Double up or go home. As expected, on the first hand of the final table, Thor Hansen moved all in for his last 40K. He paired his door card on 4th street and was ahead on fifth and sixth street. On seventh street he turned up two pair, 7s and 5s, but that was not good enough to beat John Hanson's bigger two pair.
Thor Hansen, the Godfather of Norwegian poker, headed to the rail under a loud applause. We have lost our first player of the final table. Down to seven.
Hand #5 - Bruno Fitoussi has the button in seat 3, Tran raises to 120,000, and Deeb calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Deeb bets 60,000, and Tran calls. The turn card is the , Deeb bets 120,000, and Tran folds. Freddy Deeb takes the pot.
Hand #6 - John Hanson has the button in seat 4, Greenstein raises under the gun to 120,000, and Filippi calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Filippi checks, Greenstein bets 60,000, and Filippi folds. Barry Greenstein takes the pot.
Hand #8 - Amnon Filippi has the button in seat 7, he raises to 120,000, and Greenstein calls from the small blind. The flop comes , Greenstein checks, Filippi bets 60,000, Greenstein bets 120,000, and Filippi calls. The turn card is the , Greenstein bets 120,000, Filippi raises to 240,000, and Greenstein folds. Amnon Filippi takes the pot.
Hand #9 - Barry Greenstein has the button in seat 8, Hanson raises to 120,000, Deeb reraises to 180,000, and Hanson calls. The flop comes , Hanson checks, Deeb bets 60,000, and Hanson folds. Freddy Deeb takes the pot.
Hand #10 - Kenny Tran has the button in seat 1, he raises to 120,000, and Fitoussi calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Fitoussi checks, Tran bets 60,000, Fitoussi raises to 120,000, and Tran calls. The turn card is the , and both players check. The river card is the , and both players check. Fitoussi shows 7-7, and Tran mucks. Bruno Fitoussi takes the pot with a pair of sevens.