Ben Tollerene came into the day second in chips and even held the chip lead not long ago. However, the past hour or so has been a rough time for Tollerene at the felt. He recently raised to 3.5 million in from the hijack with and was called by Charles La Boissonniere with
and Paul Tedeschi with
. Roger Teska was in the big blind with
and moved all in for 29.3 million. Tollerene re-shoved for a little more which got the other two players to fold.
The flop came and Tollerene remained in the lead with the only pair. The
on the turn improved Tollerene to a straight but Teska picked up a flush draw. The river was the
and Teska made his flush to leave Tollerene with only 5 million behind. In the next hand, Tollerene was all in but was unable to connect with the board as he exited in sixth place.