Gordon Johnson was all in with but had to dodge the of Greg Pohler in order to double up. The flop wasn't exactly what Johnson wanted to see. The on the turn missed Pohler's flush draw, but Johnson couldn't dodge it twice. The on the river gave Pohler the nut flush and sent Johnson to the payout desk in 16th place.
Johnson, who goes by "G-Money" earned $18,471 for his second WSOP cash. Pohler, on the other hand, is looking for a whole lot more with his 1.36 million stack.
The chips are flying now as the players are swinging all over the place. David Cai is the latest to double up after making the call from the big blind for his tournament life after Jaymes Rosenthal open-shoved the button.
Rosenthal:
Cai:
Cai was in a dominant position and it stayed that way on the board. Cai doubles to 635,000 with Rosenthal back down to 230,000.
Jeffrey Tebben raised under the gun to 50,000 before Frederic Bussot re-raised from the hijack position for all of his 190,000 chips. Tebben made the call.
Tebben:
Bussot:
The board landed in a nice little drama-filled sweat to leave Bussot on the raw end as he's eliminated in 15th place for $23,384.
Jaymes Rosenthal could not be stopped for much of yesterday. He was a one-man wrecking machine until the last few levels of the night, when he lost about half of his stack to start today fifth in chips. He was one of the shortest players returning from the last break and got his whole stack in with . Edgar "de la Torture" de la Torre called him with , not good news for Rosenthal. The board ran out missed both. Rosenthal was eliminated in 14th place, not bad for his first WSOP cash.
Alexis Belanger Lebel opened to 50,000 from under the gun with Greg Pohler making the call in the small blind.
The flop landed and Pohler checked to Lebel who bet 80,000. Pohler responded by moving all in and Lebel made the call.
Lebel:
Pholer:
Pohler held the overpair but it was the stone-cold nuts for Lebel. The turn was the and the river the and Pohler doubled to 900,000 with Lebel slipping back to 975,000.
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The flop came out , and John Tolbert checked. Thanh dat Tran bet 85,000 on the button, and Tolbert check-raised to 170,000. Tran called, and the turn brought the . This time, Tolbert bet out 200,000. Tran called again, leaving himself 400,000 behind. The river was another trey, the . Tolbert applied maximum pressure, moving all in to force Tran to risk his tournament life. And somehow, Tran made the call - will for second pair. Tolbert could only show for a missed flush draw. "Nice hand," he said as he doubled Tran to 1.585 million. Tolbert fell to 330,000.
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but had to dodge the 
of Greg Pohler in order to double up. The 
flop wasn't exactly what Johnson wanted to see. The 
on the turn missed Pohler's flush draw, but Johnson couldn't dodge it twice. The 
on the river gave Pohler the nut flush and sent Johnson to the payout desk in 16th place.
board. Cai doubles to 635,000 with Rosenthal back down to 230,000.
in a nice little drama-filled sweat to leave Bussot on the raw end as he's eliminated in 15th place for $23,384.
missed both. Rosenthal was eliminated in 14th place, not bad for his first WSOP cash.
and the river the 
and Gross finds running tens to double it up to 735,000 while Lebel slips to 601,000.
. This time, Tolbert bet out 200,000. Tran called again, leaving himself 400,000 behind. The river was another trey, the 
. Tolbert applied maximum pressure, moving all in to force Tran to risk his tournament life. And somehow, Tran made the call - will 
for second pair. Tolbert could only show 
for a missed flush draw. "Nice hand," he said as he doubled Tran to 1.585 million. Tolbert fell to 330,000.