Phil Ivey raised to 800 pre-flop, and Nick Evans re-raised for the last of his chips, a little more than 2,000. Ivey quickly called and turned up , but Evans was ahead with . Ivey spiked a king on the flop however, and Evans received no help on the turn or river.
We caught up with Gunnerson just as his pocket aces held up and eliminated another player at the table, nearly doubling him up. On the very next hand, Gunnerson raised to 800 pre-flop, and Phil Hellmuth three-bet to 2,500. Gunnerson quickly four-bet 20,000, enough to put Hellmuth all-in. Hellmuth thought for a moment, then elected to fold.
After the virtual double-up and the short confrontation with Hellmuth, Gunnerson is up to 37,500.
Jason Mercier has been eliminated from the tournament.
According to Lee Childs, Mercier pushed all-in after a pre-flop raise and a call, and Roman Valerstein then re-raised. All other players folded. Mercier showed and Valerstein held . The board improved neither player, and Mercier was eliminated. Valerstein now has 68,000 in chips.
A player moved all in preflop and action folded to Jonathan Aguiar in the big blind.
"How much is it?" he asked. "Four Thousand?" When the number was confirmed, Aguiar threw in the call.
Aguiar was holding and he was ahead of his opponents . After the flop of Aguiar had a commanding lead and his opponent was already standing to leave. The on the turn offered no help and left the player drawing dead. The came on the river for a little overkill and Aguiar took the pot.
Jonathan Aguiar opened the action with a raise to 1,100 pre-flop. The button called, Phil Hellmuth called from the small blind and Hasan Habib called from big blind. The dealer spread a flop of . Hellmuth checked, and Habib bet 2,100. Action folded around to Hellmuth who check-raised to 5,000. After thinking for a few moments, Habib mucked his cards and Helllmuth took the pot.
The 1989 Main Event champion then turned over for a flopped set, and told Habib, "You don't want to have ace-jack this time, buddy."