A huge pot just went down on Blue #30. It was raised preflop from early position by Fernando Gordo to 56,000. Bertrand Grospellier, Scott Cook and Don Tran all called the raise, creating a 4-way pot with more than 225,000 chips in it before a single community card came down.
The flop was . Gordo, the preflop raiser, had to act first. He bet 155,000 and got calls from Grospellier and Cook both. Only Tran folded.
The turn paired the board. Gordo fired another 250,000 into the middle. Again Grospellier and Cook both called, creating a gigantic pot of almost 1.5 million chips heading into the river .
Gordo, perhaps sensing something amiss, finally slowed down. He checked. Grospellier also checked, bringing the action to Cook.
"I can't do it," Cook said after a few moments. He also checked, taking us to showdown.
Gordo: - two pair, aces and threes
Grospellier: - two pair, aces and threes
Cook: - a full house, fives ful of threes
Cook dragged the pot to increase his count to about 3 million.
Edward Teems moved all in for a total of 277,000, and the bet passed nearly all the way around the table. Peter Eastage was the last man standing between Teems and free chips, but the World Champ made the call with the covering stack. He tabled and Teems was racing for his tournament life with .
Eastgate seems to have won over a lot of fans as the arena eruputed when the flop came . Teems was in a deep hole, and the and that filled out the board were total bricks. That's the end of his line, while Eastgate adds an important boost to his stack; he's sitting with just over 700,000 now.
Thierry Van Den Berg
Hung Pham limped in from middle position, Luis Nargentino completed the small blind and Thierry Van Den Berg checked his option.
The flop came down and the action was checked to Pham. He bet 60,000, Nargentino folded, and Van Den Berg moved all in for 346,000. Pham made the call.
Van Den Berg
Pham
Van Den Berg was looking for a spade to survive, but couldn't find one on the or the river, his Main Event run ended in 138th place.
John Martin
Adam "Nestegg" Bilzerian raised to 55,000 from middle position, and the table folded around to Antoine Saout who called from the small blind. John Martin, who has been playing many hands here of late, then made it 170,000 from the big blind. Bilzerian called, and Saout folded.
The flop came . Martin promptly fired a bet of 300,000, and Bilzerian decided he'd pick a better spot.
[Removed:197] (on Day 2) - Out
Under the gun, Billy Kopp opened with a raise to 52,000. Dennis Phillips made the call, and [Removed:197] reraised to what appeared to be 173,000. When it came back around to Kopp, he made yet another raise, sliding out a total of 506,000. Phillips quickly folded, and [Removed:198] moved all in for a total of 1,325,000. Kopp snap-called, never a good sign.
Showdown
Kopp:
[Removed:198]:
With a huge pot up for grabs, [Removed:198] was in bad shape for his tournament life. The board would run out dry like the desert wind: . Aces are good for Kopp, queens are not so good for [Removed:198], and he has been sent to the exit. Billy Kopp is running hot, up to 4,660,000 and battling for the chip lead now.
Donnie Peters
From early position, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier raised to 47,000. Alex Gurevich flat-called from the hijack seat before everyone else folded.
The flop came down . ElkY fired 67,000 and Gurevich called after a minute of thought.
The turn brought the , pairing the board. This didn't slow the Frenchman down, as ElkY bet 111,000. Gurevich made the call after another minute of thought.
The river produced the . ElkY fired again for 167,000. Gurevich made the call.
ElkY tabled , but Gurevich showed for trip sevens. Gurevich scooped the pot and is now on 1.05 million. ElkY dropped to 770,000.
Jason Brice opened with a raise to 65,000 from middle position, and Benjamin Jensen reraised all in for 485,000 behind him. Matt Affleck called from the big blind, and Brice got out of the way.
Affleck showed and Jensen . The flop was , and Affleck was still good. But the turn was the and the river another , and Jensen is now at 1.06 million. Affleck has 2.02 million.
Phil Ivey opened with a raise to 55,000 from middle position, and James Akenhead re-raised to 162,000 next door. In the big blind, Herbie Gelman made another raise, moving all in for a total of 490,000. Ivey ducked out quickly, but Akenhead made the call with the covering stack, putting Gelman at risk.
Showdown
Akenhead:
Gelman:
The flop was a disaster for Gelman as the case king peeled off to give Akenhead the hammerlock with top set. In the end, the board ran down . The ace on the river was too little, too late for Gelman, and he has been eliminated.
Donnie Peters
Jamie Robbins and Jose Rosenkrantz got all in on the flop of . Robbins held a dominated as Rosenkrantz turned over . The turn brought the though and spiked two pair for Robbins.
The river was the and Rosenkrantz couldn't resuck on Robbins. Failing to do so, cost him his tournament life.
. Gordo, the preflop raiser, had to act first. He bet 155,000 and got calls from Grospellier and Cook both. Only Tran folded.
paired the board. Gordo fired another 250,000 into the middle. Again Grospellier and Cook both called, creating a gigantic pot of almost 1.5 million chips heading into the river 
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- two pair, aces and threes
- two pair, aces and threes
- a full house, fives ful of threes
and Teems was racing for his tournament life with 
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. Teems was in a deep hole, and the 
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that filled out the board were total bricks. That's the end of his line, while Eastgate adds an important boost to his stack; he's sitting with just over 700,000 now.
river, his Main Event run ended in 138th place. 
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. Aces are good for Kopp, queens are not so good for [Removed:198], and he has been sent to the exit. Billy Kopp is running hot, up to 4,660,000 and battling for the chip lead now.
, pairing the board. This didn't slow the Frenchman down, as ElkY bet 111,000. Gurevich made the call after another minute of thought.
for trip sevens. Gurevich scooped the pot and is now on 1.05 million. ElkY dropped to 770,000.
, Joseph Cada checked, Igor Sharaskin bet 77,000, Cada raised to 160,000 total, Sharaskin moved all in and Cada called. 
and Cada doubled to 1,220,000 while Sharaskin slipped to 285,000.
. The turn brought the 
