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David Singer has just been eliminated from the Main Event.
Singer found himself all in holding 
against an opponent's 
.
The flop dropped a king and Singer was unable to improve, and consequently was booted from the tournament.
Irish pro Owen Robinson has been eliminated from this year's Main Event courtesy of multiple WSOP finalist Theo Tran.
Robinson had a good start, building his stack up of 29,000 up to 50,000, but when he moved tables and into the orange section, it all went the shape of the pear.
Within moments of arriving, Robinson found 
in the small blind, and with Tran raising it up to 3,200 from UTG+1 and another player flat calling, Robinson decided to come along for the ride.
After everyone checked the 
flop, Tran fired at the 
turn and Robinson shipped it in. Tran made the call with , which not only held, but improved to two pair on the river.
"I should have raised preflop," regretted Robinson in the aftermath. "It's just that it was a new table and I didn't know the players too well."
One player who's quietly worked his way to the top is double-bracelet winner Jesper Hougaard. With 345,000, the Dane (although he showcases a bizarre accent which has developed a British tinge) is right there within the chasing pack and certainly someone we'll be keeping a firm eye on as the day develops.
A player in early position opened to 3,600 before the cutoff moved all in for 28,100. Not to be outdone, Chris Moneymaker reshoved his last ~33,000 from the button, and that was enough to fold the first raiser (who said he had an ace) and get Moneymaker heads up with a chance at the knockout.
Showdown
Cutoff: 
Moneymaker: 
The board frowned on the former world champ, coming 
. Ace-king is no good, and Moneymaker has been crippled all the way down to just 5,000 lonely chips.
With the board reading 
, Sammy Farha was faced with an all in bet of 30,200 with about 30,000 in the middle already. Farha tanked for a bit, but eventually made the call and a third player behind him folded.
Showdown
Mr. Shover: 
Farha: 
Farha needed one of the three remaining nines to make a better straight, but the 
on the river paired the board and changed nothing. Farha is still very healthy though, sitting with 220,000 chips.
From under the gun, Frank Kassela opened to 3,300 and was called in three spots as the dealer spread the 
flop.
The action was checked through to see the small blind fire out 10,500 when the turn landed the .
Kassela was the only caller as the river landed the and both players checked it through.
Kassela tabled his 
and the small blind mucked to see Kassela pushed the pot to climb to 180,000.
"Horrible river right there!" Kassela stated.
"I should be happy I won anyway!" he added before the next hand began.
We got to the scene to see Edward Brogdon and an opponent involved in a hand with a board reading 
.
Brogdon's opponent checked, Brogdon bet and then called when his opponent moved all in.
Brogdon was happy with his call, showing 
, which was ahead of his opponent's . However the river came down 
and Brogdon's hand finished second-best, leaving him out of chips.
Ricardo Fasanaro has been enjoying a nice rush here in the early going today. We recently passed by his table as he was stacking up yet another pot, enough to push him above the 500,000-chip mark.
A return trip found Fasanaro involved in a big hand with Jean Robert-Bellande. The hand had reached the turn when we arrived, with the board showing 
and about 55,000 already in the middle. Fasanaro checked, and Bellande took his time before betting 25,000. Fasanaro looked to see how much Bellande had left -- about 120,000 -- and made the call.
The river brought the 
. This time Fasanaro bet 16,300. Bellande sat with an anguished look, then began moving his chips around. "You have a straight?" he asked.
Finally Bellande carved out calling chips, then, announcing he was raising, added another 78,000 to his bet for a total of 94,300.
Now it was Fasanaro's turn to look anguished. After a minute or so, he made the call, tabling for the flush. But Bellande had him beat with for the full house.
"Whew!" said Bellande afterwards, saying he actually didn't want to see that river card. "If anybody can catch a straight flush, it's this guy," he said, alluding to Fasanaro's recent run-good.
After that one, Fasanaro falls back to about 375,000, while Jean-Robert moves up to 318,000.
The gentleman in the cutoff raised to 3,000 and received three calls from assortedly the button, David Chiu in the small blind and the gent in the big blind.
They saw a 
flop and it checked around to the button who bet 4,500. Chiu called, and once the other two players had folded, they were heads up to the turn.
The turn was the and Chiu check-called another 5,500 before checking again on the 
river. This time his opponent checked behind, and they turned their cards over.
Button: 
Chiu:
"Ooh, the eight plays," said Chiu, and indeed it did.
Chiu won another decent-sized pot the next hand as well, and is now at 160,000.
Steve Billirakis opened to 3,000 and Kevin Gates made the call from the big blind.
The flop of 
was greeted with a 6,000-chip bet from Billirakis as Gates check-called to see the land on the turn.
Both players checked it through to see the 
land on the river and Gates check the action over to Billirakis.
Billirakis thought for a little before firing out 10,000 as Gates quickly mucked while slipping to 556,000.
Billirakis tabled his and collected the pot to move to 174,000 in chips.
"You did show absolute air right?" asked one of the players on the table.
"I flopped a flush" commented a blunt Billirakis.
