John Hanson raised from the button, David Chiu called all in from the small blind and Ville Wahlbeck came along from the big blind. Hanson and Wahlbeck checked down the board.
Chiu turned up for a king-high flush, but Wahlbeck had (X)(X) for a full house and sent Chiu to the rail in 12th place.
Vitaly Lunkin made a button raise, Ray Dehkharghani reraised all in from the small blind, Huck Seed called from the big blind and Lunkin called. Seed and Lunkin checked down the board.
Lunkin
Dehkharghani
Seed
Seed scooped the pot with aces and threes with a ten kicker and sent Dehkharghani home in 11th place.
Chau Giang raised from middle position and Mike Wattel made the call in the big blind.
The flop fell and Wattel moved all in for his last 30,000. Giang made the call.
Giang:
Wattel:
Giang had Wattel in trouble after flopping two pair. The turn was the and river the to leave Wattel unimproved and eliminated in 10th place for a collect of $123,895.
With that elimination the players will now be redrawing for the final table. We need to lose one more player before the official final table is formed and we are finished for the day.
Erik Sagstrom raised from the small blind and Gus Hansen called from the big blind. The flop came down . Sagstrom led out and Hansen called. The turn was the and Sagstrom fired again. Hansen folded and Sagstrom took down the pot.
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There has been a strong rail contingent for this event for most of the past few days as the fans have been out in force to catch a glimpse of their favorite players. Even today where we've been tucked away in the corner of the Amazon Room with limited viewing space, the fans have been three and four deep on the rail all day, clinging to every vantage point.
Now as we've hit our final table, the various other media outlets have reappeared to grab a famous photo or two of the final nine. The table is currently surrounded by people in all directions.
The hype is starting to grow as the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. reaches its climax!
Gus Hansen raised from UTG+1, Vitaly Lunkin called from the hijack, David Bach called from the cutoff and Ville Wahlbeck came along from the big blind.
The flop was . The action was checked to Lunkin, who bet. Bach called, Wahlbeck folded and Hansen called. The turn was the . Hansen checked to Lunkin, who bet. Bach called and Hansen folded. Lunkin bet a third time on the river, which fell the . Bach made the call.
Lunkin showed , scooping the pot with kings full and a 8-5-4-3-2 low.
Hansen= 110,000
Lunkin= 2.5 million
Bach= 2.5 million
Vitaly Lunkin raised from middle position and found four callers in Chau Giang, Ville Wahlbeck, Erik Sagstrom and Gus Hansen.
They saw a flop of and the action checked to Giang who fired a bet, Wahlbeck and Sagstrom folded, before Hansen called all in for his last 30,000 chips. Lunkin also made the call.
The turn was the and Lunkin checked, Giang fired again and Lunkin decided to give it up.
Giang tabled for trip kings as Hansen sighed, "Looks like I need a three," as he tabled .
It wasn't to be for Hansen as the landed on the river and with that our final table is set.
Gus Hansen becomes our final table bubble, eliminated in 9th place for a collect of $123,895.
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and after Lunkin fired another bet on the river Dehkharghani gave it up to leave himself with just 70,000. Lunkin has 2.42 million.
board. 
for a king-high flush, but Wahlbeck had 
(X)(X) for a full house and sent Chiu to the rail in 12th place.
board. 
and Wattel moved all in for his last 30,000. Giang made the call.
and river the 
to leave Wattel unimproved and eliminated in 10th place for a collect of $123,895.
. Hansen checked to Lunkin, who bet. Bach called and Hansen folded. Lunkin bet a third time on the river, which fell the 
. Bach made the call. 
