Winfred Yu raised from the cutoff seat to 2,500. Masa Kagawa called from the button and Daniel "jungleman12" Cates called from the big blind. The three of them saw the flop come down and Cates fired out 5,000. Yu called and Kagawa folded.
The turn card was the . After Cates checked, Yu checked behind to see the fall on the river. Cates checked and this time Yu didn't check behind. He bet 8,000 and Cates folded his hand.
Cates slipped back to 120,000 while Yu moved to 145,000.
Phil Ivey had his last 6,000 in the middle with the against the for Jonathan Karamalikis. The board ran out and Ivey was eliminated from the event. Karamalikis moved to 150,000 in chips.
Catching the action with some significant money in the pot, Erik Cajelais had a bet of 23,000 out in front of his cards with James Obst raising to 48,500.
Andrew Feldman - who had contemplated being involved in the hand, stated he folded pocket jacks from the small blind - as Cajelais committed the remainder of his chips with Obst making the call to put the Full Tilt Poker Red Pro at risk.
Cajelais:
Obst:
With Cajelais in the lead, and needing to fade the classic coin flip, the flop would render him drawing dead to a backdoor straight draw if Feldman was telling the truth about his holdings.
The on the turn saw Obst improve to trips as the dealer dropped the on the river to ensure Cajelais early exit as Obst soared to 190,000 in chips.
Erick Lindgren raised to 2,000 from the hijack seat and Masa Kagawa called from the button. Phil Ivey reraised to 8,000 from the small blind. Lindgren made it 23,000 and Kagawa folded. Ivey reraised to 70,000. Lindgren went all in for 85,000 and Ivey called.
Ivey:
Lindgren:
The flop, turn and river ran out to give Lindgren the double up and crush Ivey down to just 6,000 in chips.
Joe Hachem fired 4,500 on the flop of . Erik Seidel called and then Tony G raised to 15,000. Hachem moved all in for an unknown amount before Seidel reraised to what looked like 100,000. Tony G folded and flashed what looked like a set of fives, claiming to fold bottom set. Seidel held middle set with the and Hachem the .
The turn was the and the river the . Seidel's nines full of kings were the winning hand and the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event winner hit the rail.
With the final board reading , Tony G raised to 12,000 after a bet of 4,000 from Tom Dwan. Erik Seidel reraised to 32,000 and Dwan tanked for a bit and then called. Tony G folded.
Seidel showed the for the nut straight and Dwan mucked.
With the board reading, , early chip leader Sam Trickett was involved with John Juanda. Juanda checked and Trickett fired 8,000. Juanda check-raised to 35,000 and then Trickett moved all in to put the pressure on Juanda. Juanda mucked and Trickett increased his stack to 263,000 in chips. Juanda was knocked to 50,000.
button in Safari
and Cates fired out 5,000. Yu called and Kagawa folded.
. After Cates checked, Yu checked behind to see the 
fall on the river. Cates checked and this time Yu didn't check behind. He bet 8,000 and Cates folded his hand.
against the 
for Jonathan Karamalikis. The board ran out 
and Ivey was eliminated from the event. Karamalikis moved to 150,000 in chips.
on the river to ensure Cajelais early exit as Obst soared to 190,000 in chips.
to give Lindgren the double up and crush Ivey down to just 6,000 in chips.
in all-in-preflop action. Ivey was the player at risk for 40,500.
, David Oppenheim tossed in 4,000 only to have Tony Guoga make 15,000.
for top two-pair and the nut flush draw.
. Erik Seidel called and then Tony G raised to 15,000. Hachem moved all in for an unknown amount before Seidel reraised to what looked like 100,000. Tony G folded and flashed what looked like a set of fives, claiming to fold bottom set. Seidel held middle set with the 
and the river the 
. Seidel's nines full of kings were the winning hand and the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event winner hit the rail.
for the nut straight and Dwan mucked.
