donpeters
Steve Friedlander raised from under the gun to 31,000 before Peter Jetten three-bet to 80,000 from the next seat. Action folded back over to Friedlander and he called.
The flop came down and Friedlander shoved all in for 193,000. Jetten made the call with . Friedlander held .
The turn was the and put Friedlander in the lead. The river was the and Friedlander doubled up. Jetten slipped to 960,000.
donpeters
2 million... not 5, Annette... not yet, anyway.
Annette Obrestad raised to 28,000 from the cutoff seat and Stephen Shelly called from the big blind.
The flop came down and Shelly checked. Obrestad bet 35,000 and Shelly made the call.
The turn card added the to the board. Both players checked.
The river was the and Shelly checked. Obrestad fired 75,000 and Shelly called, only to muck his hand after he saw the of Obrestad.
Obrestad is up to two million now while Shelly dropped to 1.5 million.
donpeters
Didn't someone say something in the shoutbox about Joel Dodds not being able to go anywhere in this event given the stack he entered Day 4 with? Well, he's up to 1.12 million now.
Sorel Mizzi raised to 28,000 and then Joel Dodds three-bet to about 80,000. MIzzi moved all in and Dodds made the call.
Dodds:
Mizzi:
The flop came down and Mizzi stayed in the lead. The turn card was the and Dodds still needed help. He found it after the spiked on the river and the crowd upstairs erupted in cheer.
Dodds is over one million while Mizzi dropped to 1.1 million.
donpeters
Peter Jetten raised to 28,000 and Steve Topakas called from the big blind. On the flop of , Topakas checked. Jetten bet 100,000 to put Topakas all in and Topakas quickly called.
Topakas:
Jetten:
The turn was the and the river the , keeping Topakas in the game. He's now up to 150,000 chips and not dead yet.
donpeters
From under the gun, Joel Dodds raised to 30,000 and Fouad Chaptini called from the big blind.
The flop came down and Chaptini checked. Dodds fired 38,000 and Chaptini raised all in. Dodds snap-called.
Dodds:
Chaptini:
Dodds asked for a five on the turn and the dealer gave him just that with the . The river was the and Chaptini was sent packing. Dodds moved up to nearly 600,000 now.
donpeters
Fouad Chaptini raised from the cutoff seat and Dan Shak called from the big blind. The flop came down and Shak check-raised Chaptini's bet of 26,000 to 45,000. Chaptini folded and left himself with 160,000 chips. Shak chipped up to 1.27 million.
donpeters
Steve 'The Big Show' Topakas
Steve Topakas moved his last 30,000 or so into the middle on the next hand following his big confrontation with Kosta Varoxis. Steven Friedlander made the call from the button.
Friedlander:
Topakas:
"Come on, Steve!" yelled the fans rooting for Topakas from the balcony above.
The flop came down and Topakas made three jacks to double back up. He's back up to about 90,000 now.
Topakas was short yesterday and did this multiple times to stay alive. It might be another stressful day for Topakas if he has to keep surviving all ins, but everyone up on the balcony is rooting for him to do so.
donpeters
Steve Topakas raised all in from the cutoff seat and Kosta Varoxis called from the button. When the hands were revealed, here's what everyone saw.
Topakas:
Varoxis:
What's interesting about this is that the last card dealt to Varoxis was accidentally flipped over by the dealer, revealing the . Varoxis' first card was the , meaning he would've had instead of pocket queens.
The board ran out and Topakas was knocked down to just 33,000. Varoxis moved up to 285,000.
donpeters
On the turn, the board read and Joel Dodds checked and Jens Kerper bet 44,000. Dodds made the call.
The river card completed the board with the and Dodds checked. Kerper bet 64,000. Dodds mucked and Kerper immediately mucked his hand. Dodds didn't show and scooped in the pot. He's up to 410,000 now while Kerper dropped to 670,000.
and Friedlander shoved all in for 193,000. Jetten made the call with 
. Friedlander held 
.
and put Friedlander in the lead. The river was the 
and Friedlander doubled up. Jetten slipped to 960,000.
and Shelly checked. Obrestad bet 35,000 and Shelly made the call.
to the board. Both players checked.
and Shelly checked. Obrestad fired 75,000 and Shelly called, only to muck his hand after he saw the 
and Mizzi stayed in the lead. The turn card was the 
and Dodds still needed help. He found it after the 
. The river was the 
and Chaptini was sent packing. Dodds moved up to nearly 600,000 now.
and Shak check-raised Chaptini's bet of 26,000 to 45,000. Chaptini folded and left himself with 160,000 chips. Shak chipped up to 1.27 million.
and Kerper stayed in front.
and then the river the 
