With the board already reading a player pushed all in for his last 1,600 chips and Chau Giang called. The all-in player held the for an overpair and an open-ended straight draw, but was behind to Giang's for a flopped set. The turn and river brought the and which were of no help to the all-in player and he was eliminated although didn't seem terribly upset about it.
"I said if I was going to get busted, I wanted it to be by this guy," he said as he put his arm aroung Giang. He asked Giang if he could take a picture with him and Giang agreed.
Only about ten minutes after taking his seat, we caught up with Greg "Fossilman" Raymer while he was involved in hand.
The board read and Raymer's opponent had fired a bet of 1,000 into the 2,000 chip pot.
Raymer removed his trademark reptilian glasses and sighed before mucking his cards. His opponent flashed the to the table before collecting his chips and Raymer is now down to just over 1,000 chips.
As is the custom of many professional players, many of the more well known players in the field have just arrived to the Pavilion area and jumping into the fray.
A player in early position raised to 225, the small blind called, and David Williams re-raised all in for a total of 1525. The original raiser called and the hands were tabled.
Williams:
Opponent:
The board didn't favor Williams when it ran out and he was eliminated from the tournament.
During one of our long strolls around the Pavilion Room, we ran into Paul "X-22" Magriel sitting at one of the hundreds of tournament tables. His distinctive call of "quack, quack" while making a bet drew our attention and we asked X-22 for a quick chip count. Magriel sits with approximately 6,200 chips and is in comfortable shape as we head to our first break.
Although we missed the betting action, right before the break we caught Konstantin Buecherl all in preflop holding the against another players . The board ran out and Buecherl's day came to an early end.
Layne Flack raised from middle position to 175 and a player in late position re-raised to 400. Flack called and the flop came . Flack checked, the other player bet 600 and Flack instantly shoved all in. The other player quickly called and Flack found that his was behind to his opponent's . Flack would have to catch a king or a spade to stay alive and the turn did bring the giving Flack a flush and the win.
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a player pushed all in for his last 1,600 chips and Chau Giang called. The all-in player held the 
for an overpair and an open-ended straight draw, but was behind to Giang's 
for a flopped set. The turn and river brought the 
and 
which were of no help to the all-in player and he was eliminated although didn't seem terribly upset about it.
and Raymer's opponent had fired a bet of 1,000 into the 2,000 chip pot.
and he was eliminated from the tournament.
and Buecherl's day came to an early end.
. Flack checked, the other player bet 600 and Flack instantly shoved all in. The other player quickly called and Flack found that his 
giving Flack a flush and the win.
