Bracelet winner Robert Cheung was kind enough to let us know that he had been eliminated just before the previous break.
Apparently, after losing 100,000 in an earlier confrontation, Cheung ran his into an opponent's . His underpair failed to catch up, and Cheung will have to wait another day to win that elusive second WSOP bracelet.
The players are now leaving on the last break of the evening. While they are gone, the tournament staff will be racing off the purple chips. See you back here in 20 minutes.
With his stack sitting around 11 big blinds, William Misener knew it was time make a move with the first decent hand he ran into. When he looked down to find , the pocket pair was all the motivation he needed to move his stack into the middle.
He was quickly called by an opponent, however, and the sign of strength let Misener know he was likely behind.
"You probably got me, but..." said Misener, his voice trailing off as he saw the caller roll over . "Aces again? I'ts always those dang aces."
The dealer then burned and turned, and wouldn't you know it, the first card on the flop was the . The and filled out the flop, and although there were chop possibilities when the came down on the turn, the on the river left Misener with the winning hand.
Poker can be a cruel game, a fact which we were just reminded of courtesy of Gary Margolis. After a player opened for 26,000, Margolis elected to make his stand, moving all in for his last 90,000 or so chips. The raiser quickly called and announced "I have a pair," while tabling the .
"Your pair's bigger than my pair," replied Margolis, referencing his inferior .
Flop:
The first card off was a dagger through the heart of the player with the overpair, and before he could even calculate his slim odds of finding a third jack to catch up, the rained down on the turn to officially end his tournament.
Then, with no regard for the mental anguish this would case, the deck decided to deliver the on the river, giving the freshly broken player something to think about for a long time to come.
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, the pocket pair was all the motivation he needed to move his stack into the middle.
. "Aces again? I'ts always those dang aces."
. The 
and 
filled out the flop, and although there were chop possibilities when the 
came down on the turn, the 
on the river left Misener with the winning hand.
and all three players checked.
turn for 23,000. The initial raiser folded and Kunichoff called.
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rained down on the turn to officially end his tournament.