Fred Goldberg open-shoved for his last 6,000 or so, Duane Wellnitz called in middle position, and so too did Greg Vogelsong on the button. The flop came down , and Wellnitz moved all in for 19,700. Vogelsong didn't know what to do, so he decided to flip a coin.
It came up "call."
Goldberg:
Wellnitz:
Vogelsong:
Wellnitz had both players in a world of hurt, that is until the turned, giving Goldberg two pair. The bricked on the river, and Goldberg tripled up.
Wellnitz still came away ahead with the sidepot, while Vogelsong dropped to below 130,000 chips.
Phil Hellmuth opened for 2,200 from the hi-jack and found one caller in Dan Shak from the big blind.
The flop came and Shak checked. Hellmuth quickly checked behind.
The fell on the turn and Shak bet 3,200. Hellmuth quickly called.
Both players checked when the came on the river and Shak tabled for a rivered pair of jacks. Hellmuth stared at Shak's hand and then the board and shot up out of his seat.
"It's good, Dan. Well played," Hellmuth said. "I trapped you perfectly and you hit the three-outer or whatever."
Shak defended himself, saying that he tried to steal on the turn and just got lucky on the river.
Hellmuth paced around his table for a little bit, but eventually sat back down. The poker brat is down to 18,000.
We can report that Ronald McDonald has officially busted out of the Main Event. Although we missed the hand, we do know that the Hamburglar had nothing to do with his elimination.
Although we missed the action of the hand, we caught Phil Gordon recapping his bust out hand. He moved all in preflop holding and was called by . Gordon was able to catch an ace on the flop but was heartbroken when his opponent turned a , giving him a set of sevens and the best hand. Gordon's Main Event had come to an end, but he seemed in good spirits when being interviewed by the camera crew about his World Series.
Soi Nguyen was in middle position and raised to 1,800. Action folded around to Steve Karp in the small blind and he raised to 15,700. Nguyen moved all in for 19,000 and Karp called.
Nguyen:
Karp:
The board ran and Nguyen couldn't catch a straight and won't be joining another November Nine.
After starting the day as one of our chip leaders Shane Sigsbee's stack has been heading in the wrong direction.
With around 60,000 chips in the pot already and the board reading Sigsbee bet out 37,500. The player in the cutoff called and the hands were revealed.
Sigsbee:
Cutoff:
The cutoff made a great call and his sevens were good enough to scoop the pot. After the hand Sigsbee was left with115,000. Less than he started with, but still well above the average stack at this point.
, and Wellnitz moved all in for 19,700. Vogelsong didn't know what to do, so he decided to flip a coin.
turned, giving Goldberg two pair. The 
bricked on the river, and Goldberg tripled up.
and Shak checked. Hellmuth quickly checked behind.
fell on the turn and Shak bet 3,200. Hellmuth quickly called.
came on the river and Shak tabled 
for a rivered pair of jacks. Hellmuth stared at Shak's hand and then the board and shot up out of his seat.
and was called by 
Sigsbee bet out 37,500. The player in the cutoff called and the hands were revealed.
