Brandon Cantu had a stack of just 4,000. He managed to double that and then took down another pot to get up to 32,000, and there was no looking back from there. You see, it was at that point that Cantu completed with a and was called by Ron McMillan. Calvin Anderson then raised, Cantu three-bet and McMillan got out of the way. Anderson made the call and then the two proceeded to get Cantu's stack in on the turn.
Cantu: / /
Anderson: / / (x)
We didn't get a look at Anderson's last card, but it didn't matter as Cantu made an eight low to chip up to 75,000. From there, Cantu went on to bust Michael Noori in 29th place.
As we were watching a big hand that put Brandon Cantu back in contention (which we'll be writing about next), a short-stacked Ted Forrest was eliminated by Scott Fischman. We're not sure of the latter's hand, but we do know that it was better than Forrest's eventual .
Forrest won this event back in 1993, but his elimination in 30th place means Barry Greenstein is the last former champ remaining.
Players are now on the last 20-minute break of the night. During this time the tournament staff will be racing off the grey T100 chips. When they return, play will continue for two more levels before calling it a night.
As we were grabbing updated chip counts a couple short stacks busted. Jamie Lezama became our 32nd-place finisher while Simon Kearney followed him out the door in 31st place. Each will take home $4,855.
After Phil Hellmuth completed with an , Scott Clements raised his . That point action on Xuan Liu, who was showing , and she made the call. Hellmuth did the same and it was three-way action to the turn. Clements fired another bet, both his opponents called, and then it went check-check after Liu took the lead on fifth. This opened the door for Clements to bet for a third time, and again both his opponent called.
Liu kept the lead on sixth, but this time instead of checking she bet. Hellmuth got out of the way and Clements called.
Liu: / /
Clements: / /
Hellmuth: (x-x) /
Little did Liu know that Clements had made a wheel, and she proceeded to bet her last 5,900 on seventh. Clements made the call and took down the pot, eliminating Liu in 33rd place on the money bubble.
xxl23 Xuan LiuGutted to be the bubble girl, 73A6k5T< @BigRiskky's wheel on 7th in 3way pot w/ @Philhelmuth. #edc is punishing me #wsop18June 09 2012
and was called by Ron McMillan. Calvin Anderson then raised, Cantu three-bet and McMillan got out of the way. Anderson made the call and then the two proceeded to get Cantu's stack in on the turn.
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