Moments after sending Mike Allis to the rail, Russell Crane has joined him in elimination.
The deed was done by Rodger Johnson, who took his up against Crane's after a preflop volley of raises.
The flop came , adding flush possibilities to Johnson's arsenal of outs, but the on the turn missed him. The river did not miss, however, coming , and with a king-high flush Johnson added the rest of Crane's stack to his own.
Picking up the action after a flop, Kane Kalas (UTG) called 175,000 from Ed Robertson (small blind) to see the turn.
Robertson checked to Kalas who bet 453,000, but that was met with a check-raise all in from Robertson. Kalas snap-called all in for about 1.1 million with , but his flopped set was trailing Robertson's turned set of .
The river was no help to Kalas, sending the massive pot Robertson's way.
However, he lost about 600,000 to Dan Kelly the next hand.
After grinding his short stack in admirable fashion for much of the day, earning thousands of extra dollars in payout jumps in the process, WSOP Circuit regular Michael Carroll was eliminated just before the dinner break.
After open-shoving for his last 85,000, Carroll was called by Sukhpaul Dhaliwal and his . Carrol was in dominant position with his , but a flop put him in a bad spot.
The fell on the turn, making things interesting as Carroll picked up outs to both a chop and the win, but a on the river brought no such luck. He heads to the cashier's cage to collect $32,882 payout.
After the eliminations of Christopher Moon Jr. and Jake Schindler, only 27 players remain. A total redraw will take place when the players return.
Also, Just before the dinner break started, Sean Rafael doubled up with pocket queens against Andrew Badecker's pocket kings when Rafael turned a straight.
With the shortest stack entering three table play, Andrew Badecker was forced to make his stand with , pushing all-in for his last 164,000 from early position.
Next to act, Sean Rafael made the call with , and the two were off to the races.
Flop:
Turn:
River:
Rafael's jacks held up through five board cards, and Badecker was eliminated in 27th place, which is good for a payday of $40,931.