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As Phil Collins chipped up to more than 10 million on the feature table after eliminating Lance Steinberg, Eli Elezra moved the last of the last of his money into the middle on the secondary feature table with 
, only to run into the 
of Jared Vengrin.
The board ran out ace-high and that signalled the end of Elezra's run in the 2011 WSOP Main Event.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
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Eliminato | |
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It's an exciting time for the 100 players who remain. As one player told us during the last break -- employing understatement -- "This is pretty fun."
Of course, one of those 100 -- Andrew "Foucault" Brokos -- is well familiar with the feeling.
This marks Brokos' third time has made the top 100 in the WSOP Main Event, having finished 35th in 2008 and 87th in 2010. In fact, Brokos has cashed five of the last six years in the Main Event, a feat which is very likely unmatched among all the many thousands who've played the event since 2006.
PokerNews' own Lynn Gilmartin talked to the author of The Mental Game of Poker, Jared Tendler, who shared a tip out of his book during the 42nd Annual World Series of Poker Main Event. Check it out:
Fred Berger was all in for his last 985,000 with 
and hoping to hold versus Frank Calo's 
. The board ran out 
, and Berger doubled to 1.95 million. Calo now has 725,000.
At almost exactly the halfway point of Level 24, there are now 100 players still alive in the WSOP Main Event.
Action folded to Bryan Follain and he raised to 68,000. Aaron Jones reraised to 199,000. Play got back to Follain and he paused for a little bit before moving all in. About two seconds passed before Jones said, "I... will... call."
Jones: 
Follain: 
"Keep it black! Keep it black, Trav!" yelled out Follain to the dealer Travis.
"I haven't used my one time, but I'm going to use it right now," said Jones.
"Black!" yelled Follain as the dealer prepared the flop.
"I'll take a flush draw," said Jones.
The flop came down 
and Jones only had one diamond. The turn was the 
and now Jones had a sweat with two diamonds on board. Unfortunately for him, the river was the 
and not what he was looking for. Jones was eliminated while Follain moved to 6.6 million in chips.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
6,600,000
975,000
|
975,000 |
|
Eliminato |
Philipp Gruissem got all in preflop for 774,000 holding 
and was at risk against the 
of Stuart Tuvey. Gruissem was in rough shape, but the 
flop quickly brightened his day. The 
turn was no help to Tuvey, and neither was the river.
Gruissem managed to pull one out of his hat to take the hand and double to 1.65 million. Tuvey dropped to 2.1 million.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
2,100,000
-1,100,000
|
-1,100,000 |
|
1,650,000
1,105,000
|
1,105,000 |
|
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We're not sure of the betting, but we do know that Thomas Pedersen wound up all in preflop in the small blind for his last 410,000 and was squaring off against Sam Barnhart in the big.
Showdown
Pedersen: 
Barnhart: 
Barnhart was ahead and stayed there on the 
flop; however, the 
turn did provided Pedersen with an open-ended straight draw. Barnhart, who won the first bracelet of the year by winning the $1 Million National Championship, has been running well and continued that streak by dodging the river, which was the 
.
Pedersen missed his draws and was eliminated from the tournament. Barnhart is up to 3.5 million.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
3,500,000
710,000
|
710,000 |
|
Eliminato |
Another preflop all-in confrontation to report between a below-average stack and a big one. In this case, Ara Melikian had the short stack, committing his last 388,000 with . And Tyler Bonkowski had the larger stack, looking to knock out Melikian with .
The flop came 
, giving Bonkowski a set of queens. The on the turn provided a ray of hope for Melikian, but the fell on the river, sending him out just shy of the top 100.
Bonkowski now has about 3.6 million.
Bryan Devonshire raiased to 68,000 and was called by Sorel Mizzi in the small blind. The big blind decided to tag along as well to see the flop of 
. All three players checked and the turn brought the 
.
Mizzi led out for 135,000 and the big blind got out of the way. Devonshire made the call and the hit the river. Mizzi pushed out 325,000 and Devonshire tanked for about a minute before finally making the call. Mizzi turned up 
for nines full of jacks and Devonshire could only say "It's good," with a laugh. Devonshire is down to 4,200,000 in chips.
