button in SafariJames Woods (30th) and Max Kruse (29th) Eliminated
James Woods and Max Kruse have been eliminated in consecutive hands and will take home $2,568 each. Woods is heading to the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. tournament that started earlier today, and Kruse will likely be playing more events as the WSOP rolls on.
Here are the hands:
Woods was all in against Jeff Lisandro and both players were drawing one. Woods had a draw to an eight and drew a ten to make 
. Lisandro had a draw to a ten and drew a five to win the hand with 
, beating Woods' ten-eight with a ten-seven.
In the next hand, Kruse opened to 4,000 and Jared Bleznick went all in from the small blind. He had Kruse well-covered. Kruse thought for a little and then called. Bleznick had the better draw, drawing to a seven, but paired, making 
. Kruse couldn't dodge a pair and pulled a six, leaving him with .