Nick Schulman started out with to T.J. Cloutier's but Schulman paired his five and his six before ending up with a ten low to T.J.'s 7-6 and was eliminated
With only around 10,000 left Hasan Habib moved all in with and Greg Mueller called in the big blind with . The gave Mueller a straight and pretty much ended the drama, and Habib was eliminated.
After using up all of his nine lives Gus Hansen was eliminated from the tournament. Hansen survived a bunch of all-ins and always seemed to be doubling up or on the brink, but this time he wasn't able to escape the inevitable. Hansen limped under the gun, and after Allen Cunningham called, Thor Hansen raised to 6,000. Gus and Allen called and on we went to the flop.
Which came . Gus bet 3,000, Allen raised and Thor reraised. Gus called for his last 5,200 and after Cunningham got out of the way Gus had a flush draw and backdoor low draw with to Thor's . The on the turn brought Gus no help nor did the on the river. Gus didn't make his flush, didn't make a low hand, and his night finally came to an end.
We caught up to this hand on the turn. With the board reading , Raymond Davis checked from the small blind. Doyle Brunson checked from the big blind and Dario Minieri checked behind from late position.
The river fell the and Brunson bet. David called and Minieri raised. Both Brunson and Davis called and Dario tabled . Minieri had nut low but his flush was good for high as Brunson and Davis both threw their hands away.
With the board reading , Marcel Luske turned over for a flush, winning the high. Pat Pezzin showed for the nut low, and split his half of the pot with Layne Flack, who also held A-2.
The exact action is unclear, but John D'Agostino was ousted when Steve Zolotow tabled (X) (X) on a (X) board. JDags headed for the rail while Steve Z is up to just under 140,000 in chips.
Michael DeMichele raised from early position and Scotty Nguyen reraised from middle position. Action folded to Mark Gregorich on the button and he flat-called and DeMichele called behind.
The flop came and DeMichele checked. Nguyen bet and Gregorich folded. DeMichele raised and Scotty made the call. The turn came the and DeMichele bet. Scotty again made the call. The river came the and it again went bet-call.
DeMichele rolled over and Nguyen mucked. Both players are now roughly even in chips with about 184,000.