A short-stacked Jeremy Joseph moved all in for 505,000 form early position. Action folded to Gert Andersen and he called from late position. The rest of the table passed and the players showed:
Joseph:
Andersen:
The board helped neither player as it ran out . Jeremy Joseph hit the rail in 57th place while Gert Andersen approached the 10,000,000 chip mark.
The players just resumed play and with them safely behind the ropes and tucked in their seats, the spectators were allowed in. They poured through the doors at the opposite end of the room and those wanting to get the choicest seats around the ESPN TV table started walking, then walking faster, then jogging, until the Amazon Room looked like the starting line of the Boston Marathon.
"No running!" floorman Chris Spears barked into the microphone as poker fans young and old hustled to the stage. But the pace slowed and we didn't see a mob scene at the entrance of the final table stage.
Mike Matusow has again been pretty tight today but just before the break he found a good spot to gamble, getting all his chips in with against the short-stacked Jeremy Gaubert who held .
The flop came and Matusow jumped from his chair and screamed "Did I tell you? Did I tell you? They can't beat me!!!"
The turn and river bricked , and Matusow takes down the pot to move up to 2.4 million chips and eliminate Gaubert in 58th place.
After the hand, a fan from the rail yells out "YES! I got money on you Mikey!"
Joe Bishop opened with a raise from middle position to 105,000 and David Saab made the call in the big blind.
Saab checked in the dark as the flop came and Bishop checked behind. The turn was the and Saab led out for 125,000. Bishop made the call. The river was the and Saab fired out 200,000 with Bishop calling once more. Bishop showed which was good to take down the pot, as Saab slipped to 1.15 million.
Next hand Albert Kim raised to 90,000 from the button and Saab made it 225,000 from the small blind. Kim made the call. The flop came and Saab led for 200,000. Kim moved all in and Saab snap-called with to hold the best hand against Kim's .
The turn brought the and river the and, after taking a hit, Saab finds a double to move up to around 2.3 million, with Kim now back to 5.6 million
After Paul Snead raised to 90,000 Mauro Lupo made the call. Justin Sadauskas moved all in from the big blind and Snead snap-called. After Lupo got out of the way Justin learned why Snead called so fast, as Paul's had his in deep trouble. Even though he was well ahead Snead didn't feel comfortable--he walked to the rail and held hands with his wife.
But there was nothing for him to worry about, as the board ran out and Sadauskas was eliminated.
Michael Carroll raised to 90,000 from middle position and Mark Owens moved all in for 429,000 from late position. Carroll made the call and the players showed:
Carroll:
Owens:
It was a race situation and Owens came up short when the board ran out . Owens was eliminated in 60th place while Carroll climbed to about 1,200,000 chips.