Shamus
On a flop of , Tom Schneider bet 225,000, then Joseph Cada raised to 500,000 behind him. Schneider made the call.
Both players checked the turn and river. Schneider showed , and Cada mucked. Schneider is back up to 2.6 million, just a little behind Cada now who on that one slips to 2.7 million.
Both players are just above the current chip average of 2,597,600 with 75 players left.
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Darvin Moon
The chip leader for most of the last level has been Darvin Moon, and he's only widening his gap on the field. After Scott Bohlman opened from late position for 100,000, short-stacked Brent Catalano moved in from the button for 885,000. Moon was in the small blind and squeezed out , instantly calling Catalano's all-in reraise.
Bohlman quickly folded, leaving Moon heads up against Catalano's . There was no help for Catalano on a board of . He's out of the Main Event, while Moon's stack crests 9 million.
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Grayson Ramage opened for 100,000 from the button, Tim Kahlmayer raised to 325,000, Ramage four-bet all in for 885,000 and Kahlmayer made the call.
Ramage
Kahlmayer
Ramager's kings held up on the board to double his stack to 2,420,000. Kahlmayer was left with 800,000.
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Leo Margets raised to 110,000 from the hijack, Tommy Vedes bumped it to 280,000 and Margets made the call.
The flop came down . Margets led out for 150,000 and Vedes called. Both players checked the on the turn. The river was the and Margets check-called a positively tiny 65,000 river bet.
Vedes tabled and took it down, increasing his stack to 4,700,000. Margets is down to 2,800,000.
donpeters
Luu-king good now
Hieu Luu limped in from the button and then Fernando Gordo raised from the small blind to 125,000. The big blind folded and Luu made the call. The flop came down . Gordo continued with a bet of 200,000. Luu made the call.
The turn brought the to the board. Gordo fired 350,000 and Luu raised to 925,000. Gordo reraised all in for 2.3 million total and Luu snap-called for his last 730,000.
Luu held for two pair and Gordo held .
The river was the and failed to improve Gordo's hand after Luu took the lead on the turn. Gordo dropped to 1.6 million while Luu jumped to four million.
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George Caragiorgas was the first player to act preflop and the first player into the pot, opening with a raise to 110,000. Warren Zackey was second to act and second into the pot. He called, folding action all the way to Martin Lapostolle in the big blind. He also called, creating a three-way pot.
The flop of drew a few murmurs from the table. Lapostolle checked to Caragiorgas, who opened for 250,000. Zackey didn't take long before raising that bet to 750,000.
Zackey's raise induced a fold from Lapostolle; it also induced a snap all-in from Caragiorgas for 1.16 million total. Those extra 400,000 chips gave Zackey some pause.
"I got you," Caragiorgas told Zackey.
"You sure?" Zackey asked.
"1000 percent," replied Caragiorgas. "We're so deep. There's no point. I got you."
Either Zackey was bluffing or he believed Caragiorgas. He opted to fold and preserve the extra 400,000 chips. Caragiorgas showed , drawing a fist-bump from Zackey.
donpeters
Owen Crowe (Day 5) - eliminated
Scott Bohlman opened the pot with a raise to 95,000 from under the gun. Owen Crowe was in middle position and reraised to 295,000. Action folded all the way around to Fernando Gordo in the big blind and he moved all in for 1.8 million chips total. Bohlman released his hand and then Crowe had a decision to make for all of his chips.
Crowe stood from his chair and removed his sunglasses. He tanked for a while. He even tried to talk to Gordo by saying, "I wish you spoke English."
All Gordo did was hold up his hand with his index finger and thumb spread about an inch to signify that he spoke a little bit. Crowe smiled, but still tanked.
Eventually, he made the call with . Gordo held . "Gotta win a race," announced Crowe.
The flop wasn't a good one for Crowe, when it came down . Crowe was now looking for just a queen or running straight cards as his backdoor spades were blocked by Gordo's .
The turn was the and then the river the . Gordo stood and raised his hands above his head in triumph as Crowe was sent to the rail.
Crowe final-tabled an event earlier this year for nearly $150,000 in prize money. He also made an even deeper run in last year's Main Event. There, Crowe finished in 15th place for over $435,000. Not a bad two years at the WSOP.
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Phil Ivey was first in from the button, and he made it 110,000 to skate. In the big blind, Kent Goulding put in a reraise to 325,000, and Ivey called.
Heads up, the flop came . Goulding checked, and Ivey fired a big tower of chips at the pot, enough to cover his opponent. Goulding called all in for his last 910,000, at risk for his tournament life.
Showdown
Ivey:
Goulding:
Goulding was in the lead with top pair, but Ivey's flush draw was live. The turn was a blank though, as the was the wrong color. The river was the right color though, and indeed the right suit. The spiked the board, improving Ivey to the winning flush and sending Goulding out the door.
With that win, Ivey is sitting pretty right at the 5,000,000-chip mark. Uh oh.
donpeters
Jamie Robbins raised to 115,000 from under the gun. In middle position, Antonio Esfandiari called and then Eugene Katchalov called from the hijack seat.
The flop came down and Robbins checked. Esfandiari bet 280,000. Action was now on Katchalov and he put in a raise to 725,000. Robbins folded and then Esfandiari folded as well, giving Katchalov the pot.
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Peter Eastgate - Eliminated
Billy Kopp came in with a raise to 105,000 from early position, and Dennis Phillips made the call in the next seat over. Action came around to Peter Eastgate in the small blind, and he moved all in for 445,000 total. Both Kopp and Phillips eventually called to put Eastgate at risk.
The board ran out with the two live players check-checking it all the way down. Phillips missed everything, and Eastgate tabled for top two. It was no good though; Kopp showed up , having rivered the winning four-flush.
That's the end of the road for defending champion Peter Eastgate. He put on a great show, and he seemed to have the support of the masses as he made his second consecutive deep run, but he just couldn't get anything going today. His quest for a legendary back-to-back championship will come up about 75 places short.
, Tom Schneider bet 225,000, then Joseph Cada raised to 500,000 behind him. Schneider made the call.
turn and 
river. Schneider showed 
, and Cada mucked. Schneider is back up to 2.6 million, just a little behind Cada now who on that one slips to 2.7 million.![[user75032]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, instantly calling Catalano's all-in reraise. 
. There was no help for Catalano on a board of 
. He's out of the Main Event, while Moon's stack crests 9 million.
board to double his stack to 2,420,000. Kahlmayer was left with 800,000.
on the turn. The river was the 
and Margets check-called a positively tiny 65,000 river bet. 
for two pair and Gordo held 
.
drew a few murmurs from the table. Lapostolle checked to Caragiorgas, who opened for 250,000. Zackey didn't take long before raising that bet to 750,000.
, drawing a fist-bump from Zackey.
and then the river the 
. Gordo stood and raised his hands above his head in triumph as Crowe was sent to the rail.
. Goulding checked, and Ivey fired a big tower of chips at the pot, enough to cover his opponent. Goulding called all in for his last 910,000, at risk for his tournament life.
for top two. It was no good though; Kopp showed up 
, having rivered the winning four-flush.