Shamus
Billy Kopp opened with a raise to 42,000 from middle position, J.C. Tran called from the button, and Leonard Greer also called from the big blind.
The flop came . Greer checked, Kopp continued for 86,000, Tran folded, then Greer pushed all in with his last 300,000 or so. Kopp quickly made the call.
Greer showed for the nut flush draw, and Kopp for the set of fours.
The turn was the , and Greer was still looking for the non-pairing diamond. But the river brought the , giving Kopp the boat and eliminating Greer in 175th place.
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Tony McGlone was just eliminated in 171st place when his rivered flush with on a board lost to Charlie Elias' rivered full house with . The hand took Elias' stack up to 3.1 million.
donpeters
James Akenhead raised to 42,000. The next player in the pot was Steven Begleiter and he made the call. Herbie Gelman then reraised all in for 374,000 total. Akenhead ducked out of the way, but Begleiter made the call.
Gelman held against Begleiter's .
The board ran out , doubling Gelman up to 740,000.
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A hand between James Akenhead and Steven Begleiter started off typically enough. Action folded to Akenhead in the small blind and he put in a standard raise. Begleiter called to a flop of .
With an ESPN camera crew materializing on cue, there was plenty of action to record. Akenhead checked to Begleiter, who bet 85,000 before Akenhead check-raised to 190,000. Begleiter was undeterred as he put in a three-bet to 380,000. Akenhead took his time considering that bet before electing to call.
The turn was a seeming blank, the . Akenhead, sipping coffee from a tall disposable cup, checked. Beglieter made a huge bet of 850,000. Akenhead continued sipping his coffee, then cut out the 850,000 chips from his stack. He didn't immediately put them in the middle. A second camera crew came to the table before Akenhead silently slid the chips forward.
The river fell . Akenhead checked.
"Two pair," said Begleiter as he checked behind. He showed down , having rivered his second pair. Akenhead's eyes bugged out before he tilted his head back and stared at the ceiling in frustration. He mucked his hand and fell to 1.13 million. Begleiter is now up to about 3.8 million.
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Clayton Newman on Day 5
Multi-way action is the story of the day so far at the featured table, and we join another five-handed pot just about to get going. Michael Jansen had raised to 40,000 to kick it off, and he found four callers on down the line.
The flop came out , and each of the five men tapped the felt in turn. Forth street brought the . Miika Puumalainen was first to act from the small blind, and he led out with a bet of 140,000. Scott Sitron and Jansen folded, while both Clayton Newman and Tom Schneider put in the call.
The river came the . Puulmainen checked this time, and Clayton Newman moved all in for close to 500,000. Schneider would think for a good while before releasing his hand. Puumalainen followed with a fold as well, sending the pot over to Newman.
Clayton's been easily the most active player at the main table so far, and he's been rewarded with a huge boost to his chip count. His 244,000-chip starting stack has multiplied into just about 1,300,000 now.
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Matt Affleck made it 38,000 to go from UTG, Nick Maimone flat-called from early position, and Cole South reraised to 60,000 from the button. Jim Routos called from the big blind and with the action back on Affleck, he four-bet to 200,000. Maimone tank-folded, South tank-folded and Routos...tank-folded.
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And so it goes for the short stacks. Michael Greco picked up and got all in for 520,000 preflop. Scott Bohlman held two of the other aces, . Greco caught a king on the , but his Main Event ended with running tens on the turn and river.
donpeters
Gabriel Vezina raised and Bob Whalen flat-called. Eugene Katchalov called as well before Don Tran reraised to 105,000 on top of the first raise. Vezina reraised to 270,000 and Whalen folded. Katchalov was next to act and pounced on everyone with an all-in bet. Tran folded and then Vezina called over one of our reporters to show him his hand. He showed pocket queens to the reporter and then mucked.
Vezina is down to 1.2 million while Katchalov moved up to 3.8 million.
Shamus
Nick Maimone open-raised to 40,000 from under the gun, and Billy McMahon reraised all in for 491,000 from the hijack seat. It folded back to Matt Affleck in the big blind who tanked for a while, then let it go. Maimone wasted no time making the call.
Maimone showed , and McMahon . After the hands were shown, Affleck said he'd folded pocket nines.
The flop came (Affleck would've flopped a full house, had he stayed). The turn was the and the river the , and McMahon is out in 169th place, earning $36,626 for his efforts.
. Greer checked, Kopp continued for 86,000, Tran folded, then Greer pushed all in with his last 300,000 or so. Kopp quickly made the call.
for the nut flush draw, and Kopp 
for the set of fours.
, and Greer was still looking for the non-pairing diamond. But the river brought the 
, giving Kopp the boat and eliminating Greer in 175th place.![[user25067]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
board lost to Charlie Elias' rivered full house with 
. The hand took Elias' stack up to 3.1 million.
against Begleiter's 
.
.
. Akenhead, sipping coffee from a tall disposable cup, checked. Beglieter made a huge bet of 850,000. Akenhead continued sipping his coffee, then cut out the 850,000 chips from his stack. He didn't immediately put them in the middle. A second camera crew came to the table before Akenhead silently slid the chips forward.
. Akenhead checked.
, having rivered his second pair. Akenhead's eyes bugged out before he tilted his head back and stared at the ceiling in frustration. He mucked his hand and fell to 1.13 million. Begleiter is now up to about 3.8 million.
and was up against Joe Serock's 
.
, giving Neilson the lead. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, and Neilson survives.
and got all in for 520,000 preflop. Scott Bohlman held two of the other aces, 
, and McMahon