Steven Wolansky was all in and at risk against Marvin Karlins. Wolansky drew two and Karlins stood pat. Karlins had a 
and Wolansky was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
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Jared Bleznick is approaching 200,000 and just won two hands in a row, before Phil Hui outdrew him to stop the winning streak.
.Below are the current counts for the other players at the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
178,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
||
|
122,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
||
|
61,400
9,400
|
9,400 |
|
|
56,400
15,400
|
15,400 |
|
48,200
39,800
|
39,800 |
|
||
|
41,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | Max Kruse | $2,568 |
| 30 | James Woods | $2,568 |
| 31 | Xavier Kyablue | $2,568 |
| 32 | Samuel Rubin | $2,568 |
| 33 | Craig Chait | $2,568 |
| 34 | Ben Ponzio | $2,568 |
| 35 | Majid Yahyaei | $2,568 |
A monster pile of chips had accumulated in the middle of a pot between Rep Porter and Tom Schneider. We missed the initial action but Porter drew one card and Schneider stood pat.
Porter was forced to check-fold after Schneider fired a bet of 20,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
||
|
58,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
||
Samuel Spiwak just jumped from 17,000 to 85,000 thanks to a three-way hand where he got dealt a pat wheel.
According to Spiwak, Frank Kassela opened to 6,000 and Spiwak called. Stuart Rutter also called.
Rutter and Kassela drew one and Spiwak stood pat.
Rutter then bet 18,000 and Kassela called before Spiwak went all in for 29,000. Both players folded and Spiwak won the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
99,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
|
||
|
85,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
70,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
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 .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
166,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
88,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
| Place | Name |
|---|---|
| 36 | Grant Oen |
| 37 | Ty Stafford |
| 38 | Vincent Dungan |
| 39 | Ryan Lenaghan |
| 40 | Daniel Hirleman |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 500
Jeff Lisandro opened to 5,500 and called an all-in shove from Xavier Kyablue. Kyablue stood pat, tabling and Lisandro drew one.
The dealer gave Lisandro his final card and, after peeling it slowly, turned over a with the ten being the last card to have the best hand and eliminate Kyablue.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
86,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Rep Porter opened on the button to 4,500 and Phil Hellmuth reraised to 15,000. Adam Crawford was in the big blind.
He was tapping one finger on the back of his cards while he debated his decision. Porter and Hellmuth were both turned toward Crawford, awaiting his next move. Crawford shoved all in for 32,000.
Porter took about 30 seconds to fold and Hellmuth folded as well once he got a count of how much more the bet was.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
91,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
52,000
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
42,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
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