Pre-flop, Amir Vahedi raised from the button, Jason Strasser moved all in, and Vahedi immediately called. Vahedi talbed the while Strasser was behind, holding .
"No bad beat today, baby. No bad beat!" implored Vahedi as the flop came out . The turn was the , the river was the , and Strasser was sent home.
Vahedi is on a serious roll and sits at 1,360,000.
Marcello Del Grosso was all in pre-flop with vs. Arnold Spee's . Del Grosso hit an ace on the flop and doubled up to 345,000, crippling Spee, who fell down to only 51,000.
Michael Binger moved all in from the small blind with J-8 and Dolph Arnold called with . There was no help to either player on the board and Arnold's queen-high was good enough to eliminate Binger.
On a flop of Kurt Paseka moved all in for 90,000, Tommy Vu called from the cutoff, and Amir Vahedi re-raised all in for over 600,000. After moving all in, Vahedi got out of his chair and began pacing while Vu went into the tank for several minutes. Vu cringed and pulled his hair while trying to make a decision and eventually a clock was called on him.
As the floor counted down Vu's last seconds to make a decision, he pulled a coin out of his pocked and declared "heads, I call, tails I fold." Vu flipped the coin, it came up tails, and he folded.
Paseka showed the , behind to Vahedi's set of fives. The turn was the , but the river was the , which would have made Vu the nut flush. Needless to say, Vu wasn't too happy about that. Paseka was eliminated on the hand.
Vahedi is up to 1,020,000 and remains the chip leader.
Joshua Van Duyn pushed for his last 4,000, not even covering the amount of Barry Cales' big blind. Van Duyn flipped up J-6 and Cales held the . Van Duyn paired his 6 on the flop but Cales rivered a king to eliminate him.
Joshua VanDuyn raised to 30,000 from the small blind and Jan Von Halle called from the big blind. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the . Van Duyn checked, Von Halle bet 42,000, Van Duyn went all in for 179,000, and Von Halle called. The river was the . Von Halle showed Q-J for the full house, and Van Duyn mucked. He was left with only 6,000 in chips.
Michael Binger limped from the cutoff, the button called, and Robert Aron checked the big blind. The flop was . Aron checked, Binger bet 25,000, the button folded, and Aron called. The turn was the . Aron checked, Binger bet 60,000, and Aron called. The river was the . Aron checked, Binger bet 105,000, and Aron called. Aron showed J-9, but Binger flopped the straight with the .
Shane "Shaniac" Schleger raised to 34,000 from the cutoff and was called by Dolph Arnold in the big blind. The flop was the . Arnold checked, Schleger bet 46,000, Arnold moved all in for 180,000, and Schleger folded.