On a 
flop with about 35,000 in the middle, Manelic Minaya and Phil Hellmuth checked to see the 
turn card. Minaya bet 15,000 and Hellmuth called, landing the 
on the river. Minaya checked and Hellmuth checked behind, quietly tabling 
.
Minaya mucked and is down to 112,000, while Hellmuth chipped up to just over 100,000. Recent bracelet winner James Dempsey commented, "It must be nice to get those big pairs." Hellmuth responded, "I play the game differently than the rest of the world."
The short stack of Patrick Arnold couldn't find a double up as he has been eliminated just short of the cash.
Arnold shoved with 
and found himself up against the 
of Ted Lawson. The board ran out 
and Arnold's day is done.
Josh Arieh opened in middle position before Peter Gilmore moved all in for his last 64,000. Arieh deliberated for some time before making the call.
Gilmore: 
Arieh: 
The board landed 
to give Gilmore trip kings for a big double up. He's back up to 140,000 with Arieh unhappy to be down to just 77,000.
Amnon Fillipi got the rest of his stack, about 20,000, into the middle with 
, but had run into Paul Foltyn's 
.
The flop came down 
and Filippi took the lead. He managed to stay ahead and doubled to about 42,000.
We have two more eliminations until we hit the money. As such, play has tightened up considerably around the tables. Two players will be going home very disappointed while everyone else will have 10,497 reasons to celebrate.
Tony "DrunkPPlaya" Gargano raised in early postion and Nico "mad.afurable" Behling shipped it in for 62,000 in late position. Gargano called and we had a race on our hands:
Gargano: 
Behling: 
The board ran down 
and Behling doubled to 135,000. Gargano dropped to 57,000.
Chau Giang has survived elimination and looks set for yet another WSOP cash after doubling up at the expense of Frank Calo.
Giang moved all in from the hijack position for his last 39,200 with Calo making the call on the button.
Giang: 
Calo:
Calo held a slight lead but the 
board gave Giang a flush and a double up to 90,000. Calo is left with 72,000.
Phil Hellmuth raised from under the gun to 8,000 before James Dempsey re-popped it to 23,000. The table folded around and action was back with Hellmuth.
Hellmuth thought for some time before deciding to fold 
face up!
Dempsey decided to show as well as he flashed 
! Oops!
The players are now on the money bubble as hand-for-hand play has commenced.
Isaac Baron and Annette Obrestad just got involved in a significant pot, the result of which has left Obrestad dangerously low on chips. They got it all in preflop and Obrestad held to Baron's . The board ran out 
as Baron made a pair of queens to chip up to about 200,000.
"I wonder if I can fold to the money now," said Obrestad. She is left with just about 2,000 with one elimination left until the money is reached.
