Yesterday in Level 3 of this tournament, Wisconsin's Larry Ormson was down to just 175 in chips. He managed to work that back up to 16,000 or so in six hands, and he entered Day 2 primed to make a run at the title. Unfortunately his "chip-and-a-chair" story just came to an end.
We recently captured a hand that saw Zohar Spivack all in before the flop for his last 17,000. Somehow, in a short amount of time, Spivack has increased his stack to about 210,000.
We're unsure of the action but a good majority of those chips came from a confrontation with Jonathan Duhamel that ended with the WSOP Main Event champion's departure from the tournament.
Prior to the last break, Jason Hill got his stack of about 45,000 all in preflop holding the and was racing against the of Evan McNiff. Like we've seen so many time today, it was a coin flip. In this instance, the proverbial "coin" came down in McNiff's favor after the board ran out .
Here are some of the other players to have hit the rail over the past couple of hours:
Lee Gains raise preflop to 5,000 under the gun, followed by Calvin Anderson 3-betting to 11,000. Action folded back around to Gains and he went all in for 61,600 total. Anderson called and the cards were flipped.
Gains:
Anderson:
The flop was good to Anderson as it came . The turn came the . Gains would need to catch an Ace or have the board pair, which is exactly what happend because the came on the river. Gains is now healthier with 128,800. Anderson is back down to 140,000
A short-stacked Mark "Pegasus" Smith moved all in under the gun for 11,600 and cleared the field all the way to Matthew Plecki, who called from the big blind.
Plecki:
Smith:
Plecki was behind but drawing to live cards. The flop was non-threatening to Smith, and the turn was safe enough. All Smith had to do was dodge queen-jack paint, and that's what he did as the completed the board on the river.
We missed the action, but arrived at the table to find the remnants of a hand where Jesse Yaginuma was able to double through Jonathan Duhamel. When we got to the table, Duhamel's was thrown into the muck while Yaginuma's was triumphantly displayed.
The board read and Yaginuma's nines reigned supreme. His all in was for about 76,000 which boosts him to around 160,000. Duhamel, on the other hand, has about 100,000 in chips.
Zohar Spivack had the button and opened to 10,000. Martin Malone moved all in from the big blind which was actually a bet for Spivack's stack as he only had 7,000 left behind.
Spivack sat starting at the clock for a bit of time waiting for the next pay jump. From across the table, Jonathan Duhamel called the clock. Eventually, Spivack dumped the rest of his chips into the middle and the hands were tabled.
Spivack:
Malone:
The board fell and Spivack was able to secure a double up with his pair of nines. He now has around 40,000 in chips.
and was racing against the 
of Evan McNiff. Like we've seen so many time today, it was a coin flip. In this instance, the proverbial "coin" came down in McNiff's favor after the board ran out 
.
. The turn came the 
. Gains would need to catch an Ace or have the board pair, which is exactly what happend because the 
came on the river. Gains is now healthier with 128,800. Anderson is back down to 140,000
flop was non-threatening to Smith, and the 
turn was safe enough. All Smith had to do was dodge queen-jack paint, and that's what he did as the 
was triumphantly displayed.
