Dutch Boyd and John Juanda were heads up on a completed board of 
, and Boyd led out for 5,500. Juanda raised to 13,900, Boyd reraised, and Juanda called all in for 21,425.
Boyd showed 
for aces and fours, but Juanda flopped trips with 
doubling through.
We found Haralabos Voulgaris considering his move on a board of 
after the big blind had checked to him. Voulgaris jammed for just over 24,000, about the size of the pot. His opponent thought for a couple of minutes before sliding the dealer his cards.
The board read 
when we watched Kunal Patel check over to his lone opponent on the button. Patel's opponent checked it back and the 
paired the board on the river. Patel reached for chips and dropped 5,900 into the middle.
Patel's opponent thought for well over one minute before coming over the top with a raise to 12,300. It was Patel's turn to think, and he did so for roughly a minute before moving out a call. Patel's opponent showed for trip aces and the win. Patel mucked his hand and he's now down to about 97,500.
A player in middle position raised to 1,300, John Dolan called from the next seat over, and Eric Wasserson defended his big blind.
They checked to the turn of a 
board where Wasserson bet 2,800. Only the player in middle position called to see the river. Wasserson bet 7,000 and was quickly called by his opponent who showed 
. Wasserson, though, had that beat with 
.
Greg Mueller opened for 1,300 from early position and received a call from the player in the cutoff. Mueller continued for 1,300 on the 
flop, the cutoff called, and the dealer burned and turned the 
.
Mueller slowed down with a check, but called when his opponent bet 2,200. Mueller then checked for a second time on the 
river and the cutoff bet 3,000. Mueller sprung to life with a check-raise to 9,000, and his opponent immediately called. Mueller rolled over the 
for a straight, and it was good as his opponent mucked.
Gavin O'Rourke is a little bit up on his starting stack, but he lost a few in a recent hand when he defended his big blind after an early position raiser opened for 1,400.
The flop was 
and O'Rourke check-called a 1,800 bet. The turn was the 
and O'Rourke check-called a bet of 5,300. The river brought the and when O'Rourke checked a third time, his opponent thought for a while before betting 6,200. O'Rourke wasted no time in mucking his cards.
Back in 2011, Arkansas' Sam Barnhart had a dream year. It started when he won the 2010/2011 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Tunica $1,600 Main Event for $148,612, a victory that came off a decision to play a last-minute satellite. Not only was it a big payday, it also came with a seat into the inaugural National Championship, which was held at Caesars Palace prior to the WSOP.
Well, Barnhart managed to win that tournament for $300K and a gold bracelet. As if that wasn't good enough, Barnhart jumped in that year's Main Event and made a deep run, ultimately finishing in 17th place for $378,796. Needless to say, it was a life-changing experience for the man from Little Rock.
Since then, Barnhart has relocated to Las Vegas and has made poker his career. He managed to notch four cashes at the 2014 WSOP, and he was hoping to replicate the Main Event experience he had three years ago. Unfortunately, any hope of that happening just came to an end.
We missed Barnhart's elimination hand, but we do know that he fell to Darren Rabinowitz. Barnhart had backdoored a Broadway straight with 
, but it was no good as the same card gave Rabinowitz a flush.
"I thought I played it great," Rabinowtiz joked.
Matt Stout's chair had been filled with someone that was definitely not Matt Stout so we took to Twitter to see what had happened:
Busto #WSOPMainEvent. Got QQ in against A9h on 235hh for 55k, turn 4. Anyone have the local suicide prevention hotline #? #JustKidding #LGFollow @MattStoutPoker
Michael Moed recently doubled up with two aces. He moved up to about 135,000 in chips.
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