Ted Forrest just trimmed 35,000 chips off of John Hanson. The exact action is unclear but on a board of Forrest tabled for quad tens. Hanson mucked and was left with just 21,000 chips. Forrest meanwhile surges to just over 260,000.
David Benyamine has made his exit. He tangled in a pot with Doyle Brunson and came up short. Benyamine was all in on sixth street and the players showed:
Brunson: () () ()
Benyamine: () () (X)
After Doyle exposed his whole hand, Benyamine slowly peeked at his river card before flicking it into the muck. He stood up and headed for the exit.
All the money went in before the flop with Harman's leading Lederer's . Harman flopped a queen, turned an ace and made a full house on the river to eliminate Lederer. She's now up to 78,000.
Todd Brunson raised from the button, Joe Cassidy called from the small blind and John Hanson called from the big blind. The flop was . Cassidy and Hanson checked to Brunson, who bet, Cassidy called, Hanson raised and both Brunson and Cassidy called. The turn was the and the action was checked around. The river was the . Cassidy checked, Hanson bet, Brunson raised, and both Cassidy and Hanson called.
Brunson:
Cassidy:
Hanson:
Brunson won the high half with fours full of aces while Hansen and Cassidy split the low, both holding 7-4-3-2-A.
Negreanu raised from the cutoff and Gray reraised from the big blind. Negreanu three-bet and Gray called for the last of his chips. Negreanu showed to Gray's , and when the board ran out Negreanu picked up a pot that increased his stack to 235,000 and Gray's night came to an end.
Matt Hawrilenko was just sent home when Andy Bloch showed him a wheel. Hawrilenko started with rolled-up queens but never improved and Bloch's was good for a scoop. He now commands a stack of 110,000 in chips.
Mark Gregorich applied to final, fatal blow to Perry Friedman's hopes and eliminated him from the tournament. Afterwards Perry went over to Mike Matusow and settled up their $100 last-longer bet. Matusow waved the bill over his head and said, "That's Perry Friedman money, boys and girls."
Greg Raymer led with trip nines to Alex Kostritsyn's trip sixes, but Kostritsyn filled up on sixth street and his full house ending up taking down the massive 108,000 pot. Kostritsyn is now up to 315,000 while Raymer's stack was reduced to 63,000.
Apparently Nick Schulman and Sherkhan Farnood have a last longer bet for this tournament. With a considerable amount at stake, things are looking good for Schulman as Farnood is currently sitting on just about 10,000 chips.