Before the third draw, Chris Klodnicki bet and Eric Crain called. Both stood pat, Klodnicki checked, and Crain thought a moment before checking as well.
"Eighty-six," said Crain, turning over his 8-6-5-4-2. Klodnicki shook his head as he tossed his hand dealerward.
Crain is suddenly way beyond the 300,000-chip mark now, while Klodnicki is down to about 60,000.
WSOP officials went ahead and got all ten players to fill out bio sheets in preparation for the upcoming eight-handed final table, so the break extended a little longer than planned.
Chris Klodnicki, down to 57,000, just managed to double through the recently red-hot Eric Crain. Before the first draw, Crain raised from the cutoff, Klodnicki reraised from the button, Crain three-bet, Klodnicki put his last chips in, and Crain called.
Both drew two on the first round. "So who's gonna get lucky?" asked Crain. Klodnicki appeared to be the one, as he stood pat. Crain drew two more, showing the he was discarding. On the third round, Klodnicki stood pat again, and this time Crain discarded .
They turned their cards over for Crain's last draw, and Klodnicki showed his 8-7-5-4-2. Klodnicki showed 5-3-2, but drew a queen on the first card, and the matter was decided.
Klodnicki doubles back to 114,000, while Crain still has 360,000.
Jon "Pearljammer" Turner raised the action up from the cutoff. Adam Friedman called on the button and then Layne Flack reraised from the small blind. Turner called and Friedman called.
Flack drew one card and then Turner drew three. Friedman pushed out two discards. "Give these guys half a deck." commented Flack as he bet in the dark.
Turner called the dark bet and then Friedman emphatically announced a raise. Flack reraised and then Turner folded. "All right, let's do this." said Friedman as he stuck in another raise to get all his money in. Flack made the call.
Friedman stood pat while Flack drew one on each of the next two draws. Flack needed to best the of Freidman. Flack was holding a at the time of receiving his final card down.
When he went to peel it back, Friedman leaned over and stuck his head in to get a look at Flack's card. Flack put it back on the felt and started looking around and at Friedman with a "What the heck are you doing?!?!" look on his face. Flack then peeled a when Friedman moved away to give him a better hand.
Friedman busted in 10th place and the remaining nine players are now off to the secondary feature table to finish things out.
Jeff Tims raised and then Eric Crain reraised from the small blind. Tims made the call. Crain drew one and Tims drew two. Crain then bet and Tims called.
On the second draw, both players stood pat. Crain fired and Tims called. Both players stood pat again and then checked. Crain showed and Tims showed only and mucked.