James Guinther raised to 24,000 in late position and David Cloutier three-bet to 58,000 on the button. Guinther raised all in and Cloutier made the call for his tournament life and the 370,000 that he had.
Guinther:
Cloutier:
Cloutier was on the unfortunate end of a big pocket pair against another and the board provided no help to him as he was eliminated and Guinther crossed the million chip mark.
Michael Castaldo was all in preflop for his last 155,000 and called by Giuseppe Pastura.
Showdown
Castaldo:
Pastura:
No surprise it was another flip, but the was fairly surprising as it hit both players. Pastura had spiked a set and was still out in front, but Castaldo had picked up a royal flush draw. The turn was one pip off from giving Pastura quads, but he wouldn't need it as the fell harmlessly on the river.
Castaldo missed his bevy of outs and was eliminated from the Main Event; meanwhile, Pastura is up to 990,000.
Brian Yoon came in for a rase to 22,000 in middle position, and Kevin "BeLOWaBOVe" Saul reraised to 52,000 in late position. Yoon then tanked for a while before he put in another raise, this one to 120,000. Now Saul went into the tank, and he decided to throw in the call. The ESPN cameras rushed over to the table, as it looked like a big pot was brewing.
The dealer dealt out a flop of , and Yoon bet out 115,000. Saul again went into the tank, and after some time of thought declared himself all in. Yoon SNAP folded, and Saul happily took the chips in, upping his stack to 870,000.
Nathan Meyvis raised to 23,000 in early position and Collin Moshman three-bet to 55,000 in the hijack. Jens Kyllonen then shoved for 356,000 total from the small blind and Meyvis folded but Moshman made the call.
Kyllonen:
Moshman:
Kyllonen had the one hand that Moshman didn’t want to see. The board provided no help to Moshman as he doubled up Kyllonen.
Nachman Berlin was in middle position and opened for 24,000. Peter Feldman was in the cutoff and raised to 128,000. Berlin shoved for 345,000 and Feldman called.
Allen Cunningham has joined the group over at the main feature table, taking the seat left vacant by the recently-departed Mark Dalimore. The five-time WSOP bracelet winner brings a stack of just over 500,000 to his position to the immediate left of Jean-Robert Bellande.
Seat 1 - Allen Cunningham
Seat 2 - Robert Lipkin
Seat 3 - Daniel Negreanu
Seat 4 - Rupert Elder
Seat 5 - Patrick Coughlin
Seat 6 - Evan McNiff
Seat 7 - Zachary King
Seat 8 - Ralph Robinson
Seat 9 - Jean-Robert Bellande
Meanwhile, they are playing eight-handed at the moment over on the secondary feature table as Jody Howe recently eliminated a short-stacked Samuel Golbluff. Meanwhile, it appears Manoj Wiswanathan has dropped a few chips during the first level of play and is now sitting with about 1.45 million.
Gregory Kaplan opened to 22,000 from early position and was called by Ben Tollerene in middle position. Tyler Bonkowski then shoved for his last 193,000 and Kaplan tanked before he folded. Tollerene counted out the chips for a call and then quickly put them in to put Bonkowski at risk.
Bonkowski:
Tollerene:
Bonkowski was in good shape to double up and did just that when the board ran out for his queens to hold.
Andrew Gilmore was all in preflop for his last 285,000 holding and just so happened to run into the of Brian Yoon. The flop did not deliver Gilmore a much-needed ten, and the left him drawing to just two outs headed to the river. Unfortunately for him, the hit the river and put an end to his title dreams.
Fred Berger and Ben Mintz went the flop of . Mintz checked, Berger bet 80,000 and Mintz called. The turn came and Mintz check-called 120,000 from Berger. The river came , Mintz checked a third time and Berger fired out 250,000.
Mintz went into the tank with visible sweat on his brow. After a decent tank he folded and surrendered the pot to Berger.
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board provided no help to him as he was eliminated and Guinther crossed the million chip mark.
was fairly surprising as it hit both players. Pastura had spiked a set and was still out in front, but Castaldo had picked up a royal flush draw. The 
turn was one pip off from giving Pastura quads, but he wouldn't need it as the 
fell harmlessly on the river.
, and Yoon bet out 115,000. Saul again went into the tank, and after some time of thought declared himself all in. Yoon SNAP folded, and Saul happily took the chips in, upping his stack to 870,000.
board provided no help to Moshman as he doubled up Kyllonen.
and Berlin was sent the rail.
flop did not deliver Gilmore a much-needed ten, and the 
hit the river and put an end to his title dreams.
. Mintz checked, Berger bet 80,000 and Mintz called. The turn came 
and Mintz check-called 120,000 from Berger. The river came 
