We found Andy Philachack all in and at risk before the flop holding . He was behind the of Kyle Myers and looking for help on the flop.
Philachack found exactly that when he paired his ace on the flop of . The turned and the rivered, thus securing a double for Philachack. He's now sitting on about 155,000 in chips.
Just before break, Eddy Sabat and Joe Serock tangled in a pot. Sabat opened to 8,000 from middle position, Serock called in the cutoff, and Maxim Panyak defended his big blind. The flop fell , Panyak checked, and Sabat continued for 11,000. Only Sabat called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. Sabat fired 29,500, and Serock quickly called. Sabat rolled over , and won the pot.
Action folded to Paul Volpe in the small blind and he went all in for about 50,000. Nicolas Godoy called from the big blind and tabled , leading Volpe's .
The flop came down to give Godoy a commanding lead. Volpe picked up a lot of outs with the turn, but the river officially ended his Main Event.
We saw Team PokerStars Pro Joe Cada standing at the payout desk, which meant that he had been eliminated from the 2013 PCA Main Event. We asked Cada what happened, and he was kind enough to fill us in on the details.
According to him, he opened from early position with and was met by a three-bet to 30,000 from the player in the small blind. Cada responded by moving all in for roughly 130,000, and the small blind made a quick call with . Cada couldn't get lucky as the board ran out clean and finished in 120th place for $18,000.
Jake Cody opened to 10,000 from the cutoff only to be re-popped by Mark De Faria in the small blind. It was 18,000 back to Cody and he called to see a flop.
The dealer fanned and De Faria checked. Cody checked right behind and the hit fourth street. Two more checks and the dealer brought the on the river. De Faria tapped the table for a third time and Cody took a stab with 18,000. He received a call and Cody meekly showed for just seven-high. De Faria flipped up ladies - - and dragged in the pot.
Fabian Quoss was all in and at risk preflop for 120,000 or so with . Patrick Kelly had him at risk with , but before the dealer proceeded, she wanted to make sure that Quoss was actually all in.
Kelly had slid a 100,000-chip tower of blue T5,000 chips across the line, and thinking that it was enough to put him all in, Quoss pushed a few chips forward and turned his cards over. Kelly turned his cards over as well. The tournament director present ruled that Quoss was indeed all in due to accepted action, and the dealer proceeded.
The flop was , and despite being two-outed, Quoss looked unfazed. The turn and river came , respectively, and the German was eliminated.
Kelly pulled in the pot, and now has around 400,000 chips.