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Alex Rivera lost the bulk of his stack in a hand where he doubled up Cameron Hamilton and just a couple hands later he moved his short stack all in preflop. David Zeitlin called from the big blind and the hands were tabled.
Zeitlin: 
Rivera: 
The board ran 
and Rivera was eliminated. The clock was paused for a complete redraw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
John Andress could not make it to back-to-back WSOPC Caesars Atlantic City Main Event final tables.
Besnik Ziba opened to 40,000 from middle position, Eugene Fouksman called in late position, and John Andress moved all in for his last 300,000 or so. The action folded to Ziba, who mucked as well, and Fouksman snapped it off.
Showdown
| Fouksman |   |
| Andress |  |
The queens held as the board ran 
, sending Andress to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
785,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Chris Lovett moved all in preflop in early position and Garry Gates called behind. The blinds released and the hands were tabled.
Gates: 
Lovett: 
The board ran 
and the higher set took the pot and sent Lovett to the rail.
Chris Lovett opened to 32,000 from the cutoff, and Josh Brikis three-bet jammed for 181,000 on the button. The blinds released, and Lovett went deep into the tank. Eventually he made the call, but was dominated.
Showdown
| Brikis |  |
| Lovett |   |
Brikis made a pair of aces on the 
flop, but it actually gave Lovett an extra out. The turn () and river (
) were both bricks however, and Brikis doubled to nearly 400,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
395,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
Vinny Pahuja started the action by raising to 35,000. Aaron Overton three-bet to 70,000, Besnik Ziba moved all in for close to 700,000, and Pahuja called. Overton released, and we were off to the races.
Showdown
| Pahuja |  |
| Ziba | |
Pahuja's queens held as the board came 
, and he doubled to more than 500,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
520,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
|
420,000
159,000
|
159,000 |
David Zeitlin opened for 32,000 and Edward Pham shoved from the small blind. Justin Liberto folded his big blind and action passed back to Zeitlin and he called.
Pham: 
Zeitlin:
The board ran and Pham had to make the long, lonely walk to the payout cage.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
Busted |
Greg Brletich opened to 40,000 on the button, and Tyler Kenney three-bet to 105,000 from the small blind. Brletich tank-called, and the dealer fanned 
. Both players checked.
The turn was the , and Kenney led for 93,000. Brletich thought for half of a minute, then announced, "all in." Kenney snapped it off.
Showdown
| Kenney | |
| Brletich | |
Kenney dodged a six when the completed the board, and doubled to more than 1 million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,205,000
759,000
|
759,000 |
|
51,000
-756,000
|
-756,000 |
Cameron Hamilton started the hand by opening for 36,000, Alex Rivera called, Ryan Higgins called, Ryan Eriquezzo shoved from the button and Justin Liberto called the all in from the big blind. With so much action preflop Hamilton, Rivera and Higgins all folded and let the other two go to showdown.
Eriquezzo: 
Liberto: 
The board ran 
and Eriquezzo doubled up with his set. Hamilton and Rivera said they folded pocket sevens and jacks respectively. Then Higgins announced he folded 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
860,000
439,000
|
439,000 |
|
||
|
530,000
-363,000
|
-363,000 |
|
||
Vinny Pahuja open-jammed his last 144,000 chips, and Jeremy Halaska looked him up from the blinds.
Showdown
| Pahuja |  |
| Halaska |   |
The flop kept Halaska out in front, but the on the turn gave Pahuja a leading pair of jacks. The paired the board on the river, and Pahuja doubled to around 300,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
305,000
159,000
|
159,000 |
|
160,000
-230,000
|
-230,000 |
Cards are in the air and Day 3 is underway.
