Action folded around to Andrew "randylerch" Kelsall on the button and he moved all in for 133,056. Chen "8konvict" Zong called from the big blind and it was off to the races.
Andrew "randylerch" Kelsall:
Chen "8konvict" Zong:
It was a big flip and Kelsall needed to improve to stay alive. That didn't happen though as the board ran out a lowly to send Kelsall out in 144th place for $907.92.
Mike "Mouth123" Matusow moved all in for 89,506 under the gun and Eric "Bill_luga" Blair three-bet jammed over the top for 213,939 from the hijack. The rest of the players folded and the hands were turned up.
Mike "Mouth123" Matusow:
Eric "Bill_luga" Blair:
It was a flip and Matusow was looking to hold to stay alive. That didn't happen though as the paired Blair, who improved to trips on the turn.
Matusow needed a nine on the river to stay alive, but it wasn't in the cards as the peeled off instead. Matusow was eliminated in 180th place for $838.08.
Jared "darrensrabbi" Jaffee raised to 12,001 from late position and was called by Mikey "Mn_2Die4" Wangh from the button along with Uri "JanJurik" Avissar from the big blind.
The flop came and Avissar check-called Jaffee's 19,999 continuation bet while Wangh called off his 5,980 stack.
The turn brought the and Avissar checked his option once again only to fold after Jaffee jammed for 170,336.
Mikey "Mn_2Die4" Wangh:
Jared "darrensrabbi" Jaffee:
Jaffee was ahead as with both players holding a gutshot straight draw but the paired the board on the river ending Wangh's tournament on the money bubble.
Aaron "SagevSal" Henderson raised to 4,444 from the hijack and Timothy "timtams" Su, who finished in eighth place in last year's WSOP Main Event, three-bet all in for 13,992 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Henderson and he made the call.
Timothy "timtams" Su:
Aaron "SagevSal" Henderson:
Su was primed to double and paired his ace on the flop. However, Henderson also flopped a spade flush and straight draws. The turn was of no consequence, but the river was as Henderson made his flush to send Su to the rail.
Phil "Lumestackin" Hellmuth raised all in for 16,320 from late position and "Crushingly" isolated after they came over the top for 54,055 from the button.
"Crushingly":
Phil "Lumestackin" Hellmuth:
It was a classic with "Crushingly" in the lead and nothing changed after the flop.
The turn left Hellmuth drawing to a king or a jack and the river fell paint but it was the ending the his tournament.
"Pleds" limped from early position and two-time bracelet winner Shankar "Burgersssss" Pillai raised all in for 3,656 from the hijack. Kijoon "standardiu" Park then three-bet to 8,562 and called off for 52,364 total when "Pleds" jammed.
The flop kept Park firmly in the lead, but the turn did give Pillai a flush draw. Unfortunately for him, the river was a brick and Park scored the double elimination.
Kathy "Luckygal" Liebert moved all in for 10,721 from early position and action folded to Daniel "TiltedTowers" Deveau, who three-bet jammed for 24,171 from the small blind.
Daniel "TiltedTowers" Deveau:
Kathy "Luckygal" Liebert:
Liebert was dominated and looking to get lucky, but unfortunately this hand didn't live up to her screen name as the board ran out a lackluster .