"Nice playin' with ya, boys," announced the gentleman who had got his whole stack in from early position with 
. His opponent, Nick Degaetano, was holding 
.
Flop: 
Turn: 
!
River: 
!!!
"OH MY GOD!" lamented the all-in player, now busted.
"You must have been sick when the queen came out," a tablemate said to Degaetano.
Replied Degaetano, "I was actually praying for a king." He's up to 47,000.
Layne Flack was in the cutoff and put in a raise to 1,100. Eddy Sabat made the call from the button and the two saw a flop of 
. Flack bet 1,500 only to be raised to 7,500 by Sabat.
After Flack made the call, the appeared on the turn and both players checked, as they did when the 
hit the river.
Flack turned over 
but was behind Sabat's 
. Flack dropped to 14,000 after the hand while Sabat is up to 60,000.
With the board reading 
, Steve "MrSmokey1" Billirakis led out for 14,000. His opponent moved all in for 41,000 and Billirakis called.
Billirakis: 
Opponent: 
Billirakis' opponent could double with a four, jack or ace, but the 
on the river did not suffice. With the knockout, Billirakis' stack ballooned to 187,000 chips.
Andy Bloch committed his last 25,000 chips when he got all his chips in on a flop of 
. He was called by the other player involved in the hand.
Bloch: 
Opponent: 
Bloch was well ahead of his opponent and kept his lead through the 
on the turn and the on the river.
Bloch has 50,000 chips with only a few hands left to play for the night.
You know the World Series has escalated to gargantuan proportions when players are celebrating making it into the Amazon Room. "Final room," said Andy Bloch with a smirk as he greeted his new, but only momentarily new opponents.
Bloch's not faring too badly though; at first glance, it looks as though he has just under the 50,000 mark.
I joined the action on the turn of a 
board, Tommy Vedes facing a bet of 5,000. After a brief pause, he threw in, reluctantly, it seemed, a single orange chip.
The river was the 
, and after the initial aggressor had checked, Vedes reached into his stack and flicked 7,700 across the imaginary line. His opponent took a quick peek at his cards to make sure they hadn't turned into quads before making the fold.
Vedes climbs to 62,000 with the final whistle looming.
Brian Townsend has hit the rail after getting his last in with pocket jacks on the turn of a 
board, only to discover that his opponent was holding 
for a straight. The 
on the river was purely academic, and Townsend duly busted out.
Wendeen Eolis, the first woman to ever cash in the Main Event, was all in and at risk with 
and was unfortunately dominated by an opponent's .
The flop was all she wrote and after the turn and river came , respectively, Eolis' tournament came to an end.
On a flop of 
, Ylon Schwartz moved all in and was called by his opponent in Seat 8.
Schwartz:
Seat 8:
Schwartz's pocket rockets were good, but they needed to dodge the diamond draw. The turn was the and the river the 
. Schwartz managed to double up here at the end of the day and is up to 23,000.
A horrible noise coming from the throat of a player alerted our reporter to the fact that said player was all in with against Ross Boatman's 
. The board had run out 
. Boatman's stack increased to 38,000.
"There's no crying in poker," commented another player as the luckless gentleman busted out.
