Ben Yu has just eliminated a player close to the final break of the night and we were there to see how it went down. There was already a board showing when we caught the action from the turn. Yu was on the button and his opponent managed to get all his chips in the middle. This is how the player's cards looked.
Yu:
Opponent:
The on the river was no help to Yu's opponent as Yu knocked him out of the park, adding plenty of chips to his stack late into the evening.
Here is how a few players are doing after the break. As you can see, a couple never returned from the break, while a coupld are stilling hanging in.
Doc_Sands David Doc SandsHave about 12k after 6 levels of PLO8. Peaked at 20, then lost some pots I wanted to win.July 04 2012
PearlJammed Jon TurnerPretty card dead those levels, never played a big pot, but have 15.6k going to 250/500, avg 17.5kJuly 04 2012
Downtownchad Chad BrownBusted pretty sick beat plo 8.Go all in on flop j94 rainbow 3 callers with top set. No one has a draw. Goes runner clubs. 2 players clubs.July 04 2012
ToddBrunson Todd BrunsonSigh. Out again. I bet the pot on fourth street with kings and jacks (top 2 pair) guy calls with bottom pair and a non nut low draw. River 3July 04 2012
Nam Le has recently busted out of this tournament and we were there to catch all the action during the last hand of his night. It started with a late position player opening with a raise to 1,250. Chip Jett then called on his direct left, along with the small blind and Le in the big blind.
On the flop, the small blind checked and Le shoved for his last 425 in chips. The original aggressor called, Jett folded and the small blind also called. Le watched on as the two remaining players checked down the turn and the river. The original aggressor tabled his first, with his hand enough to see his two opponent's cards into the muck.
Earlier in the day Phil Hellmuth finished in 4th place in the historic $1,000,000 Big One For One Drop. Well, he has now taken in seat in tonight's tournament, with his original starting stack of 9,000 being blinded down to 5,500 over the last few hours.
Ari Engel was under the gun when he opened it up with a pot sized raise. The action the folded around to Max Pescatori in the small blind and he re raised the pot. Humberto Brenes got out of the way in the big blind and Engel committed the last of his chips - less than the raise from Pescatori.
Pescatori:
Engel:
When the flop was dealt on the felt, Engel bagan leaving the table saying, "well that leaves me pretty much dead." The on the turn and the on the river weren't what Engel was looking for and he left the tournament area.
We weren't there to catch how it went down, but when we noticed David "Doc" Sands leaving the tournament area, we took to twitter to uncover the story.
Doc_Sands David Doc SandsGrinded hard and got it in great. 3 ways pre my AQ52hh vs AJT3ss and a short stacks A934dd for 30k pot. #showerstho #stilllaxxedJuly 04 2012
board showing when we caught the action from the turn. Yu was on the button and his opponent managed to get all his chips in the middle. This is how the player's cards looked.
on the river was no help to Yu's opponent as Yu knocked him out of the park, adding plenty of chips to his stack late into the evening.
flop, the small blind checked and Le shoved for his last 425 in chips. The original aggressor called, Jett folded and the small blind also called. Le watched on as the two remaining players checked down the 
first, with his hand enough to see his two opponent's cards into the muck.
flop was dealt on the felt, Engel bagan leaving the table saying, "well that leaves me pretty much dead." The 
on the river weren't what Engel was looking for and he left the tournament area.
