We only caught the aftermath of the hand, but we know that Nam Le got the rest of his 42,000 in preflop with , but he ran into the of Claudia Crawford. The board ran down , and Le was unable to catch up.
It's been a tough day for Crawford, who started the day with over 230,000. She was down to under 50,000 earlier in the day, but after that win, she's back up to 106,000.
We found David Singontiko in the small blind at the turn with just one opponent. The board was , Singontiko checked and his opponent bet 26,600.
Singontiko called and the river came . Singontiko checked again and his opponent bet 41,600. Singontiko re-checked his hole cards, thought for a minute and then verbally called.
His opponent tabled for jacks and sevens and Singontiko tabled for jacks and sevens with an eight kicker. He took the pot and is within shouting distance of 300,000.
A short-stacked George Leandrou of Astoria, New York got all in preflop only to be called and dominated by Stephen Cesaro.
Showdown
Cesaro:
Leandrou:
The flop gave Leandrou some runner-runner flush options, but the took that away. With that said, he did pick up a gut-shot straight draw, though it failed to materialize as the appeared on the river.
"Nice hand," Leandrou said before taking his leave. Meanwhile, Cesaro flashed a big smile to what appeared to be his girlfriend on the rail.
Here are some counts from the Purple section, at the bottom of which you'll find Gabe Kaplan listed as having busted.
Kaplan made a brief visit into the Purple section with his short stack before his elimination a short while ago. Unfortunately for the Welcome Back, Kotter star, he earns the same prize here that he won back in 1980 when he final tabled the WSOP Main Event and finished sixth — zip.
Zachary Hall, who's still sporting a rainbow-colored umbrella on his head, opened to 5,300 from middle position. A gentleman called him on the button, the blinds released, and the dealer fanned . Hall continued for 12,000, and the man immediately called.
The turn was the , and Hall slowed down, checking the player on the button, who immediately fired 25,000. Hall moved all in, and the player folded.
We just caught the action of two hands over on Table 28, with Ari Engel involved in both and Joseph Cheong involved in one.
We arrived at the table with a small pot building and a board on the felt. Engel was involved in the hand with one opponent and the action was Engel. He bet 5,200 and his opponent called. Engel then tabled , which was enough to scoop up the pot.
The very next hand saw Cheong open up the pot 5,000 from the hijack. The player in the small blind made the call, along with Engel in the big blind. The flop was spread out on the table and the action was checked to Cheong. A bet of 7,000 was sent splashing into the pot and Cheong's opponents let go of their hands, sending the pot to Cheong.
We saw a dejected Leif Force slammed his down on the table, and we saw that he was up against a shorter stack's all in preflop. The board ran out clean for the aces, coming , and Force shipped about 40,000 over to his opponent.
We just made a quick excursion over to the Blue section where those three tables are set up all by themselves, giving ESPN lots of room for shooting hands. We're calling it the "Blue" section as that was what that corner of the Amazon room was formerly called, although now the signs referring to it as such have been removed. In essence there are five feature tables — the main one in the "mothership," the secondary feature, and the three in Blue.
At the first table, Vanessa Selbst was involved in yet another tense hand that ended with her scooping a small pot to add further to her stack. Alex Jacob is sitting at that table as well with a slightly above average stack.
The middle table finds Shaun Deeb continuing to sport a top five stack with more than 540,000. Erick Lindgren and Katie Dozier are both there, too, with less than average chips.
Finally start-of-day chip leader Gaelle Baumann has been battling at the far table all afternoon. During our tour, Baumann had been checked to following the river with the board showing . She pushed out a bet of 36,000 into a pot roughly three times that size, and after a good bit of thought her opponent called, turning over . His small pair was good as she mucked her hand.
Baumann still has over 450,000, however, despite that hit.
Randy Haddox opened for a raise from under the gun, Andrew Moreno three-bet to 12,600 on the button, and the blinds released. Haddox responded with a four-bet to 32,400, and Moreno five-bet to 82,600.
Haddox screwed up his face and reached for orange T5,000 chips, but never committed them. He opted to fold, and asked Moreno to, "Show a four."
Moreno shook his head. "Why would I give you information when you win every pot?"
Haddox grinned. "Apparently, I don't."
Earlier today, Sarah Grant caught up with Kristy Arnett's better half: