Elezra Crushing, Hastings Done
Eli Elezra is all smiles after he just busted Brian Hastings. Elezra raised to 1,800 and two seats to his left Hastings moved all-in for around 13,000 chips. The player to his left tanked for a bit before folding and Elezra said, "I don't like it, and my hand is not that strong", as he made the call. Hastings smiled and said he wasn't that strong either as we witnessed the following showdown.
| Eli Elezra |   |
| Brian Hastings |   |
The board ran out 
giving Elezra another knock out. "I came to this table with 1,800", he smiled while stacking his chips. After chipping up Elezra called with 
after someone had decided to limp. "You know how I like to see flops", he added with a smile. The flop brought 
and Elezra got all his chips into the pot against 
for a 45,000 chip pot. His hand held up and after that he kept chipping up by busting some short stacks. The only player he hasn't been winning against was the player on his left, Adam Wessley.
"This fucking guy on my left has 80 dimes and all I wanted was to cover him!", Elezra laughed. Adam Wessley and Elezra had been battling, because the high stakes professional pointed out he got bluffed by ten high earlier. After counting his stack Elezra shouted, "Booom! Now I wanna see him messing with me!", as both players started laughing again. Elezra is up to 87,000 chips and one of the chip leaders of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
87,000 | 77,000 |
|
80,000 |
and Marchese fired three-barrels including a 5,000 river shove, and Lee called all the way with 3rd pair - 
for the missed draw.
. All the money went in and MacPhee was shown the door.
did just that. The 
on the turn added any eight to Maria Ho's outs and lo and behold the 
turned up on the river. Then a mini drama as the dealer mucked Maria Ho's hand! The players on the table told the dealer that Ho had hit a straight, and the two cards were retrieved from the muck.
