Phan and Ocksrider Among Early In-the-Money Casualties

Ryan Phan and Christopher Ocksrider have just been seen making their ways to the payout desk shortly after the bubble burst. Phan filled in the details on his bust out, saying he was in the big blind with and had a chance to triple versus , but a on the flop had another follow on the turn to spell his elimination.

Ocksrider's elimination came at the hands of "Big John" Lytle. According to tablemate Ark Onikul, Lytle opened to 16,000 in early position and action folded around to Ocksrider in the small blind, who three-bet shoved for close to 200,000. Lytle wasted no time calling and the two were off to the races.

John Lytle:
Christopher Ocksrider:

Ocksrider found no help on the runout and his ace-queen was left second best to result in the end of his tournament at Lytle's expense, who now is closing in on 1.5 million.