As the field for our event shrinks, we are having to move through several of the tables for Event #56 (the $2,500 no-limit hold'em event) to get to our remaining players.
At one of those tables sits Ken Aldridge, whom you may recall we reported earlier had busted from our event. He was just telling his table in Event #56 about his experience earlier this afternoon.
"I really wanted to play this one," he said with a grin right after winning a pot. "I had run up to 15,000 in the $1K, but I knew I wanted to play this, so I got it in. Had an overpair to the board, he had flopped a set...." And that was that.
He looks like he's off to a good start in Event #56, too. Of course, if he busts there, there's only one more event left in the WSOP. The Big One.
Andrew Talbot continues to have a strong day, building on that big stack largely gained from his big knockout hand versus Peter Feldman earlier.
Just now Talbot knocked out two more players in rapid succession. One was Senovio Ramirez. Talbot raised before the flop, Ramirez reraised, Talbot shoved, and Ramirez called. Talbot had versus Ramirez's -suited, and Talbot's hand held up as best.
Soon after, Talbot was raising again before the flop to 1,000, had a player reraise to 2,900, Talbot again shoved, and again had his opponent call. This time Talbot had and his opponent .
The flop was good for Talbot, coming and giving him a set. The turn gave his opponent a chance, but the on the river sealed it.
Yueqi Zhu is here. That's the Zhu whose high point this WSOP was a third-place finish in Event #25, the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship, and whose low point was the disqualification from Event #53, the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout.
Zhu still has chips in this one, although a recent bit tangling by Zhu with our leader Andrew Talbot almost sent him to the rail just a short while ago.
Talbot had opened with a raise to 675, and Zhu reraised all in with his last 3,750. Talbot called, showing . Zhu turned over .
The board came , and Zhu doubled to about 8,000. Talbot still has about 53,000.
"Did you just know it was going to flop?" asked one player to another.
Player . . . lets call him Johnny Tran . . . raised and then called all in holding against a player . . . lets call him Thomas MacDougall . . . who three-bet shoved holding .
The final board of would ensure the double for Tran as MacDougall looked absolutely flabbergasted with what just went down before his eyes.
We at PokerNews can't detail the whereabouts of where Tran attained the Event #54 flop schedule, so instead we're going to say it was due to the massage he was getting.
So the result? If you can't get the daily flop schedule, find a masseuse now!
"Attention players in Event #54, the $1K no-limit hold'em... you now have a clock!"
So came the announcement just a moment ago. Event #56 has now gone on dinner break, which has freed up the screens surrounding our event. So now we get to follow an Event #54 clock.
We'd been playing without a visible clock since well before dinner, so our players showed their appreciation of having a way to see how much time is left in the level and how many players remain with a small cheer.
We appreciate it, too. There are 41 minutes left in Level 8. And 370 players (from Day 1b) remain. (Hooray.)
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to see Geshkenbein send an opponent to the rail while climbing to 28,500 in chips.
versus Ramirez's 
-suited, and Talbot's hand held up as best.
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and giving him a set. The 
turn gave his opponent a chance, but the 
on the river sealed it.
of Musumeci.
. Zhu turned over 
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, and Zhu doubled to about 8,000. Talbot still has about 53,000.
against a player . . . lets call him Thomas MacDougall . . . who three-bet shoved holding 
would ensure the double for Tran as MacDougall looked absolutely flabbergasted with what just went down before his eyes.
on fifth street to send Physioc to the rail.