George Danzer raised to 4,500 from under the gun, Larry Wright called on the button, and Matt Waxman defended his big blind. The dealer fanned , the action checked to Wright, and he tossed out 10,600. Only Waxman called.
Both players checked on the turn (), and the river (), and Wright showed for ace-high. Waxman had an ace as well, but he also had a jack, revealing for a pair of jacks.
Wuth the board reading it was 2012 Main Event champion Greg Merson betting out 11,000. WSOP 2010 Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel tossed in a single 1,000 chip to indicate the call, but he soon had to add another 10,000.
Duhamel mucked after Merson showed his . Full house for the former champ, a small loss for the other.
Alex Venovski moved all in for 27,900 on the button, and Philipp Gruissem looked him up out of the small blind.
Venovski:
Gruissem:
Gruissem extended his lead on a flop of , and Venovski was drawing dead after the turn brought the . A meaningless completed the board, and Venovski was eliminated.
During the same time, Jason Koon and Faraz Jaka were eliminated with unknown action. Jaka provided the following on Twitter:
With the board reading , we just saw Nam Le bet out 5,500 from the big blind. His opponent, former WSOP Main Event winner Joe Cada, made the call from the hijack.
The river brought the on the table and Le checked to Cada. Cada bet out 10,000, and Le thought about it for some time before calling.
Cada showed his confidently, but that wasn't going to be the winner obviously. Le tabled and raked in the chips.
After eliminating Andrea Dato holding two aces, Max Silver has now run into a pair of bullets himself.
Ami Alibay was all in and at risk for 73,600 with against Silver's dominated , but Silver picked up a few outs on a flop of . The on the turn also gave him four outs to chop - any would give the duo Broadway - but the bricked off on the river.
Alibay doubled to 148,200 chips, while Silver dipped back down to 104,000.