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.
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.
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.
On a flop of , Tom Dwan fired out a continuation-bet of 6,000 with Tony Guoga folding next to act before David Oppenheim check-called from the small blind.
The turn of the brought about another check from Oppenheim before Dwan's timer counted right down until he dropped in a bet of 17,000.
"How much you got Tom?" asked Oppenheim to Dwan, as the kid known as durrrr responded saying his had roughly 47,000 behind.
With that response, Oppenheim slid his entire stack into the pot - somewhere in the range of 90,000 - as Dwan paused momentarily before committing his final 64,000 total.
Oppenheim:
Dwan:
With Dwan needing to fade a diamond, king or queen to stay alive, the river of the spiked on the river to ensure his double to 155,000 as Oppenheim was left with roughly just 30,000 in chips.
Billy Jordanou raised to 2,500 from early position. Daniel Cates called from the hijack seat and Jonathan Karamalikis called from the button. Everyone else folded and the flop came down and action checked around.
The turn card was the and action checked to Karamalikis. He fired 4,000 and Jordanou folded. Cates made the call.
The river card completed the board with the and Cates check-folded to a bet of 8,000 from Karamalikis, who improved to 155,000 in chips. Cates dropped to 120,000.
David Oppenheim opened with a pot-sized raise to 3,500 and Brendon Rubie gave him some action from the small blind by making it an additional 5,500 more - the exact amount Oppenheim had left remaining.
"I guess I call!" stated Oppenheim as he tabled his to be in commanding shape against Rubie's .
The board would be spread to see Oppenheim pushed the 19,000-chip pot as Rubie took a slight dip.
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flop would render him drawing dead to a backdoor straight draw if Feldman was telling the truth about his holdings.
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.
for Jonathan Karamalikis. The board ran out 
and Ivey was eliminated from the event. Karamalikis moved to 150,000 in chips.
and Cates fired out 5,000. Yu called and Kagawa folded.
. After Cates checked, Yu checked behind to see the 
spiked on the river to ensure his double to 155,000 as Oppenheim was left with roughly just 30,000 in chips.
flop with a bet of 6,000 as only Rubie called before the 
landed on the turn.
and action checked around.
and Cates check-folded to a bet of 8,000 from Karamalikis, who improved to 155,000 in chips. Cates dropped to 120,000.
flop as Rubie tossed in a continuation-bet of 7,000.
to see Oppenheim pushed the 19,000-chip pot as Rubie took a slight dip.
to see Oppenheim find another double as he now sits with over 45,000 in chips.