Alban Juen has lost his chip lead to the man seated directly to his left, Darren Rabinowitz.
Juen bet 20,800 into a 47,000 pot on a board and Rabinowiitz moved all in for 76,100 in total. Alban went so far into the tank that the clock was called on him and with 30 seconds remaining before his hand was declared dead, Juen called.
Rabinowiitz showed for the nut flush and Juen mucked his hand.
Mike "Sir_Watts" Watson is almost at 100,000 chips thanks to a flying start here on Day 2.
Watson opened to 2,500 in the hijack and Sachin Ramrakhani called in the small blind. Ramrakhani then check-called a 3,000 continuation bet on the flop and then a 7,500 bet on the turn. The river was the and Ramrakhani checked again. As he did so, the tournament director instructed his dealers to deal the hand they were currently in and then pause as the tournament is now being played hand-for-hand. Moments later, Watson moved all in for 86,000 (effective 33,000) and Ramrakhani folded.
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Hoa Luong opened to 3,000 from UTG+1 and Humberto Brenes three-bet to 9,000 from early position. Squanto Oakley then four-bet to 23,000 from middle position, which folded Luong out.
Brenes called us to his table and said in his distinctive accent, "Humberto's going all in!" at which point he took out a coin and flipped it. As the coin hit the felt he moved all in. Oakley called.
Oakley:
Brenes:
The board ran out and Brenes doubled up. As Brenes was stacking his chips after winning with aces, another player at the far side of the room had his aces cracked and became the unfortunate soul who burst the bubble. The surviving players are now guaranteed at least $2,773 for their efforts.
Amanda Musumeci opened to 2,600 from early position but folded when she saw Mark Defaria three-bet to 5,600 and then the small blind four-bet to 12,600. Once Musumeci was out of the way, Defaria moved all in and the small blind snap-called.
Defaria:
Small Blind:
The flop put Defaria in the lead and he stayed there as the turn and river were the and .
Harrison Gimbel is up among the chip leaders thanks to a blistering start here in Event #54. Gimbel is up to 190,000 chips thanks in part to a pot he just took down over on table 444.
Daniel Landriault raised to 4,000 in late position and Gimbel three-bet to 8,200 from the cutoff. The button and blinds folded but Landriault decided to stick around. In fact he did more than that, he moved all in for an additional 30,000 and Gimbel called.
Landriault:
Gimbel:
Gimbel's pocket nines stayed best on the flop and then became unbeatable when the landed on the turn. The meaningless completed the board and confirmed Landriault's demise.
Gimbel won the 2010 PCA Main Event and came close to a bracelet in 2012 when he finished fourth in the $1,500 Ante-Only tournament. He has given himself a great chance of beating that impressive WSOP finish here in 2013.
board and Rabinowiitz moved all in for 76,100 in total. Alban went so far into the tank that the clock was called on him and with 30 seconds remaining before his hand was declared dead, Juen called.
for the nut flush and Juen mucked his hand.
flop and then a 7,500 bet on the 
turn. The river was the 
and Ramrakhani checked again. As he did so, the tournament director instructed his dealers to deal the hand they were currently in and then pause as the tournament is now being played hand-for-hand. Moments later, Watson moved all in for 86,000 (effective 33,000) and Ramrakhani folded.
and Brenes doubled up. As Brenes was stacking his chips after winning with aces, another player at the far side of the room had his aces cracked and became the unfortunate soul who burst the bubble. The surviving players are now guaranteed at least $2,773 for their efforts.
flop put Defaria in the lead and he stayed there as the turn and river were the 
and 
flop and then became unbeatable when the 
landed on the turn. The meaningless 
completed the board and confirmed Landriault's demise.