John Shipley poked me as I was watching the Humberto show. "Out," he reported dejectedly. "Kings versus aces."
In a strange way, I felt that the cooler had softened the blow somewhat, but you could still see the anguish in his face.
Nevertheless, Shipley's venture has come to an abrupt end, and he'll have to wait until next year before repeating his 2002 feat.
We just caught the tail end of the hand, but we are pretty sure the chips went in before the flop or on it.
Olivier Daeninckx: 
Player 2: all in with 
Board: 
Daeninckx looked as though he was holding his breath as the turn and river were dealt, and then he exhaled with some force as his aces held up. The other player was eliminated, and Daeninckx' stack totaled 480,000 after the hand.
Johnny Chan opened with a raise before the flop, an opponent reraised all in for about 50,000 total. Chan made the call, showing 
. His opponent tabled 
.
The flop came 
, furthering Chan's advantage. The 
on the turn gave his opponent a set, too, and elicited an "ooh" from the crowd watching here at the main feature table. The 
river provoked a reaction as well, but didn't alter the fact that Chan's hand was best.
Chan now has 648,000.
Sammy Farha was heads up with chip-monster Filippo Candio on the river of a 
board. Candio checked, and Farha bet 40,000. Then Filippo put his chips to work, raising to 130,000. Farha easily called, and Candio moved toward the muck, saying he had five-high. Unfortunately for him, he'd tried to push Farha off of a straight with 
. Candio's mountain is now somewhere in the 790,000 range, while Farha is up to 280,000.
Barry Greenstein was down to 53,800 chips and got them all in against Jason Somerville.
Greenstein: 
Somerville: 
The flop left Greenstein drawing pretty thin, coming down 
. The 
on the turn was enough to seal his fate, with the 
arriving on the river for good measure.
After eliminating Greenstein, Somerville is up to just over 500,000 chips.
Bartolome Gomilaromero started the day with 370,000 chips, and ever since he five-bet bluffed with ten-four offsuit in the first level of the day, he's assumed the table captaincy over at table 374.
His massive stack of chips is now ballooning out in all directions, and it's quite an impressive sight. It's around eight stacks wide, eight deep and has three tiers - all it's missing is a nice little balcony out the front.
We just witnessed Gomilaromero putting them to good use after he moved all in on a board of 
to put his opponent to a decision for his tournament life. Eventually the clock was called and the player folded, to allow Gomilaromero to pad his stack to around 850,000.
We get the feeling that it's not going to be the last time that Gomilaromero bullies his opponents in the lead up to this bubble bursting!
Hasan Habib opened for 7,400 from the button and Brandon Cantu defended his big blind. Both players checked the flop. The turn fell the . Cantu checked and Habib checked behind. When the 
hit the river, Cantu led out for 6,000 and Habib looked him up.
Cantu binked his gutshot on the river, making Broadway with 
, but Habib made a flush with 
and took down the pot. He's up to 186,000 while Cantu us on 337,000.
With about 45,000 chips on his stack, Thiago Nishijima moved all in from the cutoff seat. Next to speak, the player on the button moved all in for more, and the blinds released.
Showodown
Nishijima:
Opponent:
The board ran out 
and Thiago Nishijima is out of the Main Event.
It just takes Humberto Brenes to scratch his bottom for the cameras to swarm around the table, but on this occasion the attention was warranted as the Costa Rican found himself all in for his tournament life.
I shall go out on a limb and assume that Brenes pushed all in from the small blind with , and was called by the of the big blind. Either way, when I arrived, a lay on the felt and Brenes was busy entertaining the fans at home.
"Aaaaaace!" he demanded in his familiar twang and with his arms raised aloft and his shark sitting patiently on the felt. "Aaaaaace!"
The turn came the 
, and Brenes widened his request range: "Blaaaaack!... Aaaaaace!... Teeeeen!"
At the approval of ESPN, the dealer reached for the top of the deck and pulled out the... .
"Yeaaaaaaaaah!" yelled Brenes. "Come ooooon!" He then proceeded to celebrate in his native tongue and punch the air with his fists. At the same time, he rested his arm on his opponent with a smile, almost as if to say, "I'm just having fun, it's nothing personal."
I couldn't quite get a count as Brenes' was laborious in stacking, but it can't be much more than 100,000.
"Now I'm in the game," he added with an smile.
Phil Galfond was involved in a small pot, and Kevin Boudreau came up behind him from the adjacent table. Boudreau was holding a $1 bill, and he dropped it on the ground and shuffled it under Galfond's chair with his foot. This happened right here next to our desk, and Boudreau noticed us spying on him.
"For good luck!" he said with a big smirk, hustling back to his chair just as the next hand was being dealt.
The luck can't hurt, but Galfond's been dong just fine without the lucky dollar; he's right around 600,000, though the sprawling stacks are getting awfully hard to count right now. There's a color up coming in about 45 minutes.
