Andrew Moreno raised to 12,000 from middle position, and Ryan Fair three-bet to 31,000 from the cutoff. The action was folded back to Moreno, and he four-bet to 69,000. Fair hesitated for just a second, and called.
The flop came down , and Moreno fired out 62,000. Fair tanked for a bit, and called.
On the turn the hit, and Moreno counted his stack. He had around 218,000 chips left and opted to check. Fair checked behind.
The river was the , and Moreno now threw out 60,000. Fair called rather quickly, and Moreno tabled . Fair showed , and with trips he raked in this important pot.
Kevin Song opened for 15,000 from under the gun and was called by Jordan Lewis on the button and Ryan Pochedly in the small blind. JP Kelly, who was in the big blind, thought a big and then cut out a raise to 66,000 and pushed it into the middle.
Everyone folded pretty quickly and Kelly took down the pot hassle free.
Kelly, who started the day with just over 500,000, had a rough first level and was knocked down to 230,000. However, he has chipped back up to 290,000 as a result of this hand.
Jordan Knackstedt open-raised all in for 50,000 even from middle position and was called in two spots by Derek Chisholm (button) and Daniel Rudd (small blind). The flop came . Rudd checked, Chisholm bet 50,000, and after some thought Rudd called.
The turn then brought the . Rudd check quickly, and after about a half-minute Chisholm declared he was all in for the 360,000 or so he had left. Rudd tanked for a couple of minutes, then let his hand go.
Chisholm turned over for two pair while Knackstedt had but , meaning the river was no matter. Knackstedt is out, while Chisholm adds to his stack.
Paul "paulgees81" Volpe continues to add to his stack, with Mike (Musa) Mustafa the latest to give up his chips to the online star.
Volpe related to us the hand that ended Mustafa's WSOP Main Event run. Mustafa had open-pushed his stack of 108,000 from middle position, getting one caller in the cutoff. Volpe then reshoved from the big blind, and after tanking a bit the remaining player folded his face up.
Volpe had and Mustafa , and when the board brought no help to Mustafa, he was eliminated. Meanwhile Volpe moves up the leaderboard to grab a spot behind current leader Ben Greenberg.
We caught up to see Maria Ho heads up with Mark Teltscher in a pot. The board read and Teltscher led out from the small blind for 28,000. Ho called from the cutoff and the dropped down on the turn.
Ho's opponent tanked for over a minute before moving 47,000 into the middle. Ho tanked right back, taking about another sixty seconds before deciding to call.
Fifth street brought the and Teltscher checked. Ho checked behind and showed for a pair of aces. Teltscher mucked his hand and Ho was able to take down the pot.
Xiu Deng is the latest player to hit the rail, with her elimination coming at the hands of Steve Yea. The monster pot saw both Yea and Deng all in preflop and at risk against David Warady. Here is how the three player's cards looked.
Yea:
Warady:
Deng:
Yea was way ahead and it stayed that way as a board sent plenty of chips to Yea, while eliminating Deng.
A short-stacked Larry Powell found himself all in with and up against the of Russell Thomas. The flop was not kind to Powell, but the turn did give him an open-ended straight draw. Unfortunately for him, the river would be a blank and Thomas would be pushed the pot.
David Corwin pushed all in for his last 30,000 from the button and action folded over to Daniel Negreanu in the big blind, who snap called and wished Corwin good luck.
"It's okay," Corwin said. "I wouldn't mind if you took the rest of my chips."
"I wouldn't mind either!" Negreanu said in jest.
Negreanu:
Corwin:
The board kept Negreanu in the lead and he scooped the pot - eliminating Corwin.
Negreanu is off to a great start today - he is up to 490,000.
, and Moreno fired out 62,000. Fair tanked for a bit, and called.
hit, and Moreno counted his stack. He had around 218,000 chips left and opted to check. Fair checked behind.
, and Moreno now threw out 60,000. Fair called rather quickly, and Moreno tabled 
. Fair showed 
, and with trips he raked in this important pot.
. Rudd checked, Chisholm bet 50,000, and after some thought Rudd called.
for two pair while Knackstedt had but 
, meaning the 
river was no matter. Knackstedt is out, while Chisholm adds to his stack.
, and when the board brought no help to Mustafa, he was eliminated. Meanwhile Volpe moves up the leaderboard to grab a spot behind current leader Ben Greenberg.
and Teltscher checked. Ho checked behind and showed 
for a pair of aces. Teltscher mucked his hand and Ho was able to take down the pot.
board sent plenty of chips to Yea, while eliminating Deng.
and up against the 
flop was not kind to Powell, but the 
river would be a blank and Thomas would be pushed the pot.
