Action folded to Brian Rast in the small blind and he raised to 2,600. Reigning World Series of Poker Main Event champ Ryan Riess responded by moving all in for roughly 25,000 from the big blind, and Rast called him.
Rast:
Riess:
Riess was drawing to just one over, and he was left wanting as the board ran out a dry .
We missed the elimination of Nick Wong, but the man who vanquished him, recent WSOP APAC bracelet winner Sam Higgs, was kind enough to fill us in on what happened.
According to Higgs, he check-raised the turn when Wong bet, and then the two got it all in on the river. Wong had made two pair with , but it was no good as Higgs had turned a wheel.
Jason Gray, who was crippled earlier in the night when his aces fell to Asa Smith's kings, just got his stack all in on the turn against the same opponent. The board read and the following cards were turned up:
Gray:
Smith:
Gray had turned a flush, but he was drawing dead as Smith had flopped a full house. The meaningless was put out on the river for good measure and Gray exited the tournament area.
We're not sure how it happened, but Ti Tran was knocked down to just 1,400 when he got it all in preflop against Jonathan Duhamel.
Duhamel:
Tran:
Tran needed some help, but instead it was Duhamel who hit the flop. The turn improved Duhamel to a full house, which left Tran drawing dead. The meaningless paired Tran, and he couldn't help but laugh that it was too little too late.
Jason Pritchard opened the button with a raise and former Octo-Niner Russell Thomas three-bet jammed for his last 15,000 from the small blind holding the . Unfortunately for him, Michael Egan woke up with in the big blind. Pritchard got out of the way, the board ran out clean, and that was all she wrote for Thomas, who sought consolation from his girlfriend, Kitty Kuo, on the rail.
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, but it was no good as Higgs had turned a wheel.
and the following cards were turned up:
was put out on the river for good measure and Gray exited the tournament area.
turn improved Duhamel to a full house, which left Tran drawing dead. The meaningless 
paired Tran, and he couldn't help but laugh that it was too little too late.
