A large pot developed between David Johansson in the small blind and Brian Taylor in middle position after a flop of .
Both men had started the hand with over 300,000 and after a series of raises, Johansson was all in vs. Taylor.
Johansson:
Taylor:
Johansson was currently ahead with top pair, top kicker and runner-runner heart flush possibilities, however Taylor had both a diamond flush drawn and an inside straight draw.
The board ran out giving Taylor the pot with a flush. He eliminates Johansson and moves to 695,000.
There are lots of big names at the secondary feature table, but they're not playing lots of big hands right now.
Most pots are currently being won with preflop raises of between 12,000 and 13,000, with very hands actually seeing a flop.
In one hand that did get that far, Peter Eastgate bet 10,500 from the button and got called by Leo Labbe in the big blind. Labbe then bet 12,000 on a flop of and Eastgate raised to 28,000. That brought a fold by Labbe.
After the hand, Joe Hachem remarked "It's good to be the world champ." Eastgate's response - "So far."
J.C. Alvarado was all in before the flop holding everyone's favorite go-broke hand, . Action came from Chris Bjorin who held , racing for the knockout.
The flop was no fun for J.C., and the board ran out to spell his demise. With his pair of queens, Bjorin knocks off Alvarado and chips up to 460,000.
Dana Karlson was all in for about 60,000 before the flop, and both Dan Harrington and Paren Arzoomanian came along to put Karlson at risk.
The flop rolled out . Arzoomanian checked, and he would fold to a bet of 60,000 from Harrington. Action Dan tabled , and Karlson was in a bad way with . The on the turn left Karlson drawing dead, and the meaningless filled out the board.
With that, Karlson is out, and Harrington has climbed to 460,000.
John Monnette raised to 10,500 and Ed Perry made the call before Michael Kinney put in the squeeze and made it 40,000 to go from the big blond.
The action was then back with Monnette who announced another raise to 150,000. Both opponents folded and Monnette rakes in another nice pot. He's not up to 490,000 chips.
Terry Ellingson came so close to cashing in the Main Event. But in the event, he was short-stacked and forced to make a stand preflop with . Kevin McCarthy woke up with pocket kings, . Ellingson didn't even come close to a board of and as a result has been retired from the tournament.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have now dropped below the 700 runner mark.
Only 648 places pay, though, so there are going to be around 50 sad souls leaving the Amazon Room with nothing but bitter regret before the day is out...
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giving Taylor the pot with a flush. He eliminates Johansson and moves to 695,000.
. Action came from Chris Bjorin who held 
to spell his demise. With his pair of queens, Bjorin knocks off Alvarado and chips up to 460,000.
when someone else holds 
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, and Karlson was in a bad way with 
filled out the board.
of Lou Diamond Phillips.
and Welz bricked out as the board finished 
and as a result has been retired from the tournament.
