Event #54: 10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT Championship

Jamal Kunbuz raised to 75,000 from UTG, Jeffrey Papola raised to 154,000 from middle position and Kunbuz called. The flop was      . Kunbuz checked, Papola moved all in for 185,000 and Kunbuz called. Papola     Kunbuz     The turn was the  , the river was the   and Kunbuz knocked out Papola with a set of queens. He finished in 90th place, good for $64,333. After the hand, Kunbuz was up to 3,636,000.

Michael Carroll has just doubled through Alex Outhred with all the chips in preflop with Carroll's    up against the    of Outhred. The board fell       and Carroll doubles to 790,000 with Outhred falling to 310,000.

Geoffrey Herzog got the rest of his chips all in preflop against Mark Ketteringham, his     dominating Ketteringham's    . The flop, though came down      , pairing Ketteringham's six. The turn was the   and the river was the   making him sixes full and eliminating Herzog. "This is why I make a living at this-- because of plays like that," said Herzog as he hit the rail in 92nd place. "Please don't break this table for a couple of hours," begged Phil Hellmuth, who was not involved in the hand, but voiced his opinion nonetheless.

Sean Davis opened with a raise to 75,000 before Matusow shoved over the top for a total of 545,000. The action folded around and Davis quickly called. Matusow:    Davis:    "I found the ten-five ladies and gentlemen!" said Matusow, displaying a quiet confidence that he could find his way out of the mess he'd just gotten himself into. The crowd were on their feet as the flop fell     and Matusow spiked a pair to roars of delight from his fans! The turn was the the   and river the  , as the chants of "Mikey! Mikey! Mikey!" broke out around the room as Matusow found a remarkable double-up to jump up to 1.1 million in chips. "I shifted gears at the right time baby! I feel GOOD!"

Mike Matusow opened from early position to 76,000 before Daniel Buzgon raised it up to 200,000 from the cutoff position. It folded back around and Matusow snap-called -- the first time he has called such a reraise all day. The flop came     and Matusow checked to Buzgon who instantly moved all in. Matusow quickly folded, as he gets off to a rocky start after dinner to slip back to 550,000.

Play resumes.

Just before the dinner break, Brandon Cantu took out yet another player. He raised to 70,000 in late position, then called when Markus Feurle reraised all in for 452,000. Cantu had     against Feurle's    . Cantu was all set to walk away from the table when neither player had improved by the turn, but the river came   to make a pair of tens. Feurle was eliminated.

Play will resume in 90 minutes at 9:30pm local time.

Nicholas Sliwinski has become the executioner of his table. On back-to-back hands, he took out two opponents. First he eliminated Darren Grant by raising all in on a board of         after Grant bet 300,000. Grant made the call with     and was way behind Sliwinski's     jack-high straight. Grant couldn't fill up when the river came  . Sliwinski needed a bit more help to take out van Deutekom. Sliwinski raised preflop to 60,000, then called when van Deutekom reraised all in for about 300,000. Sliwinski made the call with    , only to see van Deutekom show    . A queen on the river shipped the pot to Sliwinski and sent van Deutekom home. Sliwinski now has about 2.5 million in chips. His sister is on the rail, and told the female dealer who dealt both hands to Sliwinski, "If my brother doesn't marry you, I will."

Tim Loecke opened with a raise to 60,000 from early position with Alex Outhred calling in the cutoff and Darus Suharto coming along in the big blind. They took a flop of     and Loecke led out for 125,000. Outhred then made it 375,000 to go. Suharto stepped aside before Loecke moved all in. Outhred thought for a few moments before letting his hand go to slip to about 700,000. Loecke has now cracked the two million chip mark.