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With the board reading 
on the river, Alexander Roumeliotis checked from the big blind, John Duthie bet 20,000, Phil Ivey called, and Roumeliotis raised to 105,000. Duthie folded and after a bit of a tank, Ivey let his hand go as well.
Roumeliotis is up to 320,000.
A raising war between Justin Bonomo and Elijah Berg ended when Bonomo five-bet shoved for 80,000 holding 
and Berg made the call with 
.
Bonomo flopped a set on the 
board and doubled his stack to 165,000. Berg was left with 73,000.
Dave "Doc" Sands raised to 3,300 from the cutoff seat and Ben Zamani called from the big blind. The flop came down 
and Zamani check-called a bet of 4,800 from Sands.
The turn brought the 
and both players checked before seeing the 
fall on the river. Zamani check-called a bet of 8,400 from Sands, who announced two pair. Zamani tabled the 
for a straight and scooped the pot to move back to 100,000 in chips. Sands dropped a little bit, but still has 360,000.
Tobias Reinkemeier has left the building after losing a coinflip with pocket fours against Hoyt Corkins' 
.
Antonio Esfandiari raised it up to 4,000 from under the gun and Freddy Deeb defended his big blind with a call.
They took a flop of 
and Deeb checked to Esfandiari who fired 6,500. Deeb put in a check-raise to 18,500 and Esfandiari made the call.
The turn was the 
and both players checked before the hit the river. Deeb led out with a bet of 30,000 and Esfandiari let it go.
Deeb then flashed 
for the complete air ball! Deeb chuckled to himself as Esfandiari remained quiet.
"I think Freddy just announced it game on!" commented tablemate Gavin Smith.
Esfandiari slips to 265,000 with Deeb now up to 200,000.
Level: 8
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Immediately after doubling his short stack to 53,000, Dario Minieri pulled the same trick off again.
Jack Schanbacher opened for 3,200 from the hijack and Minieri three-bet to 8,500. Schanbacher set Minieri all-in and he made the call.
Minieri 
Schanbacher
Dario's tens held up on the 
board and he doubled to 110,000. Schanbacher is down to 185,000.
On the turn, the board read between Steve Sung and Antonio Esfandiari. All of the money went in with Sung the player at risk for his tournament life. He held the 
and was up against the 
of Esfandiari.
The river was the 
and there was no miracle card for this hand, eliminating Sung and sending him to the rail. Esfandiari moved to 315,000 in chips.
With the board reading 
, Mikael Thuritz bet 43,000 and Sam Trickett moved all-in, having Thuritz covered. Thuritz tanked for a minute before folding.
Trickett showed the , which got a bit of a rise out of Eli Elezra.
"He had . If he didn't have the seven he's really crazy."
Thuritz said he folded 
as Trickett stacked up his 365,000 in chips.
Mikael Thuritz raised to 3,000 and Sam Trickett flatted from the small blind. Mike DeGilio reraised all in from the big blind for about 35,000. Thuritz called and Trickett folded.
Thuritz held two red kings and DeGilio held the 
. The board ran out clean for Thuritz and he moved to 290,000 in chips by eliminating DeGilio.
