Jean Robert Bellande got the last of chips into the middle with 
, but trailed the 
of Justin Bonomo. Bellande failed to catch up, ending his Main Event.
Bonomo, meanwhile, is up to about 37,000.
From early position, Yann Dion raised to 1,000. Rupert Elder called out of the big blind, and the flop came down 
. After Elder checked, Dion bet 1,000. Elder called.
The turn was the 
, and Elder checked again. Dion bet 2,250, and Elder called.
The river completed the board with the 
, and Elder checked a third time. Dion fired 3,375, and Elder called.
Dion showed the 
, and Elder mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,500
-5,500
|
-5,500 |
|
||
|
33,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
We missed the hand but can report that Barry Greenstein has been eliminated from play. Afterwards, he took to Twitter to recap his final hand:
I shoved on the button with Q9dd and got called by AKo in the big blind. Flopped 9 to tease me. River King to bust me. Out of PCA main eventJanuary 07 2013Follow
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
The board read 
and Sam Grafton checked from the big blind and Justin Bonomo bet out 2,800. Another player at the table called and action was back on Grafton. He opted to slide out a raise and made it 8,800 to go. Bonomo flat called and the third player got out of the way.
The two were heads up to see the board pair on the turn when the 
dropped down. Grafton turned up the aggression by betting 9,100. Bonomo thought for a bit before announcing that he was all in. Grafton instantly released his hand and Bonomo dragged in the pot.
After the hand he tweeted the details:
Check raised in 3 way pot and bet into again on the turn. I chose not to fold KJ on J868. 65k now.January 07 2013Follow
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
||
|
58,000
-31,000
|
-31,000 |
|
|
||
We arrived at the table after the hand played out, but Randal Flowers doubled through Nick Petrangelo, leading to Petrangelo's elimination the following hand. Flowers' 
held against Petrangelo's 
when the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
On the 
flop, an opponent bet 6,500 into Gilbert Diaz, but the chip leader didn't go anywhere. Diaz made the call, and the dealer landed the 
out on the turn. With 16,000 in chips behind, the first player checked. Diaz fired enough to set the player all in, but the player eventually folded. Diaz showed the 
and pulled in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
193,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
||
|
72,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
70,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
||
|
57,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
55,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
||
|
44,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
|
||
|
36,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
34,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
33,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
29,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
27,500
4,300
|
4,300 |
|
||
|
|
26,000
-28,500
|
-28,500 |
|
|
||
|
24,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
22,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
12,400
-9,600
|
-9,600 |
|
|
||
|
11,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
We caught up to the action to find Sam Grafton and a lone opponent looking down at 
. Grafton's opponent tossed out 5,000 only to have Grafton come over the top for 12,500. His opponent tanked for about a minute before finally sliding his cards into the muck. With his pick up Grafton has about 65,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
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