During the dinner break, the final table was relocated from Green #15, a table just outside the Milwaukee's Best No-Limit Lounge, to Green #5, a table more centrally located in the Amazon Room.
Our understanding is that our emcee and floor supervisor for the evening, Robert Beck, was told to do this by Jack Effel after a particularly loud and disruptive ovation from the spectators watching this event that was easily audible in the MBL No-Limit Lounge, where the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha final is currently underway. Beck has told us that the table was moved to allow for more spectator space.
Whatever the reason, we'll be on Green #5 for the rest of the night.
Vitaly Lunkin just raised three pots in a row and took down the first two uncontested. The third time he tried it though, from under the gun, Kenneth Terrell played back at him. Terrell reraised all in for about 750,000 more after Lunkin had raised to 175,000.
Lunkin laid it down though. I thought the third time you raised you were supposed to have a hand!
Trevor Donaldson eliminated
We have our fifth-place finisher. After Brett Kimes raised to 160,000 from under the gun, Trevor Donaldson reraised all in from the button. Imagine his feeling when Bobby Firestone put in the third raise from the big blind, going all in for over two million in chips. Kimes quickly got out of the way, allowing the remaining players to open their hands:
Donaldson:
Firestone:
Donaldson was in rough shape, even rougher when Kimes announced he had folded an ace. The flop of missed Donaldson completely. When the turn fell , only an ace could save his tournament life. It didn't come; the river was the . Donaldson is eliminated and collects $190,225.
Most of the eliminations we've seen so far have been a result of two big hands clashing in a preflop all in confrontation. None of these players seemed that experienced at playing a big stack and using it to pile pressure on their opponents. Hands that have been played postflop have been either checked most of the way down or a small bet has scared an opponent off.
We've recently moved up to Level 26 where the big blind is 80,000. This means that there are only just over 100 big blinds on the table, hence most of the play will be preflop from now on.
Kenneth Terrell eliminated
We finally had two big hands collide, and Kenneth Terrell took the worse for the collision. After Vitaly Lunkin raised the button to 200,000, Terrell peeked down at in the small blind and shoved all in for about 1,000,000. Lunkin quickly made the call with .
Despite legions of fans shouting out for an ace, Terrell got no help when the flop came down . The on the turn made things a bit more interesting; Terrell could win the hand with an ace or a ten. The river, however, was a meaningless and Lunkin's jacks held up.
Terrell played admirably, being short the whole days but surviving all the way to fourth place. He collects $232,702 for that display of skill.
missed Donaldson completely. When the turn fell 
, only an ace could save his tournament life. It didn't come; the river was the 
. Donaldson is eliminated and collects $190,225.
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. This would complete any flush draw and seems to scare both players as they check it down.
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and both players checked it.
and both players checked again.
in the small blind and shoved all in for about 1,000,000. Lunkin quickly made the call with 
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and Lunkin's jacks held up.
