Before the flop O'Neal raised to 24,000 and King called in the small blind. They checked the flop and the on the turn, but when the hit on the river and King again checked, O'Neal moved all-in 260,000.
It was a huge overbet (there was only about 60K in the pot) and King asked, "Why would you bet so much?" O'Neal didn't reply at first, but as King thought over the situation and asked the same question again O'Neal just shrugged. King announced his call and turned over , which beat O'Neal's pocket Queens. He was eliminated and King is now up to 1,080,000.
On a board of , Steve Crockett moved all in for 214,000. Jeff Weiss called. Crockett flipped over . Weiss showed . The river was the . Steve Crockett headed to the rail while Jeff Weiss increased his stack to 1,770,000.
With the board showing on the turn, Ryan Lawrence bets 75,000, Doug Gehring moves all in for just a little more, and Lawrence calls with 8-8. Gehring shows A-J for a gutshot straight draw with two overcards, and he needs to improve to survive.
The river card is the , and Lawrence wins the pot with his pocket pair. Doug Gehring is eliminated from the Main Event.
Bob Slezak pushed all-in from late position and Sam Padgett called from the big blind. Slezak had , Padgett had and the board came . Slezak won the pot with two pair and doubled.
Jason Koshi is all in preflop for 151,000 with against Ryan Lawrence's . The board comes , and Lawrence turns a pair of nines to take the lead, but Koshi rivers a pair of kings to clinch the pot, doubling up to more than 300,000 in chips.
Nguyen raised to 15K in the small blind and Mortensen called in the big. The flop came and Mortensen called Nguyen's 30K bet. When the hit on the turn Nguyen checked, Mortensen bet 40,000 and Nguyen check-raised to 100K. Mortensen called, and when the fell on the river they checked it down. Nguyen showed for the flopped two pair and Mortensen mucked. That pot lifted him to 800,000 and dropped the 2001 World Champion down to 180K.
The Shark is huuunnngry!!!
Just before the break, Nolan Dalla announced we have players from all over the world playing Day 4 of this years Series. He went through over a dozen different countries, but it turns out he left one out. There is one player in the field from Wales, to which Nolan gave the witty reply "There are a lot of fish in Whales."
This must have been playing on Steve Crockett's mind when he raised from the cutoff on Humberto Brenes' big blind. Humberto went into the tank, and while he was contemplating a decision, Crockett asked "Is the shark coming out to play?". Humberto laughed and called the 14,000 raise. The flop came , Humberto fired out 30,000, and Crockett folded instantly.
One thing is for sure, if you are going to play in these waters, you had better know how to swim.
Ken Gacek moved all in with . Alexander Dietrich called with . Gacek could not win his race when Dietrich turned a pair of Aces. Ken Gacek busted out while Dietrich increased his stack to 220,000.
Sven Heinecker raises, Ut Nguyen moves all in from the big blind, and Heinecker calls with K-K. Nguyen shows K-6, and he's about as dominated as you can possibly be in the game of Texas hold'em.
Ut Nguyen fails to catch a miracle, and he is eliminated.
flop and the 
on the turn, but when the 
hit on the river and King again checked, O'Neal moved all-in 260,000. 
, which beat O'Neal's pocket Queens. He was eliminated and King is now up to 1,080,000.
. He was called by Alex Michaels's 
. Mellross's hand did not improve and he busted out.
. Weiss showed 
. The river was the 
. Steve Crockett headed to the rail while Jeff Weiss increased his stack to 1,770,000.
on the turn, Ryan Lawrence bets 75,000, Doug Gehring moves all in for just a little more, and Lawrence calls with 8-8. Gehring shows A-J for a gutshot straight draw with two overcards, and he needs to improve to survive. 
, and Lawrence wins the pot with his pocket pair. Doug Gehring is eliminated from the Main Event.
fell on the river they checked it down. Nguyen showed 
for the flopped two pair and Mortensen mucked. That pot lifted him to 800,000 and dropped the 2001 World Champion down to 180K.
, Humberto fired out 30,000, and Crockett folded instantly.
. Alexander Dietrich called with 
