Just before the break, Jonathan Duhamel opened to 1,600 on the button and Vivek Rajkumar called from the big blind. The flop came down and Rajkumar checked. Duhamel bet 2,325 and Rajkumar calmly put in over 25,000, covering the rest of Duhamel's stack. After a few moments Duhamel called all in for about 20,000, but was very unhappy to see Rajkumar table .
Why was Duhamel upset? His was absolutely crushed. The turn card gave him a few outs to a chop, but the river was the , bringing the reigning WSOP Main Event Champion's tournament an end.
With about 10,500 in the pot and a board reading , Carter Phillips bet 4,200 from under the gun and was called by his opponent in Seat 4. When the river came the , Phillips bet 7,300 only to have Seat 4 raise to 15,000.
Phillips was clearly upset with the situation and tanked a long five minute before reluctantly making the call, leaving himself only 8,200 behind. Seat 4 didn't show his cards right away, giving the impression that he was beat, so Carter flipped his assuming he was good. Seat 4 then revealed for a rivered straight. The slowroll clearly did not sit well with Carter and he was visibly upset.
An opponent in middle position opened to 2,600 and the action folded to November Niner Jason Senti who flatted on the button.
"No three-bet this time?" the original raiser needled.
"Only when I have aces," grinned Senti.
"Wait," his opponent blurted. "You had aces that hand?"
The blinds released and flop fell .
"Of course," Senti replied.
His opponent continued for 3,300 and Senti quickly called. There were no more words spoken after the turned and Senti's opponent opted to check. Senti took the opportunity to fire 7,200 and his opponent folded.
The November Niner joyfully stacked his newfound chips and now has 63,500 in total.
After a player in middle position raised, Alex "joiso" Kostritsyn raised an additional 3,500 from the button. The player in the big blind shoved for another 23,400 more and the original raiser folded. Kostritsyn, though, sensed some shenanigans from the four-bettor and called.
Kostritsyn:
Big Blind:
The board ran out , notching the win for Kostritsyn. He is up to about 90,000.
Fatima de Melo was recently eliminated from the tournament. She got the remainder of her stack in the middle with a wired pair of eights against an opponent's , but did not win the race as the board ran .
Swarms of people were surrounding Chris Moneymaker's table in the ballroom here at the Atlantis, so of course we zoomed over to catch what happened. When we arrived was laying in front of Moneymaker and he was raking in a humongous pot.
According to a spectator, Moneymaker moved all in after the river on a board which contained a and a . Moneymaker's opponent, who already had plenty invested, folded face up and Moneymaker showed him the two nines for a set.
It took the 2003 WSOP Main Event Champion over a minute to stack his new chips, and when it was all said in done he had 175,000 in front of him.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier was in the big blind and in front of him, saw a raise to 2,600 with two callers. Grospellier popped it to 8,600, with only Mike Sowers calling from the small blind.
Both checked the flop. The hit the turn and Sowers checked again. Grospellier bet 7,700 and Sowers quickly called, seeing the hit the river. Both checked once again and Sowers tabled . Elky was unable to beat it, slipping to 52,000. Sowers upped his stack to about 86,000.
We didn't catch the hand, but we saw a signed fossil over at Greg Raymer's former table. It can only mean one thing . . . he has been eliminated from the 2011 PokerStars.net Caribbean Adventure.
and Rajkumar checked. Duhamel bet 2,325 and Rajkumar calmly put in over 25,000, covering the rest of Duhamel's stack. After a few moments Duhamel called all in for about 20,000, but was very unhappy to see Rajkumar table 
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was absolutely crushed. The 
turn card gave him a few outs to a chop, but the river was the 
, bringing the reigning WSOP Main Event Champion's tournament an end.
, Carter Phillips bet 4,200 from under the gun and was called by his opponent in Seat 4. When the river came the 
, Phillips bet 7,300 only to have Seat 4 raise to 15,000.
assuming he was good. Seat 4 then revealed 
, notching the win for Kostritsyn. He is up to about 90,000.
, but did not win the race as the board ran 
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hit the turn and Sowers checked again. Grospellier bet 7,700 and Sowers quickly called, seeing the 
hit the river. Both checked once again and Sowers tabled 
. Elky was unable to beat it, slipping to 52,000. Sowers upped his stack to about 86,000.
