Josh Arieh had built up again after doubling Derric Haynie when he got involved in another big pot. Sigi Stockinger moved all in under the gun for 6,975. Arieh then came over the top, shoving for a total of 13,475. Scott Seiver asked for a count of both stacks before folding, saying, "You guys are real lucky I don't know how to play this game."
Stockinger stood pat, and Arieh dropped a to draw to an . Stockinger showed , meaning Arieh needed a nine, seven, six, or five to eliminate him. "It's three across," he said, peeling it slowly. But he flipped over an to double Sigi up to 15,150. Arieh is back down to 6,500.
Seiver said he had Arieh's exact same five-card hand before the draw.
Todd Bui found himself all in pre-draw against Lamar Wilkinson.
Bui drew one while Wilkinson stood pat with his .
Bui was drawing to the better hand with his , and managed to squeeze out the dot-less to stay alive and double to 23,000 as Wilkinson slips to 9,200 in chips.
We walked over as Alex Kravchenko caught a to go with his . Lyle Berman, who was all in, tossed his cards into the muck and said, "Good hand," as he stood up and shook Kravchenko's hand. The stone-faced Russian actually smiled as he said goodbye to Berman and raked in the chips. He's up to 72,000.
With five eliminations left before the bubble, action has slowed waaaaay down. Keith Lehr has taken advantage and moved into the top spot. Here are some chip counts to keep you entertained.
With two members of his attached-at-the-hip crew, JC Tran and Chino Rheem, still in this event, poor Nam Le doesn't know what to do with himself. He's been hanging around for the last few hours, though he's not really sweating the action. Le is currently sitting at an empty table a few rows away from the tournament and watching NBA coverage.
With Team Pro Chad Brown's elimination early in the day and Dario Minieri's recent exit, all of the PokerStars pressure is on Alexander Kravchenko's shoulders. Fortunately, the man looks like he could face Armageddon without breaking a sweat, so we're not too worried about his buckling. He's making the rest of his table squirm at the moment and has built up to 72,000 - not a stack, or a man, to be messed with.
Tad Jurgens moved all in for just under 8,000 under the gun, and Tommy Hang looked him up. Each player drew one. Jurgens was ahead before the draw with to Hang's . Hang caught a , which was no good as Jurgens drew a beautiful to make the nuts. With a number one, Jurgens doubled up to 19,000. Hang was cut down to 7,100.
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to draw to an 
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to keep him alive and back up to 9,000 as Hang slipped to just 7,000 in chips.
, which was no good as Jurgens drew a beautiful