Ian Gordon has just taken a hit after doubling up a short-stacked opponent. All the chips were in preflop with Gordon's 
up against his opponent's 
.
However the board fell 
to pair the queen for the double up. Gordon won a bracelet earlier in this WSOP series in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship and is still on track for his second cash result as he sits with 200,000.
Aces vs. kings is never fun, especially when nearing the bubble of the Main Event.
Just ask Spencer Hubbell who was all in for over 200,000 on one of the outer tables in the Blue Section. His 
was dominated by the 
of Kenneth Evanowski, and Hubbell tried his best to will a king from the dealer. The board ran 
however, and he was eliminated from the tournament.
With the knockout, Evanowski is in good shape with over 600,000 chips.
David Baker is one of a number of short stacks looking vulnerable as the bubble nears (David Chiu, to name one other). However, Baker isn't hanging around - with an open to 12,000 and a called before him, he pushed all in for around 115,000. Both players relinquished their hands and Baker survived.
When we arrived at the table the flop was 
, and Shannon Shorr check-called a 20,000-chip bet from his opponent.
The turn card was a , and now Shorr check-called a 40,000-chip bet. The river brought a 
to the felt and both players checked.
Shorr saw pocket aces on his opponent hands and mucked. Shorr slipped to 355,000 chips.
Hasan Habib was at about 295,000 chips when he went all in from the big blind against his table's chip leader, Martijn Schirp.
Habib: 
Schirp: 
Habib asked if anyone had happened to fold a queen. Nobody said they had and the dealer tabled the flop, which came 
. Habib said "That's a very good flop for me."
Indeed it was. Habib's set of aces stayed ahead through the on the turn as well as the on the river.
Martijn Schirp now has 1,000,000 chips.
"Seven hundred fifty-six players remain," Jack Effel said over the microphone.
The level of chatter and tension in the room has increased fourfold with those few simple words. Just nine more players will go home empty-handed today.
Martijn Schirp has been playing aggressively for most of the day and isn't slowing down on the bubble. He recently opened a pot for 12,000 from the button and was called by big blind Brandon Cantu. Both players checked an ace-high flop, 
. Cantu fired a bet of 16,000 on the turn 
. Schirp called.
When the river fell 
, Cantu threw his hands into the air. "This happens every single time!" he said. "Every single time." He then rapped out a woodpecker-like check.
"Are you going to fold now if I bet?" asked an amused Schirp. He tried a bet of 25,000 and sure enough Cantu folded.
Kido Pham is down to just 38,000 little chips after running his pocket aces into an opponent's pocket jacks. Kido's was in front until the river on a board of 
, and the unknown player's 
came from behind to earn him the crucial double up.
Robert Frost got his last in preflop with 
against Filippo Candio's .
Board: 
As the luckless Frost exited, Candio told the cameras, "Bring me some more!"
