In a pot worth 11,500 and a board reading 
, Salvatore Bonavena fired out 7,575 and received a call from former-November Niner Steven Begleiter. Bonavena showed 
for a rivered flush and Begleiter mucked in disgust as he dropped to just 4,000.
With 7,000 in the pot and a board reading 
, Melanie Weisner bet 4,575 only to have Jennifer Tilly raise to 10,000. Weisner called and showed 
, which was better than Tilly's 
flopped straight. Tilly dropped to 110,000 while Weisner, who was upset after she realized she could have gotten value, chipped up to 47,000.
PokerStars Team Pro Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck was recently eliminated. She ran her set of tens on the flop against her opponent's flopped set of kings and was unable to surivive, hitting the rail just before the end of Level 4.
Likewise, Daniel Negreanu couldn't keep up his momentum from the $100k Super High Roller tournament and busted when he ran pocket eights into ace-king.
Five players saw a flop of 
including Daniel Alaei and Jennifer Tilly. The action checked to a player in the cutoff who bet 1,825 into about 3,500 and only Tilly called.
The turn brought the and Tilly's opponent fired 3,100. Tilly again called.
The 
rivered and Tilly's opponent slowed down, checking to Tilly who tossed in 8,000. Her opponent called and Tilly opened up 
for a pair of sixes. They were no good against her opponent's 
however, and Tilly's stack dropped to 89,000 chips.
With 4,600 in the pot and a board reading 
, an early position player checked to Team PokerStars Pro (Online) Richard Veenman, who bet 2,800. His opponent called and the two watched the 
hit the river. Once again it checked to Veenman and he bet 6,000. His opponent thought about it for a moment vefore relinquishing his hand. Veenman took down the decent-sized pot and increased his stack to 36,000.
Players are now on a 15-minute break and so are we!
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
||
|
65,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
42,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
42,000 | |
|
|
33,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
29,000 | |
|
27,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
13,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
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Right before the break Jonathan Little was eliminated from the tournament after a three-way all after a 
flop. Here's what the hands looked like:
Little: 
Opponent 1: 
Opponent 2: 
Little did not improve on the turn () or the river () and hit the rail.
PokerStars Team Pro (France) member Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier was moved to the same table as PokerStars Team Pro (Canada) peeps Anh Van Nguyen and Pat Pezzin awhile back. With three PokerStars Pros at one table, one can sympathize with the other six players.
