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A throat cut signified his exit, so I knew to tread carefully. "All gone in three hands," sighed Kevin O'Connell. "Queens into aces, ace-nine beaten by ace-seven, then ace-queen losing to eights."
So, the complete set: a bad beat, a coinflip and a cooler.
The gentleman in the hijack opened for 1,100, only for Yuji Masaki cutoff to make it 2,800. In the big blind, Phil Ivey went all in. The hijack folded, but Masaki called all in, barely covered by Ivey.
Ivey: 
Masaki: 
Flop: 
No help there.
Turn: bink! 
Ivey was suddenly in the lead.
River: re-bink! 
The better hand won in the end, and after a cruel glimpse of hope on the turn, Ivey was crippled. He remained in the game, but was down to just 1,900.
Within the opening several hands, a short-stacked JJ Liu found herself all in with 
versus 
. For some reason, the camera crew were summoned and the action halted for a good couple of minutes for what was likely to be a split pot. I decided to not hang around, and as no screams, yelps, or cries of pain were heard, I assumed the pot was chopped. Liu, therefore, remains on the 20,000 mark.
A player raised to 1,025 from under the gun before Jon Friedberg reraised to 2,600 from middle position. Brian Haveson called from the big blind after verifying the amount of the three-bet and then the original raiser folded claiming, "This isn't going to end well for me."
Haveson and Friedberg took a flop of 
. Haveson led out with a bet of 4,500. Friedberg made the call.
Another lady lurked down fourth street and she was all dressed in diamonds as the dealer put the 
on the turn. Haveson checked as did Friedberg right behind him.
The river card completed the board with the 
and Haveson fired 5,000. Friedberg mucked his hand and dropped to 18,725 in chips. Haveson claimed to have ace-king and moved up to 45,000 in chips.
Former PokerNews employee Anthony Yeh started the day with 55,000 chips but is down to 38,000 after losing two hands in rapid succession. Yeh opened the first hand pre-flop to 1,050 and was called in four spots. He continued for 2,400 on a nine-high flop, 
. Two players called to the 
turn, a card that everyone checked. Everyone also checked when the board paired on the river, 
. Yeh's unimproved 
wasn't enough to win the pot when one opponent showed down 
.
A few hands later Yeh called an 1,100-chip pre-flop raise sitting with the button. He called another 1,400 when his opponent continued on a flop of 
. That call seemed to concern Yeh's opponent; he checked and called a bet of 2,400 from yeh on the turn. The river paired 
and again Yeh's opponent checked. Yeh bet 6,000, drawing a pained look and a "Wow," from his opponent. That player finally called with , kings and treys. It was the winner.
With about 8,000 in the middle and the board reading 
, Paul Sexton was faced with a 7,125-chip bet from his opponent. He called.
Sexton's opponent opened 
for a full house prompting Sexton to muck his hand. Sexton's stack dipped to 82,000 chips.
With the board reading 
, Humberto Brenes bet 8,000 into a pot of about 20,000 only to be called by a player on the button. Brenes showed 
, which had just about got there on the end against a disgruntled .
As a result, Brenes is now up to 78,000, although we're yet to witness any crazy antics or witness the infamous sharks swim across the felt. There's still time, though...
Chalk up on elimination for Bryn Kenney. He opened for 1,200 from under the gun and was called by the button player. on a flop of 
, Kenny bet 1,400. The button raised the minimum to 2,800, then called Kenney's three-bet to 5,800. Kenney bet 3,000 on the 
turn and then put his opponent all in for 2,550 when the river came 
. That player called with top pair, , which was no good against Kenney's flopped straight, 
.
It was earlier reported that George Danzer was an early casualty. Well, after brushing the dust off my Miss Marple hat, I did some detective work and found out that he departed with 
versus 
,four-betting all in after his opponent had three-bet his open of 800 to 2,200.
"He was an aggressive player, so I thought he'd fold a lot of hands," claimed Danzer in the witness box. "I was actually quite pleased when he turned over his hand."
Sadly for the German, he wasn't so pleased by the board...
Scott "Mayhem" Einigier limped in and Phil Ivey called on the button, leaving himself 1,000 behind. The blinds got involved too, and they saw an 
flop. It checked around to Ivey who went all in for 1,000, and the gent in the small blind made the call, as did the big blind, but Einigier raised to 7,000. Mr. Small Blind folded, but Mr. Big Blind made the call.
They saw a turn and the big blind checked, before calling another 7,000 from Einigier.
The river was the . The big blind now checked again, and this time Einigier went all in. The big blind finally folded, and it was just Einigier and Ivey to showdown. Einigier tabled 
for a full house and Ivey just mucked. He headed for the door, chased by TV cameras as he went.
