The Case of the Case Ace
A player at his table raised to 2,000 from middle position, and Elson thought a bit before calling him from the cutoff. That left Elson only about 11,000 or so behind.
The flop came
and Elson's opponent quickly checked. Elson sat in contemplation for a minute or so, then decided to push all in. "Call," came his opponent's response, a bit too quickly for comfort.Elson had
for top pair. But his opponent held 
. "Clubs!" said Elson. Alas, the turn brought the 
and the river the 
, and Elson's day was done.He shook hands with several at the table. "Nice hand, brother!" he told his opponent in the hand with a smile.
And the tournament goes on. Elson is one of over 600 players who we've seen eliminated already today.