Nam Le opened to 5,800 in the cutoff and got a slow and silent call from Yevgeniy Timoshenko on the button.
Le bet out 6,600 on the flop and after just a second Timoshenko called to see a turn. This time Le checked, and after a fairly lengthy pause, Timoshenko checked behind.
The river was the and Le now bet out 9,300, Timonshenko called with no hesitation, and turned over . Le turned over a king too - the but he slid it over to reveal his other card, the lacklustre , and Timoshenko took the pot.
Phil Ivey raised from under the gun to 6,000. Bojan Gledovic called from the next seat and then Andy Frankenberger called from the hijack seat. Barny Boatman reraised all in for 142,700 from the small blind and everyone folded.
Remy Biechel has been eliminated by Fabrizio Baldassari, who'd initially raised to 6,200 in the cutoff, only to find Biechel moving all in (for 100k exactly) over the top from the small blind. Baldasseri thought for a short while, then reached out and took back his bet. This could only mean one thing, even though he hadn't said anything, and took his sweet time bringing the 100k over the line - he was calling, and Biechel had to race for his tournament life with vs. Baldassari's .
A gutshot straight draw (which was blocked by Baldassari's hand) appeared on the flop, but Biechel didn't improve over the turn and river and he hit the rail.
A blind-on-blind confrontation went Daniel Negreanu's way as Greg Mueller made it 7,000 from the small blind and Negreanu called from the big.
Mueller bet out another 8,000 on the flop and a further 11,000 on the turn; Negreanu called both times before Mueller just checked the river. Negreanu checked behind and turned over for a pair of jacks. Mueller showed him an that had looked pretty preflop but hadn't really gone anywhere, and Negreanu edged up to 175,000. Mueller is now hovering right around the 100,000 mark.
We picked up the action a bit late, but we'll tell you what we know.
There was a board showing out on board when we walked up, and there was about 70,000 in the pot, heads up between Rob Akery and Nicolas Levi. It looks like there had been a bet and a call for 22,000 on the turn, but we can't say for sure who was doing the betting and the calling.
In any event, we picked up the action live as Akery checked the river, and Levi put out a bet of 55,000. His opponent spent a long while in the tank, but he eventually called with a pained look on his face. Levi didn't even flinch as he flipped up his airball , unable to beat anything.
Akery tabled to take the pot and take a big bite out of Levi's stack. He's up to 345,000 now, while Levi slips to 195,000.
From under the gun, Matt Waxman raised to 5,600. Action moved around the table to Nam Le in the cutoff seat. Le took his time and counted out his own stack of about 50,000 before moving all in. Action folded back over to Waxman and he called after a quick check back at his hand. He tabled the and was up against the at-risk Le's .
The flop came down and Le's queens were good so far. The turn added an extra sweat with the peeling off to give Waxman a flush draw. A six would mean a chopped pot.
The river completed the board with the and hit Waxman, giving him a pair of aces and the winning hand. Le wished everyone good luck and headed to the rail. Waxman is up to about 120,000 in chips.
The flop read when a raising war between this year's WSOP Main Event 13th place finisher Marc Inizan and Guy Gorelik. Gorelik looked as though he'd invested around half his stack when Inizan shoved - by the size of the pot and the bets, we're guessing that the shove was a four or a five-bet. Gorelik's expression was one of slightly sour exasperation as he folded, leaving himself with 75,000. Inizan, who also picked up third place at EPT Berlin earlier this year, increased his stack to around 200,000.
JP Kelly is still technically in with a chance to become the youngest player ever to win three bracelets - he's 18 months younger now than Phil Ivey was when he did it - but he's going to have to wait until next summer to break that particular record, as he is no more for this particular tournament.
Thomas Bichon raised with and Kelly shoved with pocket fours. An ace dropped on the flop and no more fours came in for Kelly, meaning that Kelly is heading home empty-handed this time. Bichon however is back up near the top of the chip counts, on 320,000.
Arnaud Mattern just busted Steven van Zadelhoff with pocket jacks and has seen his stack grow to right about 400,000. He's now one of the biggest stacks left in the event.
Explosive, Dan-Shak-eliminating action on the turn just now, where a pot of 35k grew to over 400k and sent Shak to the rail and his chips to Bojan Gledovic. The board: , with the Deuce the latest arrival, and Shak checked out of the big blind to the preflop raiser.
30k was the bet from Gledovic. Shak brought forward his whole red stacks now, 115k in total, and pushed it forward. The dealer cut it down into neat piles, and the action was back on Gledovic. Who moved in. Some arm-crossing, chair swivelling, and finally, standing up, Shak called.
Gledovic showed for the flopped set and Shak announced quietly, "I'm drawing dead." The dealer hesitated, and Shak kept his hand face down, repeating calmly, "Drawing dead." The floor man apologetically informed them both that he still really had to turn his hand face up, so face up it went: . He was indeed drawing dead, and the river was irrelevant; he was already walking away.
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flop and after just a second Timoshenko called to see a 
turn. This time Le checked, and after a fairly lengthy pause, Timoshenko checked behind.
and Le now bet out 9,300, Timonshenko called with no hesitation, and turned over 
. Le turned over a king too - the 
but he slid it over to reveal his other card, the lacklustre 
, and Timoshenko took the pot.
.
flop, but Biechel didn't improve over the 
turn and river and he hit the rail.
turn; Negreanu called both times before Mueller just checked the 
river. Negreanu checked behind and turned over 
for a pair of jacks. Mueller showed him an 
that had looked pretty preflop but hadn't really gone anywhere, and Negreanu edged up to 175,000. Mueller is now hovering right around the 100,000 mark.
, unable to beat anything.
to take the pot and take a big bite out of Levi's stack. He's up to 345,000 now, while Levi slips to 195,000.
and Le's queens were good so far. The turn added an extra sweat with the 
when a raising war between this year's WSOP Main Event 13th place finisher Marc Inizan and Guy Gorelik. Gorelik looked as though he'd invested around half his stack when Inizan shoved - by the size of the pot and the bets, we're guessing that the shove was a four or a five-bet. Gorelik's expression was one of slightly sour exasperation as he folded, leaving himself with 75,000. Inizan, who also picked up third place at EPT Berlin earlier this year, increased his stack to around 200,000.
and Kelly shoved with pocket fours. An ace dropped on the flop and no more fours came in for Kelly, meaning that Kelly is heading home empty-handed this time. Bichon however is back up near the top of the chip counts, on 320,000.
. He was indeed drawing dead, and the 
river was irrelevant; he was already walking away.