On a board showing , John Shipley ended up all in with after the final card was dealt. Jordan Smith could do better though, tabling the winning . He's KO'd Shipley and increased his stack to a respectable 246,000.
Smith is hunting his second bracelet at this WSOP.
In another battle of the blinds, Michael Pesek and and Terrence Chan tangled up in a war of raises, ending up with Chan all in holding . Pesek's had him in bad shape to stay alive.
The board blanked off for him: . Terrence Chan has been sent to the rail while Pesek has climbed to 185,000.
We just caught the tail end of this hand between Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Jeremy Rafalowicz. The board read , and there were about 45,000 chips in the pot.
ElkY put out one final bet of 33,300, and he got a call from his opponent. With , ElkY had run down his flush, and Rafalowicz slid his cards into the muck.
After a flop of Burt Boutin bet 7,000 and Davidi Kitai made the call. The turn brought the . Boutin checked and Kitai bet 12,000. Boutin check-raised all in for about 47,000 and Kitai made the call.
Boutin: - top pair, king kicker
Kitai: - two pair on the turn
The river brought another ace and Kitai took down the pot with aces full of sixes, eliminating Burt Boutin from the tournament.
Billy Kopp raised to 6,100 from under the gun and Chino Rheem came over the top from behind for all 23,600 of his chips. Action folded back around to Kopp who made the call.
Kopp:
Chino:
The flop came giving Chino top pair, but leaving Kopp with a flush draw.
The turn was the and the river brought another blank in the allowing Chino to double up to 50,000.
First in from the button, Alex "AJKHoosier" Kamberis made it 6,000 to play. Gabe Thaler was in the small blind, and he reraised to 21,000. Kamberis moved all in, and Thaler called.
Showdown
Kamberis:
Thaler:
The community cards came , holding Kamberis' overpair and doubling him up to 86,000. Thaler, on the other hand, has been kicked back to 35,000.