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On a flop of 
, Phil Ivey had an opponent all in for her last 12,075.
Ivey: 
Opponent: 
With Ivey trailing, but still possessing plenty of outs with his straight flush draw, the turn and river would unfortunately land the 
and 
to see Ivey double his opponent up while slipping to 24,000 in chips.
Erik Cajelais opened with a raise to 1,100 from the button, and got one caller from the big blind.
The flop came 
. The big blind checked, Cajelais tossed out 2,000, and his opponent called. Both then checked the 
turn.
The river brought the , and the big blind promptly put out a bet of 6,000. Cajelais sat for a moment looking like he might give it up, then carved out a raise to 17,000. His opponent sat and stared for a while, then began talking.
"You're making a move," he said, shaking his head. "What do you have behind, sir?" Cajelais lifted his tatooed arms to show about 10,000. His opponent held his head in his hands for a full minute, then with a grimace tossed his cards away.
Cajelais moves to 38,000.
On a flop of 
, the player in Seat 6 bet 6,000 and Bruce Buffer moved all in for a total of 10,025. Seat 6 made the call and they turned over their cards:
Seat 6: 
Buffer: 
Buffer had flopped top set but his opponent has both straight and flush draws. The on the turn changed nothing. Buffer needed to dodge a lot of harmful cards on the river and managed to do so when the 
hit. He now sits with 31,000.
Robert Varkonyi and an opponent on his direct right were all in preflop at our feature table moments ago. The play paused so the cameras could catch up, but once they were there it was go time:
Varkonyi: 
Opponent: 
"You watch he'll get four tens," Varkonyi's opponent predicted. "Then he'll get the jerky."
Four tens do not get you jerky and Varkonyi could not make quads once the flop fell 
. He could chop though, and that possibility became a reality with the on the turn. The river brought a meaningless 
, and the cameras dispersed due to the anticlimactic nature of the pot.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Just one half of a level remains in the final Day 1 of the 2010 Main Event, and although the tournament cannot be won today, players can surely jockey themselves into positions to go deep.
A couple of good friends have built up sizable stacks through the first four levels. Jason Mercier (115,000) and Allen Bari (88,000) are amongst our leaders. Mercier's run good spilled over into the sporting world as well - his favorite NBA team, the Miami Heat, picked up LeBron James.
Please, run better Mr. Mercier.
Conversely, success in the sporting world has spilled onto the felt. Dutchman Michiel Sijpkens is atop our chip counts with 170,000 to his name, but we're sure he'd trade that for a victory on Sunday against Spain in the World Cup Final. In a perfect world, the orange crush would continue in both events.
We briefly mentioned some ladies in the field today, but there are two in particular that are off to a good start. Both Vanessa Rousso (82,000) and J.J. Liu (70,000) are comfortably above starting stack and will look to chip up even more during our last half level.
This is our final 20-minute break of the evening and when we return the cards will be in the air for just one more hour.
Phil Ivey raised to 800 from the hijack seat and the big blind made the call. After the flop came down , the big blind check-folded to a bet of 1,100 from Mr. Ivey.
Ivey's now got 36,500 chips.
Noah Boeken had his last 8,000 chips in the middle preflop and ran into trouble when his 
found itself up against the of another player at the table.
The board ran out 
and while Boeken had picked up some additional outs on the turn, he was unable to improve his hand and has been eliminated just before the end of Level 4.
When we arrived at the table the flop spread 
and Aaron Gustavson ended up all in.
Gustavson tabled pocket deuces and his opponent showed . The turn card was a 
and the river brought a to the table.
Gustavson knocked out his opponent and is now up to 96,000 chips.
