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Mike Matusow just made his entrance. No sitting in the audience with the riffraff for him. He marched right up to the stage and leaned over the table. Robbie, who's taking over the announcing, joked into the microphone, "Clear the rail, please!" Matusow gave him the middle finger in response.
Brandon Cantu and Mark Newhouse have also joined the party, but they're content to take seats.
Derric Haynie stayed out of the way for the last hour or so, but he's decided to rejoin the table. He raised to 13,000, and Mike Wattel defended his big blind. Wattel drew one, and Haynie stood pat. Mike checked his new card and bet 20,000, putting the pressure on Haynie. Derric sat motionless for a minute before giving up his hand.
The next hand, Haynie was under the gun. He raised to 13,000 again, and this time, it got through.
While there is a slight delay in the action, here are the updated chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
345,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
||
|
260,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
170,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
145,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
125,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
45,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
Alexander Kravchenko was down to his last 35,000 when it folded to him in the cutoff. He moved all in, and Mike Wattel called on the button. The blinds folded, and Kravchenko drew a card. Wattel stood pat with a 
. Kravchenko showed 
and needed to hit a ten, seven, six, five, or deuce to double up. Instead, he drew a , pairing his hand. The Russian pro was eliminated from his fifth WSOP final table in seventh place.
After stacking Kravchenko, Wattel is up to 310,00 and further increased his chip lead.
Nick Binger opened to 17,000 from middle position and Mike Wattel made the call from the big blind.
Binger drew two, and after Wattel drew one, he fired out 22,000 at the pot.
Binger deliberated for some time before sliding in three stacks to amount to a raise of 55,000.
Wattel continued to shuffle a stack of chips before tossing his cards into the muck to slip to 270,000 as Binger climbs back to 175,000 in chips.
Todd Bui raised to 12,000 under the gun, and only Nick Binger in the big blind came along. Each player asked for one card. Binger checked, and Bui checked behind. "Pair of eights," Binger said. "Pair of sixes," Bui countered, taking the pot with 
.
Someone at the table teased Bui, and he explained his master plan. If one of you had called me and he folded, I would have caught his eight and made an eight-six," Bui said. "I was going for action there."
Level: 20
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,500
The action folded round to Mike Wattel in the small blind and he made it 15,000 to go.
Yan Chen then bumped it up to 40,000 and Wattel made the call with both players drawing one.
Both players then checked as Wattel tabled his to prompt a fold from Chen.
Chen slips to 245,000 as Wattel climbs to 315,000 in chips.
Yan Chen opened to 12,000 from under the gun and Alexander Kravchenko moved all in for 21,500.
Chen made the call and drew one with his up against Kravchenko's 
.
"One line!" stated Chen as he flashed his 
and mucked to see Kravchenko double through to over 45,000 as Chen slips to 297,000 in chips.
The stands are slowly filling in a little. Who is here, you ask? James Bord and Derric Haynie each have a few fans. Nick Binger's brother Michael and friend Rick Fuller are sweating him, and he's gone over to chat with them every few hands. Liv Boeree and Shaun Deeb were here to lend their support earlier but went back to Day 2 of the $1,000 no limit. Dan Shak didn't make it all the way to the actual rail, but he yelled "Go Nick Binger!" from about 10 yards away.
Russian pro Kirill Gerasimov is also in the stands to cheer on Alexander Kravchenko.
