Michael Burns moved all in for his last 9,600 and Michael Compolongo called. The hands were tabled and Burns held and Compolongo held . The board ran and despite being ahead preflop Burns was eliminated from the tournament.
After only 45 minutes of play 10 tables have already been broken. There is no sign that the action will slow until we reach the money bubble, which is at 324 players.
Our field reporter picked up the action between Jon Turner and Joe Tehan on a board that read ; Turner bet 15,000 into a 40,000-chip pot and Tehan called before Turner checked his option on the river of the .
Tehan moved all in for around 35,000 and Turner went deep into the tank. After what seemed like infinity, he called, showing down for a turned two pair. Tehan sheepishly turned up for nothing but a small pair and that hand-in-the-cookie-jar moment cost him his tournament life.
Bobby Poe started the action by raising to 2,500 preflop and was called by Robbie Ribble on the button. Mark Epstein moved all in from the big blind for his reaming 20,300 chips. Poe folded and Ribble called.
The action folded around to Quang Tran who raised to 2,500 before the flop in middle position. The player in the small blind called, but Kenny Nguyen quickly reraised from the big blind, making it 8,500 to go.
Tran called and the small blind got out of the way to let them go heads up to the flop of . Nguyen opened for 11,000 and Tran called, only to fold after Nguyen fired out a second shell worth 24,000 on the turn of the .
The action folded to Jesse Yaginuma who raised to 2,300 from middle position before Kerry Kennedy shoved from the button for 15,200. The blinds got out of the way before Yaginuma called, tabling against Kennedy's .
Fortunately for Kennedy, he won the flip for his tournament life after the dealer spread the board of and doubled up, leaving Yaginuma with just a handful of chips.