Benjamin Gilbert raised to 55,000 and Jason "JCarver" Somerville called. The flop came down and both players checked. The turn brought the and Somerville fired 80,000. Gilbert made the call. The river was the and both players checked.
"Pair." said Somerville. He then mucked when Gilbert showed for top pair with a jack kicker.
From under the gun, William Erickson raised all in for 147,000 chips total. Karga Holt was in the cutoff and reraised all in. Everyone else folded, leaving Holt and Erickson heads up.
Holt was behind Erickson's holding . The board ran out and Erickson earned the double up.
From the button, Jason DeWitt raised to 50,000. Karga Holt made the call from the big blind. The flop came down between the two players. Holt checked and DeWitt fired 65,000. Holt folded, which prompted DeWitt to show .
It's not much, but it's really all the action we've seen lately.
Michael Katz raised to 51,000 from the cutoff and action folded over to Jason "JCarver" Somerville in the big blind. Somerville moved all in for 377,000 total and Katz snap-called.
"Do you have aces?" questioned Somerville, thinking he ran into the ultimate cooler. But, Katz only turned up . Somerville held .
The flop came down with no ace, . The turn brought a nice sweat to things when the rolled off, adding some straight and flush outs for Katz. The river was the and missed all of those outs, giving Somerville the double up.
Michael Katz raised to 51,000 from early position and Karga Holt called out of the big blind. The flop, turn, and river were all checked by both players as it ran out . Holt tabled two eights, , and won the pot.
It turns out, Michael Noda is at this final table, we just haven't heard much from him.
On the hand, Noda moved all in from the button and was called by William Erickson in the small blind. Erickson held and Noda had . The board ran out nice and clean as far as Erickson was concerned when it came and Noda suffered the blow. He is down to 190,000 while Erickson doubled to 400,000.
Stopping by to view some of the action are Paul Wasicka, Jonathan Little, Justin Young, and Shannon Shorr. it's a good thing the tournament staff helped the players out and switched them to a more viewable table because the rail is packed full of fans trying to get a view.