Scotty Nguyen moved all in from early position for his last 73,000. Action folded to Jesse Decker, who called in the big blind.
Nguyen:
Decker:
Nguyen found some help on the flop, as he picked up a backdoor straight draw and some immediate outs to chop. The turn did him no good though, and the river was also a brick. He shrugged helplessly and headed for payouts.
With the departure of Nguyen, there are no longer any WSOP Main Event champions in the field.
We found Clint Tolbert facing an all-in shove from Julio Belluscio. There was north of 350,000 in the middle, and Belluscio was in the big blind and all in for 261,000. The board read . Tolbert, in the small blind, stood up and rubbed his face after getting the count. He dropped in some chips to call.
Belluscio pounded the table in submission and turned over for a missed gutter on the turn. Tolbert showed .
"Wow, that's a professional call," someone said. "Way to sniff that out."
Dominik Nitsche has mostly been recognized for his online poker skills. Nitsche started out playing online in 2006 and amassed over $3 million in earnings doing so. In 2009, Nitsche took to the felt for the first time, winning an LAPT event for $381,000. Since then, Nitsche has gone on to win three WSOP bracelets and accumulated over $6.7 million in live tournament winnings.
We caught up with Nitsche in the middle of a hand with the board reading . There was around 130,000 in the pot and the action had been checked to Nitsche who bet 150,000. His opponent slid forward a stack of chips for a call and the showed up on the river.
Both players checked the river and Nitsche tabled for the best hand. Nitsche scooped a decent-sized pot and has built him a stack to sit among the chip leaders.
Sarah Herring caught up with him and Sofia Lovgren on the break.
Mickey Craft has a ton of chips and keeps adding to his stack.
Craft just bet 700,000 on the river with the board reading and his opponent, Greg Dyer, was in the tank.
According to Danielle Andersen, who is sitting next to Craft, the action to this point went like this:
Craft checked the flop and Dyer bet 50,000. Yordan Petrov called and Craft called. On the turn, , Craft checked again and Dyer bet 155,000. Petrov called and Craft said raise, but put out less than a raise and was forced to min-raise. Dyer called the 360,000 and Petrov folded.
The river was the and Craft bet 700,000. Dyer tanked for a little and then called. Craft showed for a seven-high straight and won the pot, bringing his stack to roughly 2,800,000.
The very next hand, Michael Addamo shoved all in for 100,000 and Alessandro Borsa called. Craft called from the big blind as well.
The flop came and both Borsa and Craft checked. The turn was the and Craft bet 50,000. Borsa called. The river was the and Craft bet 200,000. Borsa tanked for close to a minute and called for his tournament life. He showed for ace-high and was good to win the side pot from Craft. Craft showed .
The board read and the action was checked to Natasha Mercier who bet 33,000. Her opponent, David Fong, called from the big blind and the completed the board.
Fong checked again and Mercier shoved all-in for her remaining 166,000. Fong went into the tank for a couple minutes but eventually found a call. Mercier showed and Fong tabled to eliminate Mercier.
Carlos Mortensen came into Day 4 very short but did manage to pick up a double up. A couple hands later though, Mortensen put himself at risk again.
Mortensen moved all in with and was called by a player with .
Mortensen nailed the flop, making trip queens but poker is cruel and running hearts with the on the turn and on the river gave his opponent a flush and sent Mortensen to the payout desk.
After eliminating two opponents in quick succession, Jeff Lisandro got into a little spat with the staff about the dealer being unsure about Lisandro's action and Lisandro told the dealer how he felt about the inquiry.
With Lisandro seemingly already on edge, World Series of Poker VP and Tournament Director, Jack Effel asked to speak to Lisandro off the table about a separate issue. Lisandro immediately was unhappy with the request and made sure Effel was well aware.
Effel told Lisandro that the video production team was missing some of Lisandro's cards and Effel asked Lisandro to make sure he was displaying his cards properly.
This seemed to set Lisandro off, saying he was showing his cards and as Lisandro moved back to the table, his voice started to rise, "I'm showing my cards, leave me alone!" Lisandro yelled at Effel.
"Come over here," Effel demanded. "You're on penalty," Effel stated as Lisandro walked away from the table again. "You are completely worked up. I'm trying to get you to calm down."
Lisandro continued to argue his case and asked Effel to tell the video production team what he thought of them.
"Listen to me. You are taking this too far," Effel said trying to get Lisandro off the edge.
"You are aggravating me," Lisandro replied.
"You are aggravating yourself," Effel said as he let Lisandro go back to the table. "We're going to stop it and not talk about this anymore."
Lisandro has since returned to the table and seems to have calmed down a bit.
flop, as he picked up a backdoor straight draw and some immediate outs to chop. The 
turn did him no good though, and the 
river was also a brick. He shrugged helplessly and headed for payouts.
. Tolbert, in the small blind, stood up and rubbed his face after getting the count. He dropped in some chips to call.
for a missed gutter on the turn. Tolbert showed 
showed up on the river.
for the best hand. Nitsche scooped a decent-sized pot and has built him a stack to sit among the chip leaders.
and his opponent, Greg Dyer, was in the tank.
for a seven-high straight and won the pot, bringing his stack to roughly 2,800,000. 
and both Borsa and Craft checked. The turn was the 
.
and Fong tabled 
. 
and was outkicked by Ruijs' 
.
board and the 2009 Main Event winner was eliminated in 948th place ($16.024).
