As we were getting a fresh round of chip counts, we missed the knockout hand of Annie Duke. From what we were told, Duke started with while Nacho Barbero had . The Argentinean made aces up and Duke was unable to improve, putting an end to her day in 30th position.
Preceding her knockout was the 2010 WSOP Player of the Year Frank Kassela.
It wasn't very long ago that Victor Ramdin was in the top five in chips, but his day has come to an early end.
We didn't see the hand as it played out, but Perry Friedman was kind enough to fill us in. One tends to be in a good mood when one is stacking a pot, and it was Friedman who did the knocking out. He made a diamond flush with his first five cards, and Ramdin could only end the hand with a naked pair of nines.
A short-stacked Jeffrey Yass completed with the and was called by Shaun Deeb, who was showing the . Huu Vinh then put in a two bet, Yass three-bet all in and Deeb folded. Vinh made the call and Yass was at risk.
Vinh: / /
Yass: / /
Yass' pair of sevens was in bad shape against Vinh's aces and were never able to catch up, sending him to the rail empty handed.
Roger Smith had the bring with the and one by one the rest of the field folded to Bryn Kenney, who completed. Smith seemed reluctant but called, and then ended up calling bets on both the turn and fifth street. The two men then checked sixth before Kenney check-called a bet on seventh.
"You got me," Smith admitted and then mucked after Kenney rolled over two pair.
Daniel Studer got himself all in on third street, and he was up against John Monnette and Nacho Barbero. Barbero stayed in until fifth street, but Monnette's open pair coaxed a fold. The other two hands looked like this:
Studer: / /
Monnette: / /
Monnette made Broadway on seventh, and Studer could only manage two pair. He's out in 24th place.
The players are now on their last 20-minute break of the night. While they're enjoying their downtime, the tournament officials will be racing off the grey T100 chips.