There was a mid-position raise to 2,700 before Lisa Parsons made it 7,000 from the button. The small blind folded, but Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso in the big blind shoved for 30,000 total. Back to the mid-position player who re-shoved for 46,600. Parsons tanked for a while before folding face up, and Rousso and the re-shover were on their backs.
Rousso:
Re-Shover:
Board:
Rousso is done and dusted in 421st place. Marcello del Grosso is now the sole flag-flyer for Team PokerStars in this tournament.
Robert "E-Dolo" Scott was loud enough to let us know from across the room that he had aces.
Scott:
Christopher Webb, all in:
Board: a terrifying but ultimately harmless
"WE GOOD! WE GOOOOOOOD!!!" he bellowed as Webb made a sour face and looked around for the tournament director to collect his card so he could get his min-cash. When the TD arrived, however, he asked both players for their player cards - Scott was issued with a one-round penalty for excessive celebration.
"Oh, I have to be quiet?" Scott asked. "I didn't know. I know now..."
All the young players who blew a chunk of their bankroll on some expensive headphones and a new ipod will now find themselves playing a music-free tournament.
Now that we are in the money, headphones are banned and they will just have to talk to the other players for entertainment instead.
Jonathan "FatalError" Aguiar begrudgingly removed his headphones right in front of us, pleading with the dealer.
"What if I disconnect them and just use the noise cancellation?" he asked.
Oh dear, some terrible luck for a player who got his last in with against Keven Stammen's .
Board:
Yuk.
But whether this unfortunate gent was the official bubbler is unclear, as in just one hand of hand-for-hand play the field managed to shrink to 439, meaning that two players busted out in the money - Marc Durand and Antonio Prieto.
Wow, that was fast. We're down to 442 - the bubble - and the TD has promised the grand prize of a one round penalty to anyone who attempts to leave their seat during this crucial time.
Amarillo Slim has been eliminated in a bit of a strange hand over at Table 366 in the Amazon Room.
Slim opened to 3,000 in the cutoff and the action folded to Nick Chlebeck in the small blind who re-raised to 8,500. Slim called, and the two saw a flop of .
Slim seemed anxious and, out of turn, starting pushing his chips towards the middle. Chlebeck saw this and elected to indeed put Slim all-in for 35,000. Slim called and the cards were tabled:
Chlebeck:
Slim:
Slim received no help on the turn or river and hit the rail. Chlebeck now sits with 92,000 chips.
Nancy Matson, who had a crazy roller coaster of a Day 1, veering from chip leader to short stack and back to sort of average, has finally kicked the tournament bucket in the ugliest of ways.
A short raising war between Matson (early position) and Tai Nguyen (button) resulted in Matson moving all in and Nguyen calling. It was looking good for a Matson double up.
Justin Marchand began the day with just 8,000 chips and is now busto.
When we reached the table, Marchand was all-in against an opponent on the button. The hands were tabled and looked like this:
Marchand:
Button:
The dealer fanned a fun flop of giving the player on the button a leading set and Marchand gut-shot straight and backdoor flush draws. Neither the nor the were any help to Marchand though and he hit the rail.
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face up, and Rousso and the re-shover were on their backs.
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