We came upon Table 15 with Minnesotan Kou Vang counting down his stack to double up Darin Vigil, who had 
in front of him on a board of 
. Vigil had Vang slightly covered, and he collected Vang's stack. According to Vigil, Vang had 
and the two were all in preflop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,000 |
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Theo Tran is suddenly running very good and sitting on a pile of chips.
When a shorty open shoved for 5,750, Tran picked up 
on the button and was the only one who called. His opponent held 
and even moved ahead when the 
came in the window. Unfortunately for him, the rest of the flop included the 
and 
giving Tran a set.
It held on the 
turn and 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 |
Half of the Brasilia room has now cleared out.
Maria Mayrinck has a big stack in front of her courtesy of The Notebook and Alpha Dog director Nick Cassavetes.
The Hollywood hotshot missed all his backdoor draws against her flopped set of nines and Mayrinck sent him packing. Since then she says she's been grinding it up throughout the day and is feeling rather confident.
She also said she didn't cry while watching the The Notebook, a tearjerker chick-flick based on a Nicholas Sparks novel, making her one of the few people in the room who can truly claim that.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,000 | 13,000 |
David Williams opened for 850 in middle position and saw the player to his left shove all in for about 6,500 more. Action folded back to Williams, who tanked for about a minute and muttered a few things we couldn't hear before tossing in a call.
Williams: 
Opponent: 
The flop ended the drama: 
, meaning Williams could only lose to runner-runner. The turn officially ended things.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000 | 9,800 |
Alex Keating won a decent pot, busted a player and had to wait three hands to stack his chips.
After a check from his heads up opponent, he shipped it in on a ten-high flop.
According to Keating, the player asked him if he wanted him to call. Keating said if you have a pair you're good and the player made the call with . Keating had 
and after the board bricked out, he sent the player home.
The floor then handed Keating a three hand penalty for discussing his hand during action. By the time he came back to the table it was breaking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,000 | 23,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,000 | 900 |
|
29,500 | 18,500 |
|
|
23,200 | -9,300 |
|
22,800 | |
|
18,400 | 600 |
|
13,600 | 3,625 |
|
13,550 | -375 |
|
9,050 | -7,525 |
|
7,000 | |
|
5,550 | 750 |
|
4,850 | -4,150 |
|
2,800 | -10,200 |
|
Busted |
WSOP Bracelet Winner James Dempsey has been sent broke in this event.
After building a stack early, he told PokerNews he lost every pot imaginable in every way conceivable before shoving 20 big blinds with 
and getting looked up by .
On to the next one, as they say.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 8
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
