who deliberated for some time before committing over half his stack to a call from the button.
A huge side pot had developed as the flop fell . The hijack then casually declared himself all in and Sorensen made a hasty call for his last chips.
Hijack:
Mizzi:
Sorensen:
It was aces versus kings versus ambition, but as is often the way in poker, the cards chose the path most cruel. The turn was the and river the to give Sorensen a running flush and the huge pot. He climbs to well over 100,000 with Mizzi headed for the rail.
With one player already all in, Noah Schwartz reraised pot against Jimmy Fricke's bet on a board. Fricke released and Schwartz turned over for a pair with gutshot and nut flush draw. The all in player flipped for a set of fours with flush blockers but the river was the and Schwartz is amassing a huge stack of almost 230,000 now.
Sammy Farha is approaching 100,000 after getting it all in with against on a flop. Farha hit the on the turn and made the bigger boat on the river to knock out another player.
Barry Greenstein bet 5,000 on the turn of a board against Surinder Sunar only to find Sunar making it 20,000. Greenstein moved all in, Sunar rechecked his cards and then quickly called.
Sunar:
Greenstein:
Both players had the wheel but Sunar had a redraw for one of the two remaining tens in the deck for a bigger straight but missed when a came on the river instead.
Ben Grundy opened to 1,800 and Marcel Luske made the call. A third player then potted before Grundy re-potted. Luske cringed and didn't want to fold but had to release his .
Grundy:
Opponent:
Incredibly the board fell giving Grundy's opponent the broadway straight as Luske would've made a running full house.