Cries of "oh, my god, oh my god," caught our attention and we saw a completed board of . Josh Mammon's pocket tens laid face up in front of him, missing the fourth ten necessary to defeat Even Mikkelsen, who had tabled and miraculously rivered quads.
"You need my name for that, right," Mammon questioned as he sat stunned and decimated.
In less than 10 minutes time, the players will head out for a 20-minute break. Upon the conclusion of that break, registration will close and no more entries taken. This also goes for reentries, so if you're planning on gambling and then reentering if you bust now is the time to do it.
British superstar Chris Moorman has got out of first gear and is motoring along with 20,300 chips right now.
Things are going good for Tristan Wade, too. He busted earlier when his his kings lost to pocket threes all-in preflop, but has reentered and now has 7,200 chips in front of him.
It's tough to have just one. JC Tran tweeted earlier that reentry tournaments should be like bars and that he needed to be "cutoff" at five. Then he followed up with this gem.
Germany's Manig Loeser and his girlfriend, Jamila Von Perger, are both competing for the Little One for One Drop title today and are having contrasting days.
Loeser has lost almost half of his stack while Von Perger added almost 50% to hers.
Rumors that whoever busts first has to wash the dishes for a week are unfounded at this time.
Hiren Patel handed over a large percentage of his stack after losing a coinflip to an ace on the river.
Patel's tournament life depended on how his could do against his opponent's and it doing great up to the turn of the turn. Then the completed the board and busted Patel.
"Argh, you got me," Patel said, who has a rebuilding job to do. Otherwise, he will be heading to the cashier shortly to reenter this event, which is exactly what Amanda Musumeci has done on a neighboring table.
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Joe Kuether is up to 9,100 chips after doubling up with a pair of aces versus pocket kings.
The chips were in the middle on the flop, Kuether with and his opponent . A turn and river meant Kuether's hand remained best and he casually added his new chips to his stack.