Dropping Like Flies
Tom McEvoy was responsible for one recent elimination. His out-raced an opponent's pocket sevens, hitting his queen twice on a board of . That elimination broke McEvoy's table, but not before pushing his chip count to 40,000.
One player thought he was eliminated but turned out to have his opponent barely covered after losing an all-in confrontation. Massimo Reynaud had to be called back to the table -- "Hey, you've got chips still!" one player said -- after he had his opponent out-chipped by 1,600 chips. He was already on the rail, gesticulating and speaking rapid-fire Italian to a railbird friend who could only shake his head. Clearly a bad-beat story.