On a flop of , Roy "the Oracle" Winston checked from the big blind, Eric Sfez bet 2,300, and "Miami" John Cernuto called from the button. Winston then raised all in with his last 9,500. Sfez called, and Cernuto got out of the way.
Winston
Sfez
The turn was the and the river , and Winston is out.
Shirley Rosario unfortunately saw an early end to her Main Event. She was involved in a three-way all in holding pocket aces to her opponents' pocket kings and pocket sevens. A seven hit the flop and Rosario was eliminated.
Following Jason Alexander's exit, he stopped by Ray Romano's table to report on how exactly his aces had been cracked. The pair apparently had a last longer bet of a $1,000, so Romano has now secured a tenth of his buy-in.
On a flop of , a player in early position fired out a bet of 3,000 before Katja Thater raised it up to 11,000. Rep Porter then came over the top of both players for all of his chips. The original bettor folded, and Thater made the call.
Thater:
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The turn was the and river the , as Porter takes the pot to move to 40,000 chips to send Thater to the exit.
The exact details are unclear, but Jordan Morgan took down a pot holding against the of his opponent. Morgan got it all in on a flop of . When the turn and river fell the and respectively, Morgan's aces were best and he doubled to approximately 36,000 chips.
A few players limped in preflop, with Chad Brown being one of them. The flop came down and it checked to Brown. He bet 500 and only Dustin Holmes on the button made the call.
The turn was the and Brown bet out 1,000. Holmes raised to 3,000 and Brown called.
The river was the and Brown checked over to Holmes. Holmes bet 6,000 and Brown called.
Holmes showed for top two and Brown mucked his hand, looking frustrated that he made the call in the first place. He is now down to 11,500.
Jens Voertmann bet 850 on the button. He was raised to 2,700 by Dan Bernstein and made the call. The two men took a flop of , which brought a bet of 4,000 from Bernstein. Voertmann called. Bernstein moved all in for 10,000 when the turn fell and again Voertmann called. Bernstein had pocket aces, which were far ahead of Voertmann's pocket jacks. No love for the Voertmann when the river comes .