All the money went in before the flop with Schnabel's dominating Navarette's . The was a killer for Navarette and when the board ran out he was eliminated early on Day Four.
Alex Tinsley has found an early double-up through Hasan Habib. With all the chips in preflop, Habib held a slight lead with his up against the of Tinsley.
The board arrived to give Tinsley a pair of aces and the pot to double up to about 80,000 chips.
Jason Glass opened from middle position with a raise to 12,500. Russ Silva moved all in from the cutoff seat for 50,000 total and when action folded back to Glass, he made the call. The players showed:
Silva:
Glass:
The board helped neither player as it came and Silva doubled up to just over 110,000 chips leaving Glass with around 450,000.
No doubt quite a few players were out last night celebrating the fact that they cashed in the Main Event. One such player is sitting at Table 6 and looking a little green around the gills, and he asked the dealer, "If I throw up on the table, is that a penalty?"
On one of the very first hands of play at his table, Greg Peters got his remaining chips all in preflop holding vs. Lonnie Heimowitz's . Heimowitz had Peters well covered.
The flop was .
"Ace, king, jack!" called Peters, praying for one of his outs to hit.
The turn, though was the , the river was the and Peters was eliminated.
Just before Jena Phillips, this year's WSOP Dealer of the Year, made the call to "Shuffle up and deal," Phil Gordon spoke briefly, inviting the remaining 474 players to consider donating one percent of their winnings to the charity he sponsors, Bad Beat on Cancer.