We caught up with the action on a flop, where Jason Alexander led out for 1,200 from the big blind. He found one caller from a player in middle position.
A fell on the turn and Alexander checked. His opponent fired a 2,025 bet and Alexander called.
Alexander again checked on the river. His opponent looked like he wanted to bet, but rapped the table for a check. Alexander showed for a pair of jacks and his opponent mucked.
On a flop of , Maria Ho's opponent dropped a bet of 775 into the middle. Ho called and they saw the turn come . Her opponent checked and Ho tossed out 1,250. Her opponent made the call and the final card came in the form of the . Once again Ho's opponent checked and once again she pushed out a bet. This time the magic number was 2,700.
After some deliberation, Ho's opponent made the call and she shot her cards quickly toward the muck. Her opponent tabled and was able to win the pot with a pair of nines.
Four players saw the flop where the big blind checked to Jordan Rich in early position who bet 1,200. A player in middle position called but then the button raised to 4,100 total. The big blind folded and Rich quickly moved all in for 16,000 straight.
The middle position player folded and the button went into the tank. The ESPN camera crew was called over but it was all for nothing as the button eventually folded and Rich took down the pot.
Adam Levy, who came 12th in last year's Main Event and 48th in the 2008 Main Event, is out. Levy took hits early on and was grinding the shortest of short stacks all day long before finally being ousted. Levy was down to below 2,000 and had doubled to around 4,000 before this hand.
Preflop, a player in late position raised it up to 800 and Levy re-raised all in for 3,790 and got a call.
Levy:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Levy's hopes for a third deep Main Event run were dashed.
After a rough couple of levels, Doyle Brunson was down to his last 4,375 in chips. Action folded to Steve Costello in late position who raised to 750 and Brunson, who was next to act in the hijack, re-raised all in. Action folded back to Costello who called.
Brunson:
Costello:
With the rail on its feet and the TV crew rushing over to film the action, Brunson was ahead but just barely heading to the flop. Unfortunately for Brunson, the flop came vaulting Costello into the lead with two pair. Brunson would need a lot of help to survive. The turn brought the and the river was the and Brunson was eliminated. He smiled warmly and shook Costello's hand along with the other players at the table before making his exit to applause and cheers from throughout the Amazon Room.
We caught up with the action to see TJ Clouiter lead out for 900 on a flop of . His opponent made the call and fourth street paired the board with the falling.
Cloutier continued the aggression, this time betting 2,000. Once again his opponent made the call and the two men saw the hit the river. Cloutier bet out for a third time, pushing 3,000 into the middle. His opponent looked incredibly discouraged and finally mucked face up, making the assumption to everyone that he thought Cloutier caught the flush on the river.
"You were behind the whole time," remarked Cloutier, showing the table . Cloutier is now up to 46,000.
A player in middle position opened for 675 and was called by Filippo Candio on the button and the player in the small blind.
The flop brought the and the small blind checked, prompting a 1,425 c-bet from the original raiser. Candio called and the small blind folded.
Both players checked the turn. When a came on the river, Candio's opponent checked and Candio fired a small 1,200 bet, which got a quick call out of his opponent.
Candio tabled for a pair of nines and his opponent revealed for a turned pair of queens, which awarded him the pot.
Jani Sointula has seen his chip stack steadily rise all throughout the day, and he has just taken his spot back on top of our leaderboard. We caught the end of a hand against his opponent, where both players went on quite a roller coaster. The two players got the money in on the flop of . Sointula held and his opponent had . Sointula had the big lead, but it didn't last long, as a hit the turn. However, Sointula continued his hot streak today, as a spiked on the river, giving Sointula the hand and boosting his stack over 100k as he scored another knockout.
flop, where Jason Alexander led out for 1,200 from the big blind. He found one caller from a player in middle position.
fell on the turn and Alexander checked. His opponent fired a 2,025 bet and Alexander called.
river. His opponent looked like he wanted to bet, but rapped the table for a check. Alexander showed 
for a pair of jacks and his opponent mucked.
, Maria Ho's opponent dropped a bet of 775 into the middle. Ho called and they saw the turn come 
. Her opponent checked and Ho tossed out 1,250. Her opponent made the call and the final card came in the form of the 
and was able to win the pot with a pair of nines.
flop where the big blind checked to Jordan Rich in early position who bet 1,200. A player in middle position called but then the button raised to 4,100 total. The big blind folded and Rich quickly moved all in for 16,000 straight.
and Levy's hopes for a third deep Main Event run were dashed.
and the river was the 
and Brunson was eliminated. He smiled warmly and shook Costello's hand along with the other players at the table before making his exit to applause and cheers from throughout the Amazon Room.
hit the river. Cloutier bet out for a third time, pushing 3,000 into the middle. His opponent looked incredibly discouraged and finally mucked 
. Sointula held 
