Sitting on a small stack of 1,500 Emmanuel Ravelo was all in from early position and found no callers, flashing the . On the next hand he was all in from under the gun and again found no customers.
Now in the big blind he faced a raise and for the third time moved in. This time he was called by a player with and Ravelo was racing with his .
The cards ran out , the river ace bringing salvation for Ravelo who doubled up to just over the starting stack.
It is some sort of a madness going on here in the Brasilia room with 37 of the more than 90 tables now being empty. One of the recent eliminations was caused by Jason Dembowsky, who got there with against the of the big blind for 2,500 chips. An ace on the flop gave him the lead and he didn't need to worry anymore after the turn and river.
Frank Schneider — who is sporting a Wesley Sneijder football shirt — was just all in for about 2,500 against his table neighbor. Schneider turned over the and was playing against . The dealer fanned the board and Schneider doubled up in style with quads.
On the very same table we also have Bernard Lee, who has been moved for the second time today. He is down to about 2,200 in chips.
We walked up to a board of and the hole cards of two players flipped. WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart was one of the players and he had the best of it with against his opponent's .
His opponent was all in and at risk of elimination, but the river was a jack, completing a Broadway straight and reducing Stewart's stack to below that with which he started.
Dave Feldman moved all in over the top of an open, and having got a count of 1,400 his opponent made the call.
Feldman turned over the and visibly winced as his saw he was up against , clearly not fancying his chances.
The flop saw Feldman shake his head but the turn and river were safe enough and he doubled up.
“Top set and still a sweat,” one player commented. “You have no idea how bad my record is with kings,” Feldman replied.
Feldman told PokerNews he felt the queen coming on the river, but since it didn’t come he remained one of the last of the Bally Technology employees in the event. Asked if they had a last longer bet, he shook his head and remarked that he wished they did now.
Bernard Lee was down to his last 1,300 and moved all in against a limp from early position. His opponent called with and it was a flip versus Lee's . Lee nailed the flop and stayed ahead after the turn and river to stay in the tournament.
Terrence Chan must have had similar fortune, because he was back at more than 7,000 chips after having previously dropped to as low as 2,400.
Registration remains open for this level and up until the start of the next one, but we have already lost pretty much half the field with 396 out of 874 entries remaining according to the screens. When will the huge wave of eliminations finally slow down?
It is obviously no coincidence either, that as a result the tables in the Bronze section are all empty by now as well.
. On the next hand he was all in from under the gun and again found no customers.
and Ravelo was racing with his 
.
, the river ace bringing salvation for Ravelo who doubled up to just over the starting stack.
against the 
of the big blind for 2,500 chips. An ace on the flop gave him the lead and he didn't need to worry anymore after the turn and river.
. After watching his opponent bet 2,000, Pavan Kapur moved all in for 2,850.
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turn and 
board and Schneider doubled up in style with quads.
and the hole cards of two players flipped. WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart was one of the players and he had the best of it with 
.
, clearly not fancying his chances.
flop saw Feldman shake his head but the turn 
and river 
were safe enough and he doubled up.
and it was a flip versus Lee's 
flop and stayed ahead after the 
turn and 
