Adam Schoenfeld has been eliminated. He lost the bulk of his remaining chips in a hand in which he held 
, an opponent had 
, and the board ran out 
. Left with just five green chips -- 125 total -- he tossed them in the next hand from the hijack, the cutoff raised, and the others folded.
Schoenfeld had 
and his opponent 
. Already with backpack on, he watched the five community cards come 
, and soon departed.
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Shannon Elizabeth has been short-stacked since she moved into the Amazon Room. She has been playing tight and not given us much to go on. We caught this hand with her in a battle of the blinds while she was the big. The flop came 
, small blind checked and Elizabeth bet 400. The small blind called and the turn came . Both players checked and the river came . The small blind bet 1,000 and Elizabeth called.
The small blind turned over 
for the nut flush and Elizabeth mucked, leaving herself with 6,550.
While carousing around the Purple Section of the Amazon Room, we recently came across a man taking a picture of two players in Seats 1 and 2 at Table 355. We thought he was just a railbird, but he turned around and headed to his seat at Table 364.
We followed him to find out what was up.
The gentleman's name is Corey Lieblein, and the two players at Table 355 (Mike Walsh and Adam Krosser) play in the same home game as him in Long Island, New York. They're here in Vegas with four other players, and it's amazing to see three of them sitting so close to each other in a field of 2802 players.
Walsh is at starting stack with 30,500 chips, while Lieblein and Krosser are below, sitting with 18,000 and 12,000 chips respectively.
On the turn of a 
board, Chau Giang check-raised a bet of 1,100 to 3,000 to a player in middle position. His opponent snap-called and then called the 6,000 bet on the 
river that Giang had quickly fired out, the latter mucked and the other player flipped 
for a rivered two pair.
We saw the ESPN camera crew rush toward Phil Galfond's table, which usually indicates that a notable player is all in. When we arrived, we learned that Galfond had raised from the small blind, the big blind shoved, and Galfond called off his short stack.
Showdown
Galfond:
Big Blind: 
The 
flop gave Galfond the nut-flush draw to go along with his overs, making him a favorite to win the hand. An offsuit 
didn't held his cause on the turn, but the on the river completed the said flush and assured Galfond the double. While he has had two recent doubles, "OMGClayAiken" is still short with 13,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,000
7,400
|
7,400 |
In a recent hand at Table 55 a player put out a bet from early position and action folded to John Juanda in the cut off. Juanda moved all in for 13,250, it looked like action would fold back around to the initial raiser, but the big blind announced call, and Juanda was officially at risk as the initial raiser folded.
Juanda then tabled 
while his opponent flipped over 
. It was off to the flop then to see if Juanda would be staying around or making a quick exit here on day 1d. The flop came 
giving Juanda a queen, but essentially knocking out any chance of winning if a king were to fall on the turn or river. The 
on fourth street helped no one and Juanda was going to need a queen and a queen only to stay alive. He received no such luck as the 
rolled off the deck and Juanda was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
||
Over on table 291, six players, including Phil Laak and James Van Alstyne, limped into a pot before the dealer spread a flop of 
.
Van Alstyne checked out of the small blind and the big blind also checked, along with a player under the gun and in middle position before Laak fired out 1,100 from the cutoff. The button player folded, along with Alstyne and the big blind before the UTG and middle position players called, then the three remaining players checked down the turn of the and the river .
The UTG player showed 
for two pair and that was enough to take it down. Laak only took a small hit, but Van Alstyne will have some work to do as he's almost halved his starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
61,100
6,100
|
6,100 |
|
15,900
-7,100
|
-7,100 |
|
||
Joe Tehan is up to about 135,000 after busting an opponent.
As told to us by Tehan, he raised to 700 in the cutoff. The player in the small blind popped it to 1,800, but Tehan came back over the top to 4,000. The small blind wasn't done, though, and made it 7,000 to go. Tehan called and saw an 
rainbow flop hit the board.
A check from the small blind led to Tehan betting 5,500. However, a check-raise was on the small blind's mind as he made it 15,000 to go. Tehan called and when a 
landed on the turn, Tehan's opponent shoved for about 30,000. Tehan called with 
and had nothing to sweat as his opponent tabled for air, making the river meaningless.
Steve "Cuz" Buckner is here today, chomping on his characteristic unlit cigar. Some may remember him from last year's WSOP when he was a Day 1 chip leader and received some coverage on ESPN. As was the case last year, we're hearing lots of table talk from Buckner as he engages his tablemates during and between hands.
Just now came one in which the player in the cutoff opened for 850 and it folded to Buckner in the small blind. "How much you playin'?" he asked his opponent, momentarily removing the cigar from his mouth and leaning forward. Getting the answer (about 20k), he reraised to 2,400. It folded back to his opponent who thought about it, then let his hand go.
Afterward, Buckner leaned behind the player in between the two and whispered to his opponent what he had. "Ace-queen?" said his opponent. "You didn't have a better hand than that?" asked Buckner. "Nah," came the reply, "but that's the second time you've done that to me."
"I'm just tellin' ya the truth," said Buckner, returning his cigar into the corner of his mouth as he received his next hand.
Buckner has some work to do to replicate his Day 1 of a year ago. He's sitting on about 36,000 right now.
Shawn Sheikhan's 2011 Main Event has come to its frustrating conclusion. We watched him stomp past our table and out the door, shaking his head and mumbling to himself. So we figured things had not gone well. The details followed.
It was a 
flop that began the troubles for Sheiky, and he led out with a bet of 2,000 into a pot of about that much. His opponent made it 6,200, Sheikhan shoved for 21,300, and his opponent made the call with . Sheikhan's were well in front for the time being -- and after the turn -- but the river came the to flush him out of the field.
