Jeff Sarwer's been having a tough series. It seems he runs into aces to bust every event. This time, however, it was his turn to have aces when he got it all in against an opponent with queens. Too bad the river was a queen, and Sarwer's day is done.
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Jon Turner followed his earlier plan of no preflop raising when he limped, but after another player raised, it went out the door. PearlJammer re-raised to 775, and his opponent called. The flop came 
, and they got all the money into the middle. Turner's 
was in rough shape against the other player's 
that had flopped top two. The 
meant Turner had one foot out the door, but the 
spiked on the river to save Turner. He's up to 7,550 now.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier raised to 125 preflop, and Tony Dunst called. Jerry Nadeau called as well, as did both blinds. They went five ways to a 
flop, and ElkY fired out 350. Nadeau raised to 850, and after everyone else got out of the way, ElkY three-bet to 2,200. Nadeau moved all in with pocket fours for bottom set, putting ElkY's top two way behind. The turn and river bricked, and ElkY is out already. Nadeau is up to 9,000.
Court Harrington raised from early position, and Andrew "Chewy" Lichtenberger came along on the button. The flop fell 
, and Harrington checked it. Lichtenberger bet 500, and then Court check-raised him to 1,250. No problem for Chewy. He responded by shipping in his whole stack. That was enough to force Harrington out and take the pot. Chewy moved up to 5,900, dropping Harrington to 2,900.
Adam Levy didn't last very long. He arrived late, lost half his stack quickly, and then shipped pocket nines into his opponent's queens.
Antonio Esfandiari is also on the rail already after his big slick failed to improve against pocket jacks.
Joe Sebok never got anything going and is on to the next event, and Jeff Williams built up quickly and lost it all just as fast.
Bernard Lee limped from under the gun plus one and then a player raised to 350. Lee was the only caller. After a flop of 
, Lee check-called a bet of 400. The turn brought the and Lee led for 475. His opponent made the call. The river completed the board with the 
and put a wheel on board. Lee moved all in and the player called with pocket kings, playing the straight on the board. Lee held the 
for a higher straight and moved to just over 8,000 in chips.
Manuel Cuberos limped from the cutoff, and Allen Cunningham raised to 350 on the button. Then Cuberos limp-shoved, and Cunningham called with 
to race Cuberos' 
. The board fell 
, and Cunningham failed to improve. He's down to 2,650 after doubling Cuberos to 3,550.
Jon Turner made a river bet that he didn't want called, and when his opponent looked him up, Turner fired his cards into the muck. Bryan Devonshire said the table was entitled to see the hand and called the floor over. The floor issued Turner a one-orbit penalty, making PearlJammer extremely angry.
"I quit no-limit tournaments for the rest of the WSOP," Turner said, and left in a huff. He's been AWOL for three orbits now and had blinded down to 3,500.
Tiffany Michelle was super short when she got her whole stack in pre with 
against 
. The board ran out 
, and with the perfect flop, Michelle doubled to 1,425.
