For the third time in a row Erik Seidel was the bring-in and he found himself committing his last chips by fourth street against David Oppenheim. The boards ran out:
Seidel: () ()
Oppenheim: () ()
Remarkably Seidel catches running aces to find a much-needed double-up to about 35,000 in chips.
Matt Hawrilenko has been eliminated by none other than Erik Seidel.
Hawrilenko raised it up and Seidel reraised after being the bring-in. Both short stacks collided with Seidel making queens and eights to beat the pair of nines of Hawrilenko who finishes in a disappointing 17th place.
Seidel comes back from the dead to avoid the bubble and make the cash. He has about 65,000 in chips which is still enough to do some damage from this point. An amazing effort.
Our chip counts have now been updated with David Oppenheim holding the chip lead over Alexander Kostritsyn, with Michael Fiorito on the short stack just behind Erik Seidel.
The tables have been redrawn now that we have made the money. Here are the final two tables:
Table 5
Seat 1: Minh Ly
Seat 2: Vassilios Lazarou
Seat 3: Jim Paluszek
Seat 4: David Levi
Seat 5: David Oppenheim
Seat 6: Daniel Negreanu
Seat 7: Alex Kravchenko
Seat 8: Phil Ivey
Seat 10
Seat 1: Alexander Kostritsyn
Seat 2: Thomas Weideman
Seat 3: Erik Seidel
Seat 4: Michael Fiorito
Seat 5: Fu Wong
Seat 6: Jacobo Fernandez
Seat 7: Eric Brooks
Seat 8: Robert Mizrachi
David Levi was the bring-in with David Oppenheim completing before Daniel Negreanu raised it up showing the . Minh Ly then reraised to 18,000 with the and the action folded to Negreanu who quickly called.
On fourth street Negreanu check-called with the as Ly bet with the .
Ly caught the on fifth street and led out with Negreanu calling with the .
On sixth street Ly hit the and led with a bet, but Negreanu grabbed a stack of orange chips and announced a raise to 24,000. Ly quickly called.
On the river Ly checked and Negreanu put in another bet which Ly called.
"Straight," said Negreanu as he revealed a full board of () (). Ly showed () () for a set of aces as the huge pot was sent Negreanu's way.
Ly is left with about 90,000 while Negreanu is now a real final table threat with about 230,000 in chips.
Since the bubble burst, the chips stack of Alex Kravchenko has been sponsored by Duncan Yo-Yo's. Kravchenko lost a pot to Phil Ivey to move down to 55,000 in chips and then turned right around and nearly tripled up the next hand when he won a big four-way pot.
After the last couple of hands, Kravchenko is sitting with 130,000 in chips. Next, we will see if he can "walk the dog."
Just after the break Eric Brooks has been given a penalty for exposing his hole cards with action pending. He will have to sit out the next eight hands (one orbit) of play.