When we arrived at Table 435, Bodo Sbrzesny was all in and at risk for 66,000 holding . Matthew Kassela was all in and at risk for less (36,500) with , and a third player had both players covered with an identical .
The flop came down , giving Sbrzesny a flush draw to go with his over cards, but both of his opponents had gut-shot straight draws. The on the turn gave Sbrzesny a pair of queens and his two opponents double belly buster draws, and the completed the board, giving Sbrzesny a flush.
He more than doubled to 140,000 chips, while Kassela and the third player are eliminated.
At an adjacent table, Olivier Busquet was eliminated with unknown action.
Rasmus Larsen opened to 10,500 from middle position only to have David Einhorn move all in from the big blind for 52,000. Larsen called and the cards were tabled.
Larsen:
Einhorn:
The board ran out and Einhorn doubled to 120,000 as Larsen slipped to 820,000 in chips.
We missed the eliminated of Justin Gardenhire, but we do know his 2014 WSOP Main Event came to an end on a bad beat when his was cracked by . Gardenhire exited in 660th place for $18,406.
Not long after, Stephen Kats got his short stack all in preflop and was racing against Michael Slate.
Slate:
Kats:
Kats was the one that needed to improve, but that proved easier said than done as the board ran out a dry . Kats, who spends most of his time playing high-stakes cash games in L.A., was eliminated in 650th place for $18,406.
We found Andrew Scott all in with and at risk against the of Darren Rabinowitz. The community came , as Rabinowitz dodged a flush draw on the turn and the board two-pairing for a chop to send Scott to the rail.
From the hijack seat, Mark Herm raised to 10,500. Alex Tran called from the cutoff seat, and Richard Bruning called out of the small blind before action fell on Griffin Benger in the big blind. Benger reraised and made it 40,000 to go. Herm took some time, then fired back with a reraise of his own, making it 90,500. Tran, Bruning, and Benger all folded, and Herm won the pot.
Then on the next hand, Herm opened to 10,000 from middle position, and Griffin Benger called from the small blind. The player in the big blind also called, and the flop was . Benger led for 13,000, the next player folded, then Herm called.
The turn was the , and Benger checked to Herm. Herm fired 35,000, and Benger gave it up.
Diego Arbuello moved all in for his last 78,000 and Matthew Sedgeman, who had plenty of chips to spare, made the call from the button. The blinds both folded and Arbuello discovered the bad news.
Arbuello:
Sedgeman:
The flop gave Sedgeman a set of queens, but all hope was not lost as Arbuello picked up a Broadway draw. The turn was close to the ten he needed, but not close enough. The river would be equally useless, and the Argentinean bowed out of the 2014 WSOP Main Event in 630th place for $18,406.