Roman Yitzhaki opened to 12,500 from middle position, David "ODB" Baker called on the button, and Shaun Deeb defended his big blind. The flop fell , and the action checked to Baker who bet 18,500. Only Yitzhaki called.
Both players checked the on the turn, and Yitzhaki led for 32,500 after the paired the board on the river. Baker folded.
Josh Arieh opened for 11,000 from the cutoff and got one caller in Minh Ly from the big blind. The flop came and both players checked. The turn was the . Ly bet 20,000, and Arieh called.
The river was the . Ly paused a beat, then announced he was all in. Arieh snap-called, turning over for tens full of fours. Ly turned over for the same boat, a how-can-you-have-a-ten-also grimace on his face.
Arieh continues to sport a stack of about 500,000, while Ly is still trying to get something going with his 90,000.
Shaun Deeb opened to 13,000 in the hijack seat, Roman Yitzhaki three-bet to 41,000 from the small blind, Deeb four-bet to 87,000, and Yitzhaki five-bet, sliding out a huge stack of T25,000 and T5,000 chips.
"Ok," Deeb shrugged. "Two-sixty-one five."
Yitzhaki called the 261,500-chip all-in bet, and the hands were tabled.
Deeb:
Yitzhaki:
Deeb was well ahead, and held when the board ran .
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier was all in and at risk preflop against Ronny Kaiser. Grospellier's were a slight mathematical favorite over the of Kaiser, but there was an ace on the flop. The turn and river both bricked, and Grospellier was eliminated from the tournament.
Scott Seiver brought it in, Bertrand Grospellier completed, Sebastien Sabic called, and Seiver called as well. Sabic bet fourth and his two opponents called. It checked to Sabic on fifth and he bet again, getting two calls once more. Seiver led on sixth and ElkY and Sabic called. Then on seventh Seiver bet, Sabic folded, Grospellier raised, and Seiver called.
Only one of the three tabled his down cards, as Seiver showed for a full house and both of his opponents mucked.
Seiver leaps to 775,000 on that one and is now challenging Brian Hastings for the lead. Meanwhile, Grospellier falls to 145,000. Sabic slipped to 56,500 here, but doubled up through David Bach on the following hand to get back to 120,000.
Brian Hastings opened to 10,000 on the button, Greg Mueller called in the big blind, and the flop came down . Mueller checked, Hastings continued for 16,000, Mueller check-raised to 50,000, Hastings three-bet to 90,000, and Mueller went all in. Hastings called.
Hastings:
Mueller:
The turn and river came , respectively, and Mueller was eliminated from the tournament.
2001 WSOP Main Event champion Carlos Mortensen has been eliminated by Matt Hawrilenko.
All in and squeezing seventh, Mortensen showed while Hawrilenko had tabled . Mortensen needed to pair up again, catch the case king, or fill his Broadway gutshot to survive, but seventh brought him the and the Matador is out. Hawrilenko has 250,000 now.
There are now 64 players left, exactly half of the starting field of 128.
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, and the action checked to Baker who bet 18,500. Only Yitzhaki called.
on the turn, and Yitzhaki led for 32,500 after the 
paired the board on the river. Baker folded.
and both players checked. The turn was the 
. Ly paused a beat, then announced he was all in. Arieh snap-called, turning over 
for tens full of fours. Ly turned over 
for the same boat, a how-can-you-have-a-ten-also grimace on his face.
of Kaiser, but there was an ace on the flop. The turn and river both bricked, and Grospellier was eliminated from the tournament.
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for a full house and both of his opponents mucked.
and the Matador is out. Hawrilenko has 250,000 now.
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