These players earned $19,106 for their Main Event min cash, rounding out the first level of payouts. Keep an eye on the payouts tab for exact-place finishes.
Dustin Dorrance-Bowman open-raised all in with his remaining stack, then Frank Cerminara reraised all in a couple of seats behind him, and everyone else folded.
Dorrance-Bowman tabled and Cerminara . The board then ran out , and Dorrance-Bowman was eliminated.
With roughly 70,000 in chips in the pot on the , Bruce Kramer had bet 25,000. His opponent was Steve Yang, and he raised all in for 109,000 total. Kramer tanked for a couple minutes, then folded the face up. Yang scooped the pot without showing or saying what he had.
Erik Seidel will have to wait another year to chase his first WSOP Main Event title. Seidel, who famously finished runner-up in this event to Johnny Chan in 1988, barely hung on with a short stack during the first level today. But the eight-time bracelet winner was just eliminated after losing a flip to Marius Pospiech.
Seidel shoved all-in for 57,000 from under the gun, and action folded to Pospiech on the button. He called, and both blinds released.
Seidel:
Pospiech:
"That's the best I could hope for," Seidel said as he viewed his opponent's middle pair.
The cameras sprinted over to catch the board run out , and the full house of Pospiech sent Seidel to the rail with his fourth career cash in this event.
Alexander Kuzmin bet 50,000 on the turn with the board reading . Nathan Bjerno put him all in for about 320,000 total, and Kuzmin went into the tank. After a couple of minutes and a shrug, he made the call.
Bjerno:
Kuzmin:
Kuzmin was well in front with the nut flush draw and a pair of jacks, and Bjerno needed one of the two remaining nines in the deck. The river was a , and Bjerno shipped Kuzmin more than half of his stack.
Timothy Finne opened to 14,000 from late position. Cheng Liu was on the button, and raised it up to 42,000, as the blind got out of the way. With the action back on Finne, he bumped it up to 77,000. Liu asked for a count of his whole stack, before moving all in for more chips. Finne snap called and the cards were tabled.
Finne:
Liu:
The board ran out to see Finne hold with his aces, moving up to 474,000 in chips.
Ronnie Bardah with his 4th consecutive Main Event cash
Ronnie Bardah joins the PokerNews Podcast after the Main Event bubble burst to talk about his record-tying fourth consecutive cash in the big one, dealing with the cameras and the bright lights, and battling different faces.
Fredrik " H@££INGGOL" Halling raised to 12,000 in the cutoff and Stewart Lovelace three-bet to 30,000 on the button. Action folded back to Halling who four-bet to 60,000. Lovelace five-bet shoved for 190,000, Halling called, and the hands were revealed.
Halling:
Lovelace:
The board ran out , giving Halling quads and eliminating Lovelace.
The action started with Igor Rabinovich opening to 13,000 from middle position, before Rupert Edler moved all in for 125,000 from the small blind. With the decision back on Rabinovich, he tanked over his decision for nearly two minute, before finally making the call.
Rabinovich:
Elder:
Rabinovich had made a great call, until the flop came down . Elder took the lead with his set, and won the hand, when the board ran out the and .
We caught up to Jon "PearlJammer" Turner on a board of . There was roughly 100,000 chips in the pot and Turner was faced with a bet of 68,000 from Christopher Whitall who was just a few seats over.
Turner was on the button and he thought about his decision for nearly a minute after we got to the table. Eventually he put in the chips for the call. Whitall turned over for the nut flush and Turner mucked his cards.
Turner was knocked down just just about 400,000 chips after the hand.
and Cerminara 
. The board then ran out 
, and Dorrance-Bowman was eliminated.
face up. Yang scooped the pot without showing or saying what he had.
, and Bjerno shipped Kuzmin more than half of his stack.
to see Finne hold with his aces, moving up to 474,000 in chips.
. Elder took the lead with his set, and won the hand, when the board ran out the 
and 
. There was roughly 100,000 chips in the pot and Turner was faced with a bet of 68,000 from Christopher Whitall who was just a few seats over.
for the nut flush and Turner mucked his cards.
