Donnie Peters
Jeff Duvall - 42nd Place
Jeff Duvall had just been moved to the secondary feature table before the break and upon returning from break, got involved on the flop of with Jeff Shulman.
The two players found all of the money in the middle with Shulman tabling . Duvall would need a lot of helping holding .
The turn ended things when the hit the felt. The river completed the board with the and Duvall was eliminated.
Adam York - 41st Place
Ian Tavelli opened the pot with a raise to 160,000, and Warren Zackey made the call in position. Next to go was Adam York, and he moved all in for a total of 405,000. Both Tavelli and Zackey came along to put York at risk.
The board would run down with the two live players checking through the turn. On the river, Tavelli fired out a bet, and Zackey quickly folded. Tavelli tabled for the Broadway straight, and York frowned as he turned over . Top set was no good as York was run down by the four-straight on the board.
With that, Adam York becomes our 41st-place finisher in the Main Event, taking home nearly $180,000 in cash.
Following a flop of , Ben Lamb bet 125,000 from the small blind, Darvin Moon raised to 500,000 from under the gun, and Lamb called. The turn was the . This time Lamb checked, Moon bet 500,000, and Lamb called.
Both checked the river. Lamb showed and Moon . Lamb's tens were good, and he moves to 5.2 million. Moon has 8.1 million.
Donnie Peters
Scott Cook - 40th Place
On the hand following Jeff Duvall's elimination, Scott Cook open-shoved from the button with about 1.5 million in chips. Jonathan Tamayo made the call from the small blind.
Tamayo held and Cook held .
The board ran out , eliminating Cook in 40th place.
Antoine Saout opened for a raise from early position and Billy Kopp called from the big blind.
The flop was and Kopp checked to Saout, who bet 375,000. Kopp raised to 850,000 and Saout called. The turn came the and Kopp checked again. No check-raise this time-- Saout's small bet of 775,000 was enough to lose Kopp and he raked in the pot, taking his stack up to 8.3 million.
Christopher Bach was just now all in again, this time opening by pushing his stack of 680,000 from middle position. Ludovic Lacay called from the big blind, showing versus Bach's .
The board went , and Bach continues to hang on, and Bach had moved up to 1.47 million. Lacay was at 6.7 million after that one.
Shortly afterwards, Bach raised to 250,000 from the cutoff, and Tommy Vedes made the call from the button. The blinds folded, and the flop came . Both checked. The turn was the , and both players once again checked.
The river brought the . Bach bet 350,000, and Vedes made the call. Bach turned over , and Vedes mucked.
Bach is at 2.1 million now, while Vedes has 9.62 million.
Eugene Katchalov - 39th Place shaking hands with Darvin Moon
First into the pot, Eugene Katchalov moved all in for 1,095,000. The action came around to newcomer Darvin Moon who was still unracking his chips, set to play his first hand at the table. He announced a re-raise to 5,000,000 straight, but it would take another minute or so before he had pulled out enough chips to add them to the pot. Antonio Esfandiari tanked for a while before folding, and the remainder of the table followed in turn.
Showdown
Katchalov:
Moon:
The flop paired Katchalov but he caught the wrong card as the dealer spread . The turn and river did nothing for his chances though, and he has been eliminated in 39th place.
"Welcome to the table," the announcer said to Moon, stacking a pot with racks still waiting on the rail.
Darvin Moon limped into the pot, and the action folded around to the button. Ian Tavelli was there, and he put in a raise to 250,000. When it came back on Moon, he announced a re-raise, making it 600,000 to go. Tavelli quickly called, heads up to the flop.
It showed up , and both men checked. The turn was the , and the action check-checked once more. On the river, the finally drew a delayed continuation bet from Moon. He made it 1,000,000 straight, and Tavelli asked the dealer to spread the pot. Satisfied with what he saw, Tavelli kicked it in, and Moon flashed pocket aces for top set.
Moon has had pocket kings and pocket aces within his first five hands at the featured table.
Blair Rodman opened for 210,000 from middle position and Phil Ivey called from the big blind.
Ivey checked the flop over to Rodman, who checked behind. The turn came the and Ivey led out for 300,000. Rodman raised to 700,000 and Ivey made the call. Both players checked the on the river.
Ivey showed and Rodman mucked. He's just short of 10 million in chips, while Rodman is on the short stack with 1.2 million.
with Jeff Shulman.
. Duvall would need a lot of helping holding 
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hit the felt. The river completed the board with the 
and Duvall was eliminated.
with the two live players checking through the turn. On the river, Tavelli fired out a bet, and Zackey quickly folded. Tavelli tabled 
for the Broadway straight, and York frowned as he turned over 
. Top set was no good as York was run down by the four-straight on the board.
, Ben Lamb bet 125,000 from the small blind, Darvin Moon raised to 500,000 from under the gun, and Lamb called. The turn was the 
. This time Lamb checked, Moon bet 500,000, and Lamb called.
river. Lamb showed 
and Moon 
. Lamb's tens were good, and he moves to 5.2 million. Moon has 8.1 million.
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and Kopp checked again. No check-raise this time-- Saout's small bet of 775,000 was enough to lose Kopp and he raked in the pot, taking his stack up to 8.3 million.
versus Bach's 
. Bach bet 350,000, and Vedes made the call. Bach turned over 
flop over to Rodman, who checked behind. The turn came the 
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