On a board reading on the turn, Emad Tahtouh called a 2,000 bet from Jan-Willem Kamps. The river was the . Kamps moved all in and Tahtouh called. Tahtouh turned up pocket aces, but Kamps had flopped a set with . Tahtouh was left with only 400 in chips after the hand.
Tahtouh managed to avoid elimination on the next hand, when he pushed in with Q-3 against his opponent's pocket jacks. Tahtouh flopped a three and rivered a jack to take down the pot with two pair and double up to 800.
All the money went in on a flop, Jozef Berec holding K-Q for top two pair, and Karsten Cobbing turning up for a set. The turn was the and the river was the , making Cobbing quad sevens. Berec was left with only 50 in chips.
Berec tossed those two quarters in on the next hand, holding , but Sam Khouiss woke up to J-J. No help for Berec on the board and he made an early exit from the Main Event.
So far we've spotted WSOP bracelet winners Mark Vos and Jeffrey Lisandro, along with Sarah Bilney, David Saab, Maurie Pears, Arul Thillai, Jozef Berec, Van Marcus, Sam Khouiss, and Event #5 ($1,100 H.O.R.S.E.) final tabler Karib Karib.
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