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The chips went in preflop; the hands looked like so:
Greg Mueller: 
Brian Powell: 
Board: 
("Seven?" hazarded someone at the table, but no) 
"Good game guys," said Mueller, rising from his seat and shaking hands, "Good luck."
The TD accidentally announced him as Greg "FBI" Mueller rather than "FBT", but perhaps this was appropriate as we can now stamp a big X on his file - he is busto in 22nd.
Nicolas Levi and David Peters reached the turn of a 
board from the small and big blind respectively with James Bord also at the party from middle position.
After Levi had checked, Peters led for 38,000. Bord stepped out of the way, but Levi raised to 85,000. Peters flat-called.
The river was the 
, and with both players checking, Levi was able to take it down with 
. Peters revealed 
for emphasis.
Levi on 635,000.
Phil Ivey raised to 20,000 from the button, and Jani Sointula three-bet shoved on him for the second time today. Ivey shook his head, possibly a bit frustrated with the decision he was facing.
"How much is it this time?" he asked in that 'here we go again' tone. It was 197,000 total, and Ivey cut the calling chips from his stack. He separated them from the rest of his checks, eyeing up the potential damage to his stack. He shrugged, then smirked, then shrugged again. Finally, he slid the chips across the imaginary betting line to put Sointula at risk.
Showdown
Ivey: 
Sointula: 
It was a flip, and Sointula was going to like the flop. It came 
to vault him into a big lead. The 
on the turn was a blank, and Ivey had just two outs for the knockout. Tournament Director Jack Effel foreshadowed it beautifully over the microphone.
"Phil's going to need to catch a four to eliminate Jani from the tournament. And the river... is a four!"
Sure enough, the 
peeled right off on the river, cueing the handshakes and sending Sointula out in 21st place.
It's good to be Phil Ivey, even better when you have 775,000 chips.
Wow, they're dropping like flies with some lemming blood in them now.
We're not sure when the chips went in, but we suspect it was preflop.
Bichon: 
Viktor Blom: 
Board: 
Bichon sighed and wished his table good luck. Blom's pair of cowboys, meanwhile, lassoed him a 900,000 stack.
We'll give you the short version of this one, since the action is pretty heavy down here at the main featured table. Roland de Wolfe got his last 89,000 chips into the pot with 
, and Bojan Gledovic looked him up with , a copy hand.
The flop came down with no suits, and the two men will chop it up and move on to the next hand.
Clint Coffee raised to 19,000 under the gun, and Fabrizio Baldassari wanted to play for more. Two seats over, he three-bet to 63,000 sending the decision right back to Coffee. It didn't take long for a four-bet to come as Coffee slid out 135,000. Instantly, Baldassari announced an all in, and the dealer broke down his 416,000-chip wager. Just as she finalized the amount, Coffee decided to cut his losses, and he surrendered his cards back into the muck.
Baldassari - 570,000
Coffee - 455,000
Down to just 78,000 lonely chips (and the shortest stack in the room), Roland de Wolfe got his money in before the flop with 
. He found action from Marc Inizan and his 
, de Wolfe needing some help to stay alive.
The flop gave de Wolfe a draw, and the on the river was just what he was looking for. A blank river secured his double up, moving him up to about over 175,000.
From the cutoff seat, Nicolas Levi raised to 19,000. David Peters called on the button, Andrew Pantling called from the small blind and Barny Boatman called from the big blind.
The flop came down and everyone checked. The turn brought the 
and no one wanted to take a stab at it still. The river then completed the board with the and everyone checked again.
"I have a king," said Boatman, showing the 
. Everyone else mucked and Boatman won the hand.
Boatman - 340,000
Pantling - 585,000
Peters - 680,000
Levi - 650,000
Continuing an aggressive trend that he has displayed throughout this Series, Andrew Pantling raised to 18,000 from under the gun but found resistance from short(ish) stack Dan Fleyshman who announced all-in from the cut-off for around 300,000.
Pantling gave him the same look that my girlfriend gives me when I've forgotten to do the dishes as he attempted to delve into the very soul of his opponent. Fleysham, meanwhile, seemed fidgety, rocking in his seat whilst shaking his leg vigorously beneath the table.
"This is sick," sighed Pantling releasing his stare. After much deliberation, he finally declared, "All right, let's play," before pushing his columns of red 5,000 chips across the felt.
It was now showdown time as the camera crew flocked in like moths to a light:
Fleyshman:
Pantling: 
Fleyshman rubbed his cards on the felt as if trying to will fortune into the upcoming coin flip.
After production apologised for the delay, the community cards hit the baize: . Then the turn: 
. Ace from space! And the river... .
Double up for Fleyshman who exhaled a breath of relief that almost burst his cheeks! He now has over 600,000 and is right back in contention.
Brian Powell made it 26,000 under the gun and Daniel Steinberg made it 53,000 from the button; Powell made the call and they were at the 
flop.
Both players checked the flop, and they saw the devil's own turn - the . Powell bet out 55,000, and Steinberg gave it up there. "I don't want to lose my white chips," he giggled - although his stack was still at an impressive 725,000 after that, only 100,000 of it is in the white T25,000 chips. Powell increased to 425,000.
Steinberg got most of his chips back the next hand (no white ones, though) when he raised to 18,000 in the cutoff and picked up a call from Anthony Newman in the big blind. They both checked the 
flop before Newman bet out 30,000 on the turn. Steinberg, his hand shaking rather suspiciously to our eyes, called.
Newman checked the river and Steinberg tanked up for a while. Eventually he went to bet - but Newman had folded before the chips had left his hand, and Steinberg took the pot to put him back up to around 780,000.
