Scott Fischman was just eliminated here in Level 3. Holding , he got the last of his chips in on a board containing a seven and two diamonds. His set was best, but had to fade the river versus an opponent holding -X-X.
Unfortunately for Fischman, the river brought a non-pairing diamond, thereby making him an early knockout.
Quinn Do has been eliminated. Down to just 2,000 chips (and no add-ons left), Do had committed a significant percentage of his stack against one opponent prior to a flop, at which point the rest went in.
Do had , and was behind his opponent's . The turn brought the , giving his opponent a boat. And the river was the , eliminating Do.
A huge four-way pot developed over at Michael Mizrachi's table. We didn't catch the action, but there was about 30,000 in the pot when betting came to a close on the river.
The board read and the dealer was frantically trying to manage the various all ins and side pots as a crowd began to gather round. The four players in the hand, inlcuding Mizrachi and Tex Barch, all had their hands spread in front of them, unsure of exactly who was winning what pot.
Mizrachi:
Barch:
Seat 2:
Seat 4:
As it turned out, Barch won the main pot with the nut straight, bringing his stack to about 25,000 with one remaining rebuy chip. Seat 4 took the side pot of about 5,000 with two pair, while Mizrachi was eliminated from the tournament.
Raul Paez was all in for his last 2,000 or so on the turn with a board reading .
Paez, who had no rebuy chips remaining, held {x} and was behind his opponent at that point. Luckily for him, the river came the giving him a royal flush!
After two limpers, the player on the button raised to 400. Robert Williamson III, who was in the small blind, reraised pot for 1,125 more. Both limpers folded and the button made the call.
When the flop came down , Williamson bet 1,800 and the button mucked. Williamson is up to 13,000 and still has two rebuys chips remaining.
With the board showing , Will "the Thrill" Failla made a pot-sized bet of 4,500, leaving himself just 3,000 behind (and no add-on chips). Scotty Nguyen called.
The river was yet another black card -- the -- and Failla checked to Nguyen who bet 2,000. Failla couldn't make the call.
Nguyen is up to 15,000, while Failla preserves that stack of 3,000.
Incidentally, a short while ago we were hearing that 200 players had already been busted from the event just a couple of levels in, but we've now learned that information wasn't correct. We currently are looking at 486 left from the original field of 596 who entered. Still a pretty high clip as far as eliminations go, but not quite as high as we'd initially been told.