Lacey Jones has just been eliminated from the tournament. She was all in preflop with the 
for her last 13,300 and up against the 
from her opponent. After the board ran out 
, it was time for Jones to say her goodbyes and head to the rail.
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A raising war between JP Kelly (button) and a gentleman we think was Guy Longworth (big blind) resulted in Kelly four-betting enough to put Longworth all in. Longworth thought about it long and hard, and eventually made what was a very good call.
Longworth: 
Kelly: 
The poker gods do not always respect good calls, though, and Longworth announced, "F***," with considerable feeling as Kelly paired up on the flop.
Board: 
Longworth hit the rail, and tablemates and fellow Brits Barny Boatman and Dan Carter gave Kelly slightly funny looks as he innocently stacked up the chips.
Kelly moved up to 85,000.
Vanessa Rousso had somehow got all the way to the river of the 
board by the time we caught up with her going all in for 37,000 into a 22,000 pot. Giovanni Rizzo made the call in the big blind, but mucked when Rousso turned over 
for a rivered gutshot.
With a raise to 2,600 from middle position, Carter Gill decided to flat call in the cutoff to see a flop of .
Both players checked and the turn brought the 
. Again it was checked to Gill who this time took a stab with a bet of 3,000. His opponent made the call the the river was the . Action checked to Gill who fired a healthy 12,000 with his opponent looking him up.
Gill tabled an ambitious 
for trip treys to scoop the pot. He's up to 175,000.
There was about 20,000 in the pot and a board reading 
when David "Devilfish" Ulliott checked and his opponent in Seat 7 bet 20,000. Devilfish grabbed four orange chips as if to make the call but then started to think it over.
He began talking to himself and even did the old fake toss to try and elicit information from his opponent. "If I fold will you show me?" he asked.
"Maybe," was Seat 7's response. The Devilfish then started talking aloud about possible hands before the dealer warned him that he couldn't discuss the hand. Devilfish explained that he was talking to himself but the dealer wasn't having it and called the floor.
The floor explained that the hand was not to be discussed aloud per tournament rules. "Whose rule is that?" inquired the Devilfish.
"[Tournament Director] Jack Effel's," was the response.
"Tell Jack he's an idiot," retorted the Devilfish. He then flashed the 
and tossed his cards in the muck. Seat 7 showed 
for a flopped full house. "Nice hand," complimented the Devilfish. He is currently sitting with around 80,000.
Carter Phillips has amassed quite a stack, giving him ammunition to play lots of pots and to play them to many streets. He was one of three players to call a pre-flop raise to 2,700. Phillips had last action on a flop of 
and bet 4,500. The big blind quickly raised to 15,000, driving the two players in between him and Phillips out of the pot. Phillips called.
When the turn fell the big blind forcefully bet another 27,000. It did not take Phillips long to call. Both players checked the river, the 
. They chopped the pot with 
(big blind) and 
(Phillips). Each player had a pair of tens and used the ace, jack and nine on board to fill out his hand.
Catching the action on the turn on a board of 
, the blinds checked to the under-the-gun player who fired 4,000. Kathy Liebert was the only caller to see the 
hit the river. The UTG-player fired 11,000 into the middle, and Liebert made the call, but mucked when showed 
for a straight.
Liebert is back to 85,000.
Maria Ho is the latest casualty in the field. She got all in pre-flop with 
and was called by a player with 
. The raven-haired beauty made a graceful exit after a board of did not improve her hand.
Jared Hamby has found a much needed double to give himself a little breathing room. Hamby was all in preflop with his in strong shape against an opponent's and there were no surprises on the 
board.
Hamby doubles up to 34,000.
They say it's a "skill game", but sometimes the cards fall in such a way that an all-in showdown is inevitable.
In a recent hand, Ernst Hermans - who finaled the now defunct E-WSOP in Vienna back in '06 - found himself entwined in an unavoidable blind on blind confrontation with his neighbor.
The big blind made the final call with for what was an additional 48,200 before flipping his onto the felt. Hermans showed .
The 
board changed nothing, and Hermans doubled through to what must be around the 150,000 mark.
