Eric Yates raised under the gun to 2,000. Grantland Hillman was next to act and made it 5,600 to go. It folded to Uke Dauti, who went all in for 69,600. It folded back around to Yates, who went into the tank before making the call. Hillman gave it up, and the players showed their cards.
Yates:
Dauti:
This race went from a 50-50 to a slam dunk win for Yates when the flop came . The meaningless turn and river were the and , and Yates scooped the huge pot to up his stack to 150,000.
We came to the table as Josh Brikis and his opponent, Grantland Hillman, were getting it all in on the river with the board showing . Hillman showed for flopped top pair, but Brikis showed for a river set, which was good enough to take the pot and bust Hillman. The hand upped Brikis to 115,000.
Eddie Sabat and Scott Montgomery got into a preflop raising war with Sabat's racing the of the former November Niner.
The board came and Sabat was eliminated as a result. That table, which still has Josh Brikis, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Scott Montgomery, and Brent Hanks, is one of two five-handed tables.
Stanislav Barshak managed to double up to 40,000 with beating Blair Hinkle's but the very next hand, Barshak lost with to Andrew St Jean's when the board came . Hinkle still looks to be the chip leader on this table and the bracelet winner is going to be tricky to beat.
We came to Lex Veldhuis's table with him all in for 20,000 with the flop reading . His opponent Benoit Albiges was debating whether to call or not, telling Veldhuis, "If you could see my cards, you would want me to call." He talked himself into it, and Veldhuis was surprised to see the hand he had been called by.
Veldhuis:
Albiges:
Both players were on draws, but Albiges had the better hand at the moment. That hand improved when the turn came the , and Veldhuis needed a four or nine to win. The river came the , and Veldhuis got up from the table, shaking his head with a puzzled look on his face. Albiges scooped the pot, knocking out the always dangerous Dutchman.
Dan Kelly is up to about 175,000 after knocking out Kevin Grubisic with against on a board.
Meanwhile Jack Ellwood is over the 100,000 mark after Andrew St Jean check-raised all in with on an only for the Englishman to snap-call with and avoid fives on the turn and river.
We caught the action on the flop of . Josh Brikis checked, and Scott Montgomery bet 3,500. Brikis then raised to 11,600, and Montgomery called. The turn brought the , and Brikis open shoved for 48,300. Montgomery went into the tank for a good two minutes before making a great call with just . Brikis showed for a flush draw, and missed when the river brought the .
"Elky" Grosspellier also busted from that table earlier, and they are the first to get to three handed play. The players remaining are Scott Montgomery, Brent Hanks, and Eric Yates.
Action folded to Eric Cajelais in the small blind, who made it 3,600. The big blind, Terrance Eischens, made it 10,600 to go. Cajelais quickly slide a big stack of orange 5000 chips into the middle, and Eischens call for his remaining stack.
Cajelais:
Eischens:
The board ran out , and Cajelais's pair of queens was good enough to take the pot. Cajelais is now three handed, and has the chip lead with 220,000, just under half the chips in play at his table.
We didn't catch either hand, but a look around the room shows that both Nam Le and Scott Seiver are no longer at their tables, meaning they have been eliminated.
. The meaningless turn and river were the 
and 
, and Yates scooped the huge pot to up his stack to 150,000.
. Hillman showed 
for flopped top pair, but Brikis showed 
for a river set, which was good enough to take the pot and bust Hillman. The hand upped Brikis to 115,000.
and Sabat was eliminated as a result. That table, which still has Josh Brikis, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Scott Montgomery, and Brent Hanks, is one of two five-handed tables.
beating Blair Hinkle's 
but the very next hand, Barshak lost with 
to Andrew St Jean's 
. His opponent Benoit Albiges was debating whether to call or not, telling Veldhuis, "If you could see my cards, you would want me to call." He talked himself into it, and Veldhuis was surprised to see the hand he had been called by.
, and Veldhuis needed a four or nine to win. The river came the 
against 
on a 
board.
only for the Englishman to snap-call with 
. Josh Brikis checked, and Scott Montgomery bet 3,500. Brikis then raised to 11,600, and Montgomery called. The turn brought the 
.
