Mike Johnson is among the first wave of eliminations following the bursting of the bubble.
Short-stacked, Johnson got it all in before the flop with 
versus 
. He was safe until the river, but a fell and the co-host of the popular TwoPlusTwo Pokercast has hit the rail.
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When we arrived at the table the flop spread 
. After a 24,400-chip bet from an opponent Leonidas moved all in, and was called.
Leonidas tabled 
and his opponent tabled 
. The turn card was a 
and the river brought a 
, Leonidas is out of the tournament.
A player in middle position opened for 2,300, and Mikael Johansson called from the cutoff. The flop came 
and both players checked. They also checked the 
turn.
The river brought the 
. The preflop raiser checked, and the Swedish pro took a quick look at his opponent before firing 4,000, eliciting an immediate fold.
Johansson is up to 86,000 now.
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
James Dempsey opened with a raise to 2,300 and ended up having four opponents see a 
flop with him. It checked to Dempsey who bet 6,600 into the group, and just one of his opponents called.
The turn was the 
. Dempsey's opponent checked, he bet 8,200, then came an all-in check-raise to 24,300. Dempsey called, tabling 
for the flopped set, while his opponent turned over 
for a turned flush.
The river was the 
, and Dempsey -- who had built up over 60,000 at one point today -- tumbled back down to 18,000.
From the small blind, Paul Valkenburg opened the pot with a 3,000-chip raise. The player in the big blind tanked, and eventually called.
The flop came out 
and Valkenburg fired a 3,100-chip bet. He was called and saw a 
hit the felt on the turn. Both players checked.
The river card was a and they checked again.
Valkenburg tabled 
and took the pot.
It folded around to the small blind who pushed all in, and Yueqi Zhu called from the big blind. Zhu showed , and was well behind his opponent's .
The flop came all spades -- 
-- and Zhu's chances of winning the hand had fallen even further. The turn was the 
, though, giving him a few straight outs. And one of them -- the 
-- fell on the river, giving Zhu the hand.
Zhu is now up to 31,000.
Kara Scott just eliminated an opponent who had gone all in with and was racing against Scott's 
. The board came 
, and another one bites the dust.
Scott has 49,000.
Sean Prendiville, who has steadily chipped up all afternoon, and Alex Jacob, who has lost a few chips during the last few levels, were just involved in hand with one another.
Jacob opened with a 2,700-chip raise, and only Prendiville, sitting to Jacob's left, called. Both checked the 
flop and turn. The river brought the and another check from Jacob. Prendiville then bet 3,500, and Jacob called. Prendiville showed , and Jacob mucked.
Prendiville is up over 130,000 now, while Jacob has 24,000.
A player opened the pot in the hijack seat with a 2,800-chip raise, and the player next to speak called. On the button, Isabel Carvalho moved all in for an additional 25,900 chips.
The initial raiser asked: "Where are you from?" and the dealer understood him to have said, "I call!"
After clearing things, both players folded.
Isabel is now up to 35,000 chips.
