Melissa Burr opened with a middle positioned raise and Justin Bonomo called from the small blind. The two watched as a flop was fanned on the felt. Bonomo checked and Burr continued out with a bet. Bonomo called.
The turn was the and Bonomo check-called once again, allowing the to finish off the board. Bonomo checked for a third time and Burr cut out one final bet. Bonomo flung out a call.
"Wheel," said Burr, showing , playing her ace-five for the scoop.
Burr now has about 180,000 while Bonomo has dropped to 178,000.
We found Greg Jamison facing a bet from Matt Glantz on a board of . He decided to lay his hand down, preserving his last 20,000. Jamison busted a short time later.
We found Tony Merksick already all in against Justin Bonomo and Brendan Taylor on a board of . Bonomo was facing a bet in a side pot from Taylor. Bonomo ultimately decided to fold, allowing Taylor to take the side pot and prompting the hands to be turned over.
Merksick:
Taylor:
The board finished with the , putting no low on the table. Merksick scooped the pot playing his jack-trey for a flush. He's still short but found renewed life with about 25,000.
We arrived at the table to find David Williams watching a classic World Series of Poker clip on YouTube with his iPad. The clip in question occurred during the 2008 WSOP and involved both Beth Shak and Phil Hellmuth moving all in before the flop with pocket aces against Brett Richey's pocket kings. In the clip, Hellmuth practically shot out of his seat announcing how strong his hand is while Shak danced around the tournament area. Richey, who is currently alive at the final three tables, was taking playful needles from Williams and other players in the area.
Phil Hui stood up from his table and took a gander at the iPad.
"What were you doing in there with kings?" Hui asked Richey.
"I don't know. Hellmuth had like no chips."
"You were better looking back then."
"My girlfriend says I get better looking as I get older," replied Richey.
All of the money went in on the flop of in a hand between David Williams and Chino Rheem. Williams had and we missed Rheem's hand, but he failed to finish with the best of it after the turn brought the and the river the , giving Williams a flush and the nut low.
Williams scooped the pot and scored the elimination, boosting his stack to 320,000 in chips.