Recent bracelet winner Chris Bell reached the turn of a 
board from the big blind, and led for 4,000. After a brief pause, the button trickled in a 5,000 orange chip to signify the call.
After both players checked the 
river, the pot was chopped up, Bell's 
unable to make a flush draw against 
. "Had a feeling I was getting check-raised on the flop," commented the button after the hand.
Bell currently on 43,000.
We found the now rather short-stacked Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier betting out 1,575 on the turn of a 
board. One of his opponents raised to 4,000, the other one folded, the action was back on ElkY who went all in for around 6,500 total, and his opponent called.
ElkY: 
for trips
Caller: 
for a straight
River:
Everyone in the Amazon Room can take their sunglasses off now, as ElkY and his rhinestone-tastic outfit are gone.
Matt Stout is flying high after taking a trip with American Airlines, 
. Booking his flight from late position, Stout was joined by an all-in player who had 
in middle position. No crash-landing on a 
board and Stout was up to 64,000.
On the turn, Nancy Todd Tyner fired a bet of 2,000 into a board of 
after one player checked. The next player called and so did the first player.
The river brought the 
and Tyner fired 3,000 this time after checked to. No one called her, but Tyner did show anyway, the for a straight. Tyner increased to 42,000.
The jovial Jim "Mr_BigQueso" Collopy seems to have peaked. After building his stack up to a chip-leading 130,000, he's now dropped back to a still big-stacked but rather more modest 95,000.
Just now we saw him take down a rather nice pot without any of the hassle of a showdown. One player limped under the gun and to his immediate left Collopy raised to 1,175. Player 2 in mid position made the call, but Player 3 in the cutoff made it 4,100 to go. Player 1 ducked out of their way, and Collopy four-bet to 10,575. Both his remaining opponents folded, and Collopy took the pot.
Next hand, and we found Collopy betting out 2,800 on the turn of the 
board. His opponent called to see the river - but folded when Collopy bet out a huge stack of orange T5,000 chips, enough to put his opponent all in. Collopy showed him the 
for his troubles, and was up to 130,000.
Nevertheless, just a little while later we strolled by his table to discover that he had somehow dropped around 35,000 from his stack.
Action folded to a short-stacked player on the button at Table 343 who moved all in for his last 3,700. The small blind released and the action was on Mars Callahan in the big blind.
Callahan, director of the 2002 film Poolhall Junkies, tanked for a very long time forcing his opponent to call the clock.
"C'mon," his opponent pleaded. "I only have like 3,000."
A floorperson came over to give Callahan the rundown, but stumbled over his words saying he had, "A million minutes" rather than, "a minute."
The entire table erupted with laughter and finally, Callahan made the call.
Opponent: 
Callahan: 
The board ran 
, and Callahan eliminated his opponent.
Callahan's passion for poker is not restricted to the felt, he told our field reporter. He is preparing a sequel to his first film called Poker Junkies.
A couple million dollars and a Main Event bracelet would surely help greenlight such a venture.
Andrew Lichtenberger had the flop of checked to him before he fired 1,100. His opponent made the call before the turn added the for the board. Both players checked.
The river completed the board with the 
and both players checked again. The first player turned up the 
and Lichtenberger mucked, dropping to 15,000 in chips.
John D'Agostino and Alex Bonnin were involved in hand with heavy preflop raising that saw D'Agostino getting his last 17,000 or so into the middle.
D'Agostino: 
Bonnin: 
We didn't catch the entire hand, but did see that a 
came on the flop and held through the turn and river, sending all of D'Agostino's chips over to Bonnin, who now has about 78,000.
On a turned board showing 
, we joined the action just as Josh Brikis was checking it over to his lone opponent. He bet 3,000, and Brikis called.
The river filled out the board, and Brikis led out with a bet of 4,000 this time. His opponent called and promptly mucked when Brikis showed him . That nice little pot of close to 20,000 moves Brikis up to 39,000.
Brett "Gank" Jungblut has been eliminated from the Main Event. We unfortunately missed the hand, but his seat at the feature table in the Red Section of the Amazon Room is vacant, signifying his elimination.
