Stephen Chidwick is the latest victim of Event #9 after committing most of his chips to 
before the flop. After building a pot of more than 20,000 with Bob Oxenberg, Chidwick put his last 1,300 into the pot on the flop of 
. Oxenberg quickly called with 
, and Chidwick could not catch up.
The turn and river brick-bricked with the 
and 
, and Chidwick has been eliminated. Oxenberg is quite healthy with about 45,000 after that knockout.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 0
Lee Watkinson just ran his 
into an opponent's 
preflop, and things did not go well for him. The board rolled out 
, and he didn't have enough chips to survive that hit; Watkinson's been eliminated.
A player in late position opened with a mini-raise to 1,600, and Joshua Gibson called from the small blind. They took a heads-up flop of 
, and Gibson check-called a bet of 1,800. The 
landed on fourth street and drew checks from both players, and the filled out the board on the river, and Gibson checked again. His opponent fired out another bet, 2,600, and Gibson made a reluctant call with pocket queens. The other player turned over 
, dragging the pot and knocking Gibson down a peg to 47,000.
Jeff Williams opened the pot with a 1,900 raise and got raised by the player in the big blind. Jeff went all in and got called.
Showdown:
Williams: 
Opponent: 
Board: 
Williams is now up to 36,000 and knocked one player out.
We picked up the action on a flop of in a heads-up pot. Jason Potter put out a bet of 2,300, and Eric Haddad quickly put in the call.
The turn brought the , and Potter decided to check. Haddad took the opportunity to make a small bet of 1,800, and Potter went into the tank. He asked Haddad how much he had left (about 8,000) and sunk in his chair muttering, "Hate my life right now..." After some time, he moved all in, and Haddad called.
Showdown
Potter: 
Haddad: 
Haddad was in front with his set, and he would stay that way as the river 
improved him to the winning full house. He's doubled up, dropping Potter down to 38,000.
...for some nearly-forgotten players:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,000
39,500
|
39,500 |
|
38,000
33,500
|
33,500 |
|
30,000
25,500
|
25,500 |
|
||
|
20,000
15,500
|
15,500 |
|
||
|
20,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
19,000
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
||
|
14,500
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
13,000
8,500
|
8,500 |
|
10,500
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
When we arrived at the table Marco Johnson was all in with his pocket kings. His opponent had 
and the board of gave Marco a full double up. He's now up to 30,000 chips.
Scott Haraden has been sitting with Humberto Brenes for the majority of the day, and there is a little bit of history between the two men at this WSOP already. Brenes ended Haraden's day in Event #5 earlier this week, setting up another confrontation today. A couple hours ago, well before the dinner break, Haraden told Brenes he was coming for his stack. Cue the dramatic foreshadowing.
In this pot, Haraden opened to 2,400, and Brenes moved all in for 6,200 total. Haraden quickly called.
Showdown
Haraden: 
Brenes:
The board ran down 
, and that was not at all helpful for The Shark. "We're even," Haraden said with a smirk, and Brenes responded with a big smile. He's out, and Haraden may well be the chip leader with 76,000.
When we arrived at the table the flop was reading 
and Tom Schneider checked the action back to his opponent who put out a 2,000-chip bet.
Schneider popped it to 8,000 and his opponent went all in. Schneider called with 
.
The turn and the river , gave him the pot.
Schneider is now up to 35,000 chips.
