Michael Gracz makes it 48K to go from early position and gets called by Karga Holt on the button. Gracz checks the flop of , but Holt bets out 70K. Gracz re-raises another 100K and Holt pushes all-in for 220K more. Gracz folds
" . . . and you aren't one of them" uttered one well-known player to another at one of the tables. Hard to tell if the uttering party was serious, but the consensus among the assmbled media is yes.
Chris Martin was just knocked out by Michael Binger, but he only had 20,000 chips left after the following hand. Ross Boatman moved in with , and Chris Martin called for all but 20,000 of his chips with . The flop of didn't help anybody. The turn and river meant Ross Boatman would be staying, and Chris Martin soon would be leaving. Chris left the next hand, and we're 4 from the final table.
Both Layne Flack and Chau Giang have shown up to sweat the players. Flack told a few jokes to Tex Barch, while Chau came over and gave the ol' hand pound to Nick Schulman.
Phil Laak has still yet to show up since the restart after the dinner break. Laak started the day 84th out of 85 in chips and now sits among the last 14 -- well, when he gets here that is.
Kathy Liebert raises UTG, Stuart Fox re-raises all-in, and Kathy calls. Liebert has and Fox shows pocket nines. The flop of delivers Liebert the top pair, and the turn and river of only make it better.
All the money goes in pre-flop and it's Varahram Vardjavand's A-Q versus Nick Schulman's A-K. The better hand holds up and Vardjavand finishes in 16th place.