James Potter
We caught the action on the turn with the board reading and James Potter and Filipe Pacheco had checked the action to Emad Tahtouh on the button who fired 1,300. Potter and Pacheco both made the call.
The river landed the and Potter led out for 2,500. Pacheco thought for several minutes before making a crying call as Tahtouh folded. Potter revealed for rivered trips as Pacheco slammed his hands on the table and looked to the heavens in disgust before reluctantly mucking his cards.
Emad Tahtouh
Emad Tahtouh and Peter Peeters recently enjoyed a feast together and the main course was Roumald Parsons' chip stack.
On a flop of , Peeters led out with a 1,600 bet and Parsons made the call. Then action then fell to Tahtouh, who raised to 5,000; both players tagged along.
On the turn (), Peters fired a 9,000 bet and Parsons made the call. Tahtouh then dove into the tank, eventually emerging with an all in bet (19,000). Peeters followed suit and moved in over the top of both for a total of 28,000. Parsons hung around as well and had both of his opponents covered. Showdown:
Parsons:
Peeters:
Tahtouh:
The river delivered the , a safe card for Tahtouh and Peeters who chopped the pot (Parsons' chips) with trip eights. After the hand, Emad improved to 36,000, Peeters to 32,000 and Parsons dropped to 10,000 in chips.
Donnie Peters
Edward Coughlan raised from middle position and Gary Ryan made the call behind him. The flop was and Coughlan bet 2,000. Ryan made a raise to 9,825 and was all in. Coughlan called.
Ryan turned up and held a better kicker than Coughlan's .
The at-risk Ryan was able to double up after the turn and river came the and . He now has 20,500 chips.
Donnie Peters
Allan Jones raised from middle position to 700. Adam Wansley reraised to 1,600 in the next seat and Jones made the call. The two players saw the flop come down .
Jones checked to Wansley, who bet 2,000. Jones made a raise to 6,000 that sent Wansley into the tank before he made the call.
As soon as the hit the felt on the turn, Jones announced that he was all in. The bet was 13,425 with action on Wansley. He thought, and thought, and thought... and then made the call.
Showdown:
Jones:
Wansley:
Wansley needed to dodge a couple of outs on the river and did so when the rolled off. Jones is down to just 1,700 chips after Wansley scooped the pot worth over 40,000 chips.
With 1,450 already in the pot and the board showing , Manny Stavropoulos opens with an 1,100 bet. Gursel Ali then raises to 2,500 and gets called by both Brad Walker and Stavropoulos.
The turn brings the and Walker moves all in for 4,300. Stavropoulos folds but Ali calls and tables for a full house; Walker turns over for two pair.
The is the last card off the deck and Ali's boat holds up to win the pot and eliminate Walker from the tournament.
Donnie Peters
The flop came down and Tim Balaban got it all in with with Michael Chrisanthopoulous. Balaban held a set of nines and needed to dodge the big draw from Chrisanthopoulous' .
The turn and river both blanked off for Chrisanthopoulous when the and came. The board pairing on the river did give Balaban a full house in the end and bumped him up to 34,000 chips. Chrisanthopoulous dropped to 10,500.
Arthur Davis may have not been the first player eliminated today, but he may have had the least amount of time on the felt of anyone in today's flight of the Main Event.
Davis first took his seat at the table only a few minutes before the last break and has just been felted at the hands of Nick Georgoulas.
All the chips went into the middle on the turn on the board of . Davis led for a bet and Georgoulas moved all in. Davis made a crying call with but knew he was in trouble as Georgoulas tabled for a set.
The river was the as Davis is eliminated and Georgoulas now sits with around 40,000 chips.
Donnie Peters
There was approximately 2,500 chips in the pot when the flop came down . Con Angelakis checked from the small blind and the big blind moved all in for 7,500. Daniel Mountt got out of the way and then Angelakis made the call.
Showdown:
Angelakis:
Opponent:
The turn was the and the river the . The all-in player slapped his hands together and yelled "Yes!" as he thought he won the hand, but the table informed him that Angelakis flopped the straight. The all-in player shook his head and then exited to the rail while Angelakis began stacking his new stack of 32,000 chips.
and James Potter and Filipe Pacheco had checked the action to Emad Tahtouh on the button who fired 1,300. Potter and Pacheco both made the call.
and Potter led out for 2,500. Pacheco thought for several minutes before making a crying call as Tahtouh folded. Potter revealed 
for rivered trips as Pacheco slammed his hands on the table and looked to the heavens in disgust before reluctantly mucking his cards.
, Peeters led out with a 1,600 bet and Parsons made the call. Then action then fell to Tahtouh, who raised to 5,000; both players tagged along.
), Peters fired a 9,000 bet and Parsons made the call. Tahtouh then dove into the tank, eventually emerging with an all in bet (19,000). Peeters followed suit and moved in over the top of both for a total of 28,000. Parsons hung around as well and had both of his opponents covered.
, a safe card for Tahtouh and Peeters who chopped the pot (Parsons' chips) with trip eights. After the hand, Emad improved to 36,000, Peeters to 32,000 and Parsons dropped to 10,000 in chips.
and Coughlan bet 2,000. Ryan made a raise to 9,825 and was all in. Coughlan called.
and held a better kicker than Coughlan's 
.
and 
. He now has 20,500 chips.
hit the felt on the turn, Jones announced that he was all in. The bet was 13,425 with action on Wansley. He thought, and thought, and thought... and then made the call.
and Walker moves all in for 4,300. Stavropoulos folds but Ali calls and tables 
is the last card off the deck and Ali's boat holds up to win the pot and eliminate Walker from the tournament.
for a set.
as Davis is eliminated and Georgoulas now sits with around 40,000 chips.
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