We caught up to the table to see Dan Shak gathering his belongings and exiting the tournament area. Shak moved the rest of his stack all in holding 
on a board of 
. Unfortunately for Shak he was behind his opponent's top pair of 
.
The river bricked out for Shak with the 
and he was sent packing.
Eugene Katchalov keeps winning pot and he just took the Finnish player Petteri Vanhapelot. Katchalov raised to 1,600 from the cutoff and Vanhapelto three-bet to 4,500 from the button. Both blinds folded and Katchalov made the call.
The flop brought out 
and Katchalov check-called 6,200. On the turn the 
hit, and once again Katchalov checked. Vanhapelto took another stab and fired out 9,200. Katchalov called once again.
The river brought a blank and Katchalov checked a third time. Vanhapelto moved his arm around in a checking way, but it wasn't too clear what he was doing. Ashton Griffin asked him if that was a check, and the Finn confirmed.
Katchalov turned over 
, and took down this pot. Vanhapelto is still in profit for the day as he started out with 64,150.
Busted the main. Squeeze shoved 99 into JJ. Flopped set, he turned a higher one. Had a good time playing, will be back next year. #888WSOPEOctober 01 2012Follow
Christopher Brammer opened to 1,600 from under the gun. He was called by Tristan Wade on the button, Mikhail Petrov in the small blind and Didier Le Neindre in the big blind before the dealer ran out the 
flop. After the two blinds checked, Brammer bet 3,700. Everyone folded and he won the pot.
Adrien Allain moved all in from early position for 18,700 and cleared the field all the way around to Phil Hellmuth in the small blind. The "Poker Brat" thought for about 30 seconds before putting in a call, the big blind folded, and the cards were turned up.
| Showdown |
Hellmuth:  |
Allain:  |
It was a classic flip, but not after the flop came down 
. Allain had flopped a Broadway straight to take a commanding lead. The turn gave Hellmuth chop outs to a king, but the 
river was not it. A composed Hellmuth rapped the table and moved on to the next hand.
It was recently reported that Philipp Gruissem had sent former World Series of Poker November Niner Sam Holden to the rail. Well, Gruissem has wasted little in claiming another victim to move his stack to 165,000 in chips.
After Gruissem opened to 1,600 from middle position, Kamel Mekdad reraised all in for approximately 10,000 from the small blind. Gruissem called with the and was up against the 
for Mekdad.
The flop, turn and river gave Gruissem the win when the 
rolled out, and Mekdad was eliminated.
We caught up to see the board read 
. Justin Bonomo bet 4,500 and Jean Marc Pouyau called.
The board finished off with the and Bonomo moved out a bet of 8,500. Pouyau thought for about twenty seconds before throwing out a call.
Bonomo showed for a flopped two pair. Pouyau shook his head and showed for a losing pair of kings before finally throwing his hand away.
Dan Shak opened for 2,800 and was met with a three-bet to 7,400 by October Nine chip leader Jesse Sylvia. Shak opted to move all in for approximately 70,000, and Sylvia called off.
Showdown
Sylvia: 
Shak: 
The board ran out clean for Sylvia and he chipped up to nearly twice the chip average. Could another deep Main Event run be in order?
"Hi Ashley," Sylvia told us to say as he knows she's sweating the updates from the hotel room.
Joe Kuether moved all in for 40,500 on the 
board. After a bit of tanking, Matan Krakow made the call. Kuether showed a flush with the 
, and Krakow showed the . Kuether won the pot, doubled and now has over 120,000 in chips.
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