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When we arrived at the table the flop was 
, and Shannon Shorr check-called a 20,000-chip bet from his opponent.
The turn card was a 
, and now Shorr check-called a 40,000-chip bet. The river brought a 
to the felt and both players checked.
Shorr saw pocket aces on his opponent hands and mucked. Shorr slipped to 355,000 chips.
David Baker is one of a number of short stacks looking vulnerable as the bubble nears (David Chiu, to name one other). However, Baker isn't hanging around - with an open to 12,000 and a called before him, he pushed all in for around 115,000. Both players relinquished their hands and Baker survived.
Aces vs. kings is never fun, especially when nearing the bubble of the Main Event.
Just ask Spencer Hubbell who was all in for over 200,000 on one of the outer tables in the Blue Section. His 
was dominated by the 
of Kenneth Evanowski, and Hubbell tried his best to will a king from the dealer. The board ran 
however, and he was eliminated from the tournament.
With the knockout, Evanowski is in good shape with over 600,000 chips.
Ian Gordon has just taken a hit after doubling up a short-stacked opponent. All the chips were in preflop with Gordon's 
up against his opponent's 
.
However the board fell 
to pair the queen for the double up. Gordon won a bracelet earlier in this WSOP series in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship and is still on track for his second cash result as he sits with 200,000.
It's crunch time now, with just two tables of eliminations remaining to the money. Carter Phillips find himself down to 140,000 after trying and failing to effect one of those eliminations. A player opened with a standard raise from the button that Phillips re-raised out of the small blind. The button player responded by moving all in for 87,500 more. Phillips called with 
and found himself dominated by the button's 
. The board rolled out 
, no help for Phillips.
Andrew Brown opened by pushing his last 75,500 in the middle, then a player reraised all in behind him. The table folded back around, Brown showed 
, and his opponent showed .
The flop came 
, and Brown was looking for help. The 
on the turn did give Brown a flush draw, but the river was the 
and Brown was eliminated.
Brown's long, difficult day has come to a close. In the top ten to start Day 4, he goes out just about 15 spots shy of the money.
Bryn Kenney raised to 13,000 from middle position, and the cutoff popped it to 37,500. Kenney flatted to see the 
flop. Kenney bet out an intimidating 85,500. That was enough to scare away his opponent. Bryn showed . "Did you flop a flush?" asked a player at the other end of the table. Not exactly. Kenney has 640,000 and a sense of humor.
Tony Dunst has just taken his stack well over the million-chip mark with back-to-back hands and he was ever so kind to give us the scoop on what happened.
According to Dunst, action folded around to the button and he raised to 10,500. Dunst called from the big blind and the two saw a flop come 
. Dunst checked and the button bet 15,000. Dunst check-raised to 50,000 and his opponent called. The turn brought the 
and Dunst fired 75,000. His opponent called again. The river completed the board with the and Dunst fired another bullet to win the pot, but that wasn't the big hand.
On the very next hand, action folded to Dunst in the small blind and he made it 13,500 to go. Isaac Krantz was in the big blind and called. The two of them saw the flop come down 
and Dunst fired 18,000. Krantz raised to 41,000 and Dunst called. The turn was the 
and Dunst check-called a bet of 100,000.
The river completed the board with the and Dunst check-called an all-in shove from Krantz. Dunst held top two pair with 
and won the massive pot worth over 1.1 million in chips.
Dunst now has around 1.12 million. Krantz was left with around 600,000.
$10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em bracelet winner Valdemar Kwaysser got the last of his chips in before the flop, his pocket tens up against . A king hit the flop and an ace fell on the turn, putting his Main Event at an end.
From the button, Phil Galfond opened the pot to 10,500. Ivan del Valle was in the small blind, and he moved all in for his last 60,000 or so. In the big, Zachary Clark called, and del Valle let out a big, "No!" Galfond folded out of the way, and the other two were heads up. It was del Valle at risk, and the news was not good:
Del Valle:
Clark:
There wasn't much for del Valle to sweat on a board of , and he has been eliminated. That moves Clark up to 220,000 now, and we've got 774 players left.
