Bracelet winner James "mig.com" Mackey took about 160,000 chips into the first break, but his stack just took a big hit when he ran pocket queens into the aces of Jeremy Druckman. With about 45,000 in the pot preflop, the two saw a flop of . Druckman checked, Mackey bet 21,000 and Druckman called. Both players checked the scary turn card, and Druckman paused before leading for 25,000 when the landed on the river. Mackey shook his head before tossing in the call, and Druckman tabled for top set. Mackey flashed pocket queens for middle set before flinging them into the muck.
"Lucky to have any chips left," Mackey tweeted after the hand.
Bryn Kenney fired 34,700 on the river on a board with a world of possibilities: . His opponent, who barely had more than the bet, went into the tank, saying he needed some time.
"That's a brutal river card," the player said. "But you know that."
"Show?" he asked. Kenney sat motionless and silent. "No?"
With the board reading on the flop, Stacy Taylor faced a bet of 5,500 from Karen Sarkisyan. Taylor quickly moved all in with a covering stack for an effect bet of about 34,000. Sarkisyan thought for a minute, then pushed his chips forward and turned over for top pair. Taylor showed for a flush draw and an inside-straight draw. The turn was the , and the river was the completing Taylor's straight. Taylor took the chips, and Sarkisyan made his way to the exit.
Australian Cricket Star Shane Warne is no longer a part of the Main Event. We didn't catch the entire hand but we know that on a board of with a huge pot in the middle of the table, Warne's opponent put him to an all in decision for roughly 40,000 more chips.
Warne called it off and showed for a pair of jacks with the pair of sevens on board, but his opponent did him one better and showed for a pair of jacks with the sevens on board and an ace kicker. Warned mucked his hand and left the Brasilia room not looking too happy about being busted.
We came upon a big hand between Sami Rustom and David Benyamine that had reached fifth street with the board showing . Rustom had set out a large river bet and Benyamine was tanking, then finally called for his last 55,000 or so.
Once showdown time had arrived, the player to Rustom's left pointed to his hand and said "seven-eight?" and indeed Rustom turned over for the turned straight. Benyamine stood to leave and the player turned to him. "You have a set?" he asked, and Benyamine nodded that he did.
We walked up to a three handed pot involved Ludovic Lacay on the button and both of the blinds. The flop came down , and the small blind led for 7,000. The big blind folded, but Lacay tagged along to see the hit the turn. The small blind led again, this time for 12,100, and Lacay once again only took a few moments to toss in the call. THe river brought the , and this time, his opponent checked. Lacay knuckled behind as well, and the small blind hesitated to show, before announcing "eight high!". He showed , and Lacay rolled over for flopped middle pair.
After winning that one, Lacay has propelled up to 320,000.
Juha Helppi raised to 4,000 from early position. He received calls from the button, the small blind, and the big blind.
The flop came down and the blinds checked to Helppi who fired 7,000. The button and the small blind folded, but the big blind called.
The turn was the and the big blind led at the pot with a bet of 17,000. Helppi called.
It was the on the river and the big blind led again, this time for 25,000. Helppi thought about it for a little bit, then folded his hand, dropping him to his lowest point of the day so far.
Over on the main feature table, Phil Mader raised from early position. Action then folded to Phil Ivey in the big blind, and he made the call to see the flop. This is where the action got heavy.
After Ivey checked, Mader fired 6,000. Ivey check-raised to 20,000, Mader came back over the top with a reraise to 51,000. Ivey moved all in to put Mader to the test, and Mader called off the remainder of his stack. Mader was all in for 138,800 in chips, while Ivey had him covered.
The hands were shown and it was Ivey's in the lead for a flopped two pair — top two pair. Mader had an overpair with and needed some help if he was going to stay alive.
The turn was the , and now Ivey needed to fade a queen, jack or five on the river to win the pot and knock out Mader. The river card was the , delivering a set of jacks to Mader and winning him the hand. Ivey sent over the chips and dropped back to 186,000 or so. Mader doubled to nearly 300,000.
We arrived at the table to see the flop showing and around 20,000 in the pot.
David Allan had checked his option from middle position, before Guillaume Rivet bet out 8,500. Allan then raised it up to 21,000, and watch as Rivet tanked over his decision.
A minute went by, before Rivet mucked his hand, awarding Allen the pot.