We picked this hand up on the turn with a board of .
Michael Graydon checked the action to Phil Ivey who moved all in. Graydon made the call for his last 106,000 and showed for second pair, putting him way behind Ivey's .
When the river brought the , Graydon found no help and made his way to the rail. Ivey has now joined the million chip club.
Action passed to Paul Wasicka in the small blind. He opened the pot to 17,000. His opponent in the big blind re-raised to 120,000, which was more than Wasicka had left. Wasicka reluctantly folded, preserving his stack at 95,000. He'll need to make a move soon if he hopes to stay in this Main Event.
Under the gun, Tian Shou made it 20,000 to play before the flop, and two players down the line came along with the call. When the bet came to J.C. Moussa though, he moved all in for 144,000. Shou instantly called while the other two players ran for cover. Moussa tabled pocket eights and he saw the bad news as Shou showed ace-ace. The board ran out blanks to send Moussa to the payout desk, while Shou is quite healthy indeed. He's sitting on a massive stack of 1,340,000.
Soutchay Chansomboth moved his short stack in preflop and got called by Jared Bluestein.
Chansomboth:
Bluestein:
The flop of provided no help for Chansomboth, but the on the turn brought the possibility of a chopped pot, which happened when the gave both players a six-high straight on the river.
Marla Schwartz has been very talkative at her table today. She moved in for 61,000 and started the talking once Nick Binger called.
"I wanted the double-up from you, Nick," Schwartz said as she opened against Binger's .
The flop came out .
"Pair the board," Schwartz asked the dealer. Instead the dealer produced the on the turn. The river was also a blank, securing the double-up for Schwartz.
"Thank you, Nick," Schwartz said as the dealer pushed her the pot.
Paul Wasicka - eliminated
We mentioned a few minutes ago that Paul Wasicka was very short and needed to make a move. He made his moed with and got called by an opponent who showed down . Wasicka was drawing dead by the turn on a board that ran out .
"Good luck everybody," said Wasicka as he left to get paid.
We have to imagine that there was no way Fergal Nealon was getting away from his hand on a flop of . Nealon, who got all in with Brian Powell after a series of raises, tabled for three aces. Nealon had flopped a small full houses, , and had to sweat two streets to see if Nealon could catch a bigger full house. He could not. The turn and river improved no one.
Powell's stack was counted down at 317,000. With the amount already in the pot, he doubled to about 680,000 while Nealon fell to 168,000.
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for second pair, putting him way behind Ivey's 
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, Graydon found no help and made his way to the rail. Ivey has now joined the million chip club.
, two players checked to Nick Binger who bet 40,000 from middle position. The player in the cutoff called, and the others folded.
. Binger checked, and his opponent pushed all in, prompting Binger to fold. Binger has now slipped to 137,000.
provided no help for Chansomboth, but the 
on the turn brought the possibility of a chopped pot, which happened when the 
gave both players a six-high straight on the river.
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on the turn. The river 
was also a blank, securing the double-up for Schwartz.
against Norman Gautron.
on the turn, but the 
hit the river as Margets doubles to 440,000 to leave Gautron on 240,000.
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against Rifat Palevic's 
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