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Tom Schneider had just 5,100 chips left when he stuck them in there with 
. John Brikis called and patted with 
.
Schneider pulled an 
as his first card, and that was that. He's out, and Brikis chips up a bit to about 75,000.
PokerNews' own dazzling duo of Kristy Arnett and Lynn Gilmartin recap the second week at the 42nd Annual World Series of Poker.
John Monnette open-shoved for about 43,000 from the cutoff seat, and David Baker called right next door.
Baker patted with 
, and Monnette needed one card. He showed 
, but we never got to see his draw card. It wasn't good, apparently, as he slung it into the muck and headed for the doors.
That's the end of the road for Monnette, while the defending champ rebounds to 170,000 after rough going the last couple levels.
With John Monnette's elimination, the field has been reduced to just 28 players. Another table break means we're down to just four seven-handed tables. While players were still moving, Calvin Anderson and Dan O'Brien both busted as well, and suddenly we're down to 26.
The action began with Peter Gould raising to 8,200 from the cutoff. Chino Rheem three-bet to 25,000 from the small blind and Gould replied by four-betting all in for around 45,000. Rheem made the call.
Rheem drew three cards and Gould took only one. Gould flipped over 
. Rheem turned over the for the two cards that he kept, then proceeded to flip his drawn cards one at a time.
First Rheem turned over a , followed by a . The only way that Rheem could eliminate Gould at this point would be to flip over a three or a four for his last card, as they both shared the jack-seven low. Unfortunately for Gould, Rheem peeked at his card and then slammed it on the table, showing the 
and sending Gould to the rail.
Chino Rheem is now sitting with around 195,000 in chips.
When we caught up with the action, we saw Phil Hellmuth, Brandon Cantu, Chino Rheem, and Huck Seed taking one card with a pot of around 100,000. After the draw, Hellmuth shot out a bet of 28,000. Seed and Cantu got out of the way while Rheem decided to make the call.
Hellmuth flipped up and Rheem's cards were sent into the muck. This pot brings Hellmuth up to around 290,000 while dropping Rheem down to roughly 135,000.
Richard Ashby opened to 21,000, and Josh Brikis three-bet shoved for 53,000 total. Ashby thought it over for a long while before announcing the call, and Brikis was at risk.
Ashby patted, and he turned up . Brikis took one, and he showed as he sweated the spots on his draw card. It was bad news; Brikis read the card and rainbow-mucked it. It flipped over, and it was a to pair him up and send him off.
Ashby is up to about 220,000 with that knockout.
We're on a break, a twenty-minute break while we color up and race off the gray T100 chips.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 1,000
George Lind raised to 12,000 from the cutoff, only to be repopped by chip leader Steve Sung to 42,000. Lind made the call and drew one card while Sung stood pat.
Sung checked to Lind who, after some time, shoved all in for 111,500. Sung made the call, flipping up a winning to beat Lind's .
This pot makes Steve Sung a commanding chip lead with 550,000 while sending George Lind to the rail.
