Mike Beasley has had an up-and-down day thus far, having earlier had his pocket aces cracked by another player's when his opponent spiked a king.
Down to 8,000, Beasley climbed back to 30,000, then found himself getting short again just after the cash bubble burst. He just now pushed all in from under the gun for his last 10,400, and had a caller from the cutoff in Zachary Reynolds.
Beasley showed and Reynolds . Beasley won the race, as the community cards came . He's back to 25,000 now, while Reynolds slips to 14,500.
With the board showing and about 18,000 in the middle, Young Phan bet 4,500, then Dominic Souza raised to 11,000. Phan moved all in, and Souza called with the last of his chips.
Phan showed for the spade flush draw, while Souza showed for trip tens. The turn was the and Souza was still best. Then the dealer burned one and turned over the river card -- the -- and Souza had been eliminated.
"Yes," said Phan. "We're gambling!"
"Did you do the deed?" asked Mike Beasley of Phan from a neighboring table. Phan nodded. "You are a bad bad man!" said Beasley with a grin.
Actually Phan isn't as bad as Beasley suggested -- one other player was eliminated just prior to Souza, meaning Souza was in fact the first to make the cash, finishing in 324th.
David Forster open-shoved his stack of 22,000 or so from early position, and the table folded around to Heinz Kamutzki in the small blind. It looked like the blinds would be stepping aside and the table would have another short wait for the next hand, but Kamutzki made the call!
The BB got out, then came the second surprise of the hand as Kamutzki turned over . Forster tabled . The board ran out , and Forster doubled to 45,000. Kamutzki meanwhile tumbles to 14,600.
Rolf Halverson opened the pot with a 2,500-chip raise from the cutoff seat, and was called by Matt Glantz on the button.
The flop ran out and Halverson fired a 4,000-chip bet, Glantz called. The turn card was a and Halverson bet 6,500 into a pot of about 13,000 chips. And once more, Glantz called.
The river brought a to the felt and both players checked. Halverson tabled and took the pot.
Hand-for-hand play with this many tables -- 37 -- can provide an occasionally curious-looking scene as one looks out across the room.
Tourney officials have done a good job thus far preventing players from getting up and milling about as they wait for hands to complete on the other tables, the threat of a penalty having successfully kept everyone seated. It helps, too, as far as being able to keep better track of how things are proceeding.
Once a hand is completed at each table, the dealer then stands. Thus can one see at a glance which tables have finished and which are not. Finally comes the point where all of the dealers are standing, at which time the tourney director directs them all to sit back down with the call to "shuffle up and deal."
We've made it through four hands thus far, losing only one player. Two to go to the money.
We're back, and are starting Level 11 playing hand-for-hand. Nearly 150 have hit the rail already today, meaning we have just 327 remaining. Three more eliminations, and the cash bubble will burst.
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and Reynolds 
. Beasley won the race, as the community cards came 
. He's back to 25,000 now, while Reynolds slips to 14,500.
and about 18,000 in the middle, Young Phan bet 4,500, then Dominic Souza raised to 11,000. Phan moved all in, and Souza called with the last of his chips.
for the spade flush draw, while Souza showed 
and Souza was still best. Then the dealer burned one and turned over the river card -- the 
-- and Souza had been eliminated.
. Forster tabled 
, and Forster doubled to 45,000. Kamutzki meanwhile tumbles to 14,600.
and Halverson fired a 4,000-chip bet, Glantz called. The turn card was a 
to the felt and both players checked. Halverson tabled