There was already a pot of around 45,000 in the middle when we arrived to see Victor Ramdin heads up with his opponent. The board had just completed , and Ramdin's opponent fired out 30,000. He spent quite some time in the tank, before dropping chips in to signify a call. His opponent rolled over for a full house, and Ramdin said "nice hand", rechecked his hole cards, then kicked them in.
After dropping that pot, Ramdin is down to 84,000.
Robert Salaburu, last years Main Event eight place finisher for $971,360, has just been knocked out of the tournament. In a button (Thomas Gabriel) versus big blind (Robert Salaburu) situation all the chips went into the middle. Salaburu had king queen and wasn't able to spike anything against Gabriel's ace jack. Salaburu didn't have all that many chips to start the hand with so didn't seem to upset.
Daniel Strelitz opened the action with a raise to 4,800 in middle position, and Michael Souza responded by moving all in for his 35,000. Tyler Cornell was next to act, and he cold called the bet. It got back to Strelitz, and he sat back in his chair, and let out a big sigh. He was clearly facing a tough decision, as the all in move was for most of his chips. Eventually, he folded, saying that he had .
Souza:
Cornell:
Cornell never had to sweat as the board came down all low cards: . It ended up being a good fold for Strelitz, as Cornell hit his pair on the river. After winning that hand, Cornell is up to 130,000.
We missed the preflop action, but there was about 10,000 in the middle when we got to the table to see Shannon Shorr and David Coker heads up going to the flop. Those three cards were , and Coker open shoved for 65,000, having Shorr covered. It didn't take long for Shoor to call off his last 33,500.
Coker:
Shorr:
Shorr had flopped top pair, and would need to fade a club to survive. He was able to do that, as the board completed and , giving Shorr trips on the river.
, and Ramdin's opponent fired out 30,000. He spent quite some time in the tank, before dropping chips in to signify a call. His opponent rolled over 
for a full house, and Ramdin said "nice hand", rechecked his hole cards, then kicked them in.
. It ended up being a good fold for Strelitz, as Cornell hit his pair on the river. After winning that hand, Cornell is up to 130,000.
, and Coker open shoved for 65,000, having Shorr covered. It didn't take long for Shoor to call off his last 33,500.
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