While we didn't catch the action of the hand, we came to the table with Eric Wasserson showing on a board of for a straight and a low. He had a bet of 7,600 in front of him that Madsen was forced to pay off. Madsen counted out the chips and was left with just 4,400.
As Madsen was passing over the chips, Brandon Cantu approached the table and sat down.
"Oh, now you're here," Madsen said to Cantu.
"Yeah," Cantu replied. "Maybe I can turn it around for you."
"I had ace-five and a set," Madsen said to Cantu about the hand.
After having a great start in the first few levels and building up his stack, Usman Siddique just took a big hit from another player at his table.
David Bach raised from under the gun to 400. He was called by a player in the cutoff before Siddique made it 1,300 to play from the small blind. Bach and the cutoff both called.
On the flop, action checked around to the on the turn. Siddique led out with a bet of 800 and only got a call from the cutoff.
The river was the and Siddique checked over to the cutoff player. He put out a large bet of 4,900. Siddique thought for a long while before putting out a call. The cutoff showed and, after seeing the set, Siddique mucked his hand and the cutoff was awarded the pot.
A player raised under the gun to 400 and he was three-bet by Frank Kassela on the button to 1,200. The player called.
The under-the-gun player drew two while Kassela took one, then both players checked. Kassela showed for two pairs and that was good for him to take down the pot as his opponent mucked.
"Daddy - Use this cake to distract all the fish at your table! Good luck!!! Love, Ellie & Jude"
Those were the words written on a box of bundt cake sat in the middle of the $2,500 Big Bet Mix table. The cake, a present from Briana Ohel to her husband Randy from their two children, had already been dug into by Ohel himself, and then by nearby players such as Jon Turner and Mike Matusow.
Ohel said that he had told tournament staff and officials that they were welcome to a piece, and no sooner had he said it there was an official announcement that there was cake.
Ismael Bojang and Eric Wasserson were two of the players who quickly headed toward the table, as well as Jason Mercier, who insisted that it was a present for his wife Natasha.
Brandon Shack-Harris? No such luck. By the time he had gotten to the table, the cake was gone, eliminated from the tournament by hungry mixed-game players.