Christoph Niesert and Joseph Michael Eliminated by Eli Elezra
In a huge hand that involved Katja Thater, Christoph Niesert, Joseph Michael, and Eli Elezra, the action was capped on third. Betting occurred on all streets, led by Niesert. Three out of the four players made it all the way to the end with Michael being all in after fifth. Thater folded on fifth after a long debate.
After the last card, Niesert checked to Elezra with Michael all in. Niesert only had about 1,600 left and Eli debated on whether to put him in. The pot stood over 100,000 at the time. Elezra finally decided to bet, and Niesert called. Eli turned over the wheel, A-2-3-4-5 and scooped the entire pot. He eliminated both Niesert and Michael on the hand.
After the hand, Niesert claimed to have pocket kings, as did Thater. Doyle Brunson chimed in and mentioned that he had a king as well and that one of the other two were lying. The table had the dealer check the deck and only four kings were found. Thater put her head down on the table in disgust, as Doyle and Eli laughed about the hand.
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, Evan Sofer moved all in and Doyle Brunson called. Sofer turned up 
while Brunson showed 
. The turn was the 
, the river was the 
and Doyle's aces and fours with a jack kicker bested Sofer's aces and fours with an eight kicker.
on the turn, Chris Bell checked from the big blind, Sam Farha checked from UTG, Tom Schneider bet 8,000 from the cutoff, Bell moved all in for 41,200, Farha called and Schneider folded. 
Stephen Wolff checked, Gus Hansen bet 10,000 from the cutoff and Wolff called. The turn was the 
. Wolff checked, Hansen bet 25,100, Wolff reraised all in for 50,700 and Hansen called. 
and Hansen's trip sixes took it down, eliminating Wolff. Hansen has now crossed the 200,000-chip mark.