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Scotty Nguyen saw an 
flop three ways, and the first player to act bet 2,500. Scotty flatted, and the player behind him raised to 7,500. That folded out the first bettor, and Nguyen took the opportunity to move all in for another 18,650. His opponent tanked for a solid five minutes before making the call. Nguyen showed 
for a flopped boat, while the other guy turned up 
for trip aces. The board filled in 
, and Nguyen doubled up to 62,000.
Alas, Dutch Boyd's optimism couldn't overcome that chip deficit. Down to 4,000, he open-raised all in from under the gun with 
and had one caller go to battle against him with 
.
The flop was 
, giving his opponent a set. The turn was the 
, and the river (for the record) was the 
. The two-time WSOP bracelet winner, whose previous best finish in the Main Event was 12th in 2003, hits the rail.
PokerStars Team Pro USA member Dennis Phillips started the day as one of the short stacks but seems to have changed things around. He doubled up within the first hour and has done so again.
This time, Phillips got his 21,425 all in preflop with against the 
of his opponent in Seat 7. The board ran out 
and Phillips brought his chip stack up to around 44,000.
Of course Phillips' supporters blared the signature truck horn in celebration.
Holding pocket queens, Gary Benson got the rest of his chips in the middle on a 
flop and was called by an opponent who had hit two pair with 
. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
, Benson's queens and threes counterfeiting his opponent's hand. Benson is now up to 54,000.
Table 49 has drawn quite the crowd along the rail here in the Pavilion. The reason? Camera crews have put up a special camera, called the 360 cam, that gives viewers a special 360 degree look at all the action. The feed is currently being recorded and will be aired over the internet.
It also helps that Maria Ho, who was the last woman standing in the 2007 Main Event and appeared on the hit television show Amazing Race, is sitting at the table.
Facing a limp and raise to 2,000, Sam Farha made the call from the hi-jack before the limper moved all in for roughly 8,000 as both the raiser and Farha called.
The flop of 
was checked through to see the land on the turn and checks follow from both players.
The river landed the and Farha chased away the active player with a 6,000-chip bet.
Farha: 
Opponent: 
With Farha rivering a set, he not only sent the all in player to the rail, but also into a bout of rage as he slammed the table with two fists before storming off.
Farha collected the pot in his normal jovial appearance to move to 85,000 in chips.
An unknown player opened to 2,500 from the button, and Carter Phillips called in the small blind.
They were the only two players to see a flop of 
, and Phillips checked. The raiser continued out with 3,500 chips, and Phillips popped it up to 8,500 straight. His opponent called the check-raise, and Phillips fired 14,000 on the turn. The call came once again, and the filled out the board on fifth street.
"How much you got?" Phillips asked, craning his neck. "About forty?" His opponent nodded, and Phillips pushed in a big tower of covering high-denomination chips. The man with the decision tanked for maybe 90 seconds and finally folded.
The two players and Greg Mueller had a quick chat about the hand afterwards, and the folding player said that he'd held pocket kings.
"You had pocket kings?!" Phillips said, the look on his face suddenly souring. "I had aces." More discussion followed, and Phillips was growing more and more frustrated. Mueller eventually said, "Wow, all you had to do was reraise preflop."
Phillips finished the conversation: "You really had kings? I f***ing suck at poker."
He must be doing something right; Phillips is back up to about 142,000.
Facing a limp, Daniel Neilson made it an additional 1,300 from the big blind with the limper making the call.
Neilson checked the 
flop to see his opponent fire out a bet of 2,400. Neilson check-raised all in for his last 15,600, and after two minutes of deliberation, his opponent made the call.
Neilson: 
Opponent:
Finding the on the turn gave Neilson counterfeit outs, but improving with the 
on the river would see the Australian double through to 34,000 in chips.
Eli Elezra called an opponent's bet of around 8,000 on a 
board. Elezra wasn't happy to see his opponent turn over 
and tossed his cards into the muck. Elezra was left with 25,500.
A player opened with a raise from middle position, then an opponent reraised all in for 9,000 behind him. The button called the reraise, then Dwyte Pilgrim shipped all in over the top for about 65,000 from the small blind.
The big blind got out, and both the original raiser and the player on the button folded as well. For what it's worth, the original raiser later said he folded 
.
If he did fold kings, Pilgrim's reshove had served him well as he tabled 
. His lone remaining opponent had 
, and after the board came 
, Pilgrim had knocked out another while moving his stack up to 95,000.
