Ryan Laplante is one of the first players who walked off to the payout desk to collect money. The bracelet winner finished in 133rd place and received $2,252 for his first WSOP cash of the summer.
Other players that busted in the money are Raymond Henson, Craig Chait, David "Bakes" Baker, and Justin Vold.
Kevin Brewer, Scott Buller, Steve Lustig, and Tony Ruberto all busted. Wellington Draper also busted soon after the bubble burst.
Justin Vold ended up mucking after being unable to beat the high of Jermaine Reid and the low of James Douglas on a board of 
. Reid had 
and won the bigger side pot, while Douglas stayed in contention with the 
.
Left and right on the other tables, though, the players kept busting soon after the bubble burst to see the field reduced to just 127 contenders. A list of casualties is to follow shortly.
Within a few minutes from each other, several players busted and the last of them was Benjamin Scholl. His cards were all but mucked as Denny Axel claimed the entire pot with 
for the nut low and two pair on a board of 
.
According to other players at the table, Scholl had 
for the second nut low and worse two pair to become the last player to leave empty-handed.
Shortly before the bubble burst, Sergey Kosach was all in and at risk against Danny Chang. On a 
board, Chang put Kosach in for his final chips and Kosach called.
Sergey Kosach: 
Danny Chang: 
Kosach got the best both ways: a straight for high and a better seventy-six for low.
Chang, left with around 20,000, after the hand, raised the next hand in the small blind and Douglas Exman defended his big blind. On the 
flop, Exman called a bet from Chang.
The turn was the 
and Chang bet, Exman raised, Chang shoved, and Exman called.
Chang: 
Exman: 
It was a cooler for Exman, who was holding the underfull. The river was the and Exman was left with one big bet.
Team 888 Ambassador & World Series of Poker Bracelet winner Chris Moorman chats with [Removed:139] about the $3k Shootout event, and the upcoming summer.
Moorman's main goal is, of course, to make a final table so he can bring in the oh-so-famous British rail. If you've never seen a British rail in action, well, let's just say the entertainment value is quite high. (As is the stock behind the bar)
On the turn of a board 
, Morty Dennis checked and then raised all in over the top of a bet by Pamela McPeak, who quickly called the extra few chips.
Morty Dennis:
Pamela McPeak: 
Dennis was in excellent shape with the better high and low hand as well as the flush draw, but a cruel on the river gave McPeak the full house and Dennis a bad beat story to tell. One table over, Patrick Gunn also ran out of chips to reduce the field to the last 143 hopefuls.
Nível: 15
Blinds: 1,300/2,500
Ante: 0
The 145 players remaining players are on a 15-minute break.
As the bubble starts to approach, chipleader James Pursley just busted Jason Gooch to extend his chip lead even further. A short stacked Gooch was all in for his final chips and Pursley was building a side pot with Hernan Salazar.
On a 
rundown, Salazar check-called two bets from Pursley, then check-folded the river.
Jason Gooch: 
James Pursley: 
There was no qualifying low hand and Pursley's queens full of kings ended it for Gooch.
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