Emad Tahtouh
On a board reading Team PokerStars Pro Emad Tahtouh got his short stack all in against Sim Somyung. Tahtouh revealed the and was ahead of Somyung's.
The on the turn gave Somyung's a straight, and Tahtouh would need the board to pair on the river to survive.
The on the river was of no help to Tahtouh and he was eliminated.
Donnie Peters
Tim "LuckyShades" Horan called down an opponent on every street of the board , but mucked after his opponent showed the . Horan's down to 25,000 chips.
Donnie Peters
Van Marcus just had his pocket kings drawn out on after an opponent flopped top set with pocket tens. Marcus is down to 35,000 after doubling the player up.
Donnie Peters
Dave Lee
Dave Lee just doubled up through Ali Khalil. The board read and Lee's hand was turned face up in front of him -- . The river card had yet to be dealt and there was some commotion at the table.
What had happened was Khalil moved all in on the turn and Lee called with the nut flush. Khalil saw he was drawing dead and flung his hand into the muck. Some players at the table requested that the river card be dealt anyway, but the dealer refused to do so, claiming it was not needed. Another player tried to retrieve Khalil's hand from the muck wanting a showdown, but the dealer stopped that as well. The floor was called and it was ruled that Khalil's hand wouldn't be revealed, staying in the muck. The river card was then dealt out and the officially completed the board.
Lee doubled to 21,000 on the hand, but not without hearing it from Khalil. Khalil berated him for calling a three-bet preflop with after having only 10,000 to begin to hand. It was gathered that Lee raised from the button and Khalil three-bet him from the small blind preflop. Khalil claimed to have ace-king.
We caught the action on the river, with a board of and Emad Tahtouh, in the small blind, contemplating a 5,500 call with about 7,000 in the pot. He eventually tossed in the chips and his opponent flipped over the . Tahtouh mucked, and is left with about 8,000 in chips.
Steven Topakas
We just got word that Steven Topakas is down to his last 1,000 in chips. Stranger things have happened, but for the time being, we're on Big Show death watch.
Peter Eastgate
2008 WSOP Main Event champ and Team PokerStars Pro Peter Eastgate has just been eliminated from the tournament by PokerStars qualifier Carlos Chang.
Long story short, Eastgate check-called bets from Chang on every street, including a 5th Street all-in bet, as the board filled out .
At the showdown, Chang revealed that he'd flopped the nuts, tabling the . Eastgate never showed his cards.
PokerStars qualifier Sal Fazzino just took down a monster pot from Todor Kondevski to move to 80,000 in chips, earning, for now anyway, the top spot on the leaderboard.
On a board showing , Fazzino fired a 15,000 bet and Kondevski made the call holding , only to see Fazzino turn over for the second nut flush.
After the hand, Kondevski was left with right around 30,000 in chips.