Roger Stewart opened the action with a raise to 30,000 and Robert Cramer three-bet to 75,000 on the button, only Stewart made the call. On the flop, Stewart checked and then folded when Cramer moved all in for what looked like 145,000. "I gotta give you credit Sir," he said before mucking his cards.
It was a rough last few levels for Kevin Brown and the former top five stack vanished to all but 104,000. Dan Heimiller raised to 27,000 on the button and then called the three-bet shove of Brown one seat over. Heimiller had versus and the flop provided . Another on the turn gave Heimiller the lead and the river blanked.
Deborah Phillips (the other Phillips in the field) has been a quiet yet colourful presence at the table is well placed to make a run for the final few tables. From what we have seen she has been playing fairly tight, so barring any cooers it looks like she is minded to hang on to her chips and implement a considered laddering up strategy.
Marcia Topp was short and had already doubled up once, remaining well below average. She three-bet shoved into the open raise of James Miller and was called by . Topp turned over and the board saw her opponent make quads. Upon leaving the table and wishing everyone best of luck, she said "Main Event here I come."
The stacks are getting pretty shallow now with the average stack of around 260,000 representing only 25 big blinds and those on a lot less have no room for manoeuvre.
As a result we are a lot of all ins and very little post flop play. Those who get their shoves threw are often showing the rest of the table that they had a legitimate big ace.
Dennis Phillips was all in not too long ago and having failed to get any callers he showed the . What his kicker was, he wasn’t telling.
Michael Wilson raised to 20,000 and James Miller moved all in. The dealer threw the black all in button near the position of the WSOP logo on the table and you couldn't really tell from the other side of the table. Miller had not moved a stack forward either to signalize the all in and Richard Lysinger slid forward a 20 stack of T1000 chips for the call.
The floor man was called and ruled that the 20,000 were in the pot but Lysinger wasn't forced to call off but either call or fold. Wilson folded the out of turn because the big blind was also still left to act and James Mallen folded too. Miller showed after Lysinger requested "Show me and tell that I made a good fold."
Two players have busted in the next pay jump already but the names have not appeared yet on wsop.com. One of them was all in with pocket threes and Tanya Gawarecki found in the big blind. The flop provided an ace and the two outer didn't arrive anymore.
It was a rather cruel elimination but Michael Wilson just knocked out a short stack who held . Wilson only had and his king and ten were dead on the flop. Only a nine could score the knockout and the changed nothing but the river gave him the straight. "Yes. I needed that," Wilson said.
At the moment it looks like Kevin Detienne has just drawn clear of the field having knocked another player out quick smart after the break. On another table Dan Heimiller has added a few more but has slipped to second place.
flop, Stewart checked and then folded when Cramer moved all in for what looked like 145,000. "I gotta give you credit Sir," he said before mucking his cards.
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and the flop provided 
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. Topp turned over 
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board saw her opponent make quads. Upon leaving the table and wishing everyone best of luck, she said "Main Event here I come."
. What his kicker was, he wasn’t telling.
after Lysinger requested "Show me and tell that I made a good fold."
in the big blind. The flop provided an ace and the two outer didn't arrive anymore.
and his king and ten were dead on the 
river gave him the straight. "Yes. I needed that," Wilson said.
