We got to the table with approximately 8,000 in the pot and four cards in the middle of the table: . The player in the small blind checked to Gavin Griffin who made a bet of 5,200. Griffin then found himself facing a check-raise to 12,100; he called. On the river, Griffin's opponent led out for 12,000 and Griffin tossed out the chips and called. His opponent showed for a ten-high straight.
Griffin tapped the table. "Nice hand," he told his opponent. Griffin, who told our reporter that this is the first tournament he's played this summer, has nearly five million in lifetime tournament cashes and is one of few players who has captured the elusive Triple Crown of Poker (WPT win, EPT win, WSOP bracelet). Despite the hit on this hand, he still has a well above-average stack with 175,000 in chips.
On a board of , Kyle Bowker had a stack of T5,000 chips pushed out in front of him, enough to put Anna Khait all in. She slid her stack in as well after thinking for a bit, and Bowker turned over for aces full.
"Wow," Khait said. "I almost folded, too."
Khait revealed the cooler: for a lower full house.
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The third level of Day 2c is in the books, and that means it's time for the 90-minute dinner break. When players return, they'll play two more levels before bagging and tagging for the night. They will then join the survivors from Day 2a/b under the same roof tomorrow at 12 p.m. local time for Day 3 action. Of course, that's far off. For now, let's head to the dinner break by taking a look back at what transpired in Level 8.
Doug "WCGRider" Polk began the day on a short stack but managed to spin it up a bit in the first two levels of play. Unfortunately for the online star who won a bracelet this summer, his Main Event came to an end when his pocket nines failed to win a race against Yun Fan's big slick. Likewise, Gus Hansen was felled in Level 8 when he got the last of it in with a straight draw on the flop against an opponent who held two pair. Unfortunately, "The Great Dane" failed to get there.
Another player to fall was 2009 WSOP Main Event champ Joe Cada, who was the victim of a rather nasty cooler. It was a tough pill to swallow, but the fact that Cada won a bracelet earlier this summer no doubt helped soften the blow. Speaking of consolation prizes, Argentinean Rafael Saul had to take solace in his home country's World Cup win as his WSOP Main Event came to an end after his opponent made a royal flush.
Table 1 is seated right in front of the PokerNews media desk and it's a tough one. In Seat 1 is bracelet winner Chris Lee. Seat 3 is one of the current big stacks in the tournament, Linglin Zeng.
Well-known top pro Amit Makhija just took his seat right next to Zeng, on her left. Matt Matros is one to Makhija's left and way over in Seat 8 is Adam Levy.
It should be an interesting table the last four hours and one that we'll be able to keep an eye on with its close proximity to our desk.
David "ODB" Baker raised to 5,200 preflop on the button and Jacob Naquin called from the hijack. The flop was dealt and Naquin check-called a continuation bet of 5,300 from Baker.
The turn brought the and once again Naquin check-called a bet, this time for 9,600. The fell on the river and both players checked.
. The player in the small blind checked to Gavin Griffin who made a bet of 5,200. Griffin then found himself facing a check-raise to 12,100; he called. On the 
river, Griffin's opponent led out for 12,000 and Griffin tossed out the chips and called. His opponent showed 
for a ten-high straight.
, Kyle Bowker had a stack of T5,000 chips pushed out in front of him, enough to put Anna Khait all in. She slid her stack in as well after thinking for a bit, and Bowker turned over 
for aces full.
and Naquin check-called a continuation bet of 5,300 from Baker.
fell on the river and both players checked.
and ODB mucked.
