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After losing most of his stack to Thanh dat Tran, John Tolbert had Anthony Damore all in and on the ropes. Tolbert's 
was ahead of Damore's 
, but the board came 
. Damore doubled up to 300,000, dropping Tolbert from over a million in chips 20 minutes ago to 190,000.
David Cai and John Tolbert had their chips all in preflop with Tolbert's tournament life on the line.
Cai: 
Tolbert: 
Tolbert would need some help but it took until the river on the 
board as Tolbert ended up with nines full of treys for the double.
Cai slips down to 335,000 with Tolbert now up to 467,000.
The only recent blogworthy moment came after a rather confusing hand between Alexis Belanger Lebel and Blake Kelso.
Action folded to Lebel in the small blind who announced "call" and slid out 12,000 to complete the bet. Kelso thought for a moment and surprisingly mucked his hand! The dealer mucked the cards and pushed the pot to Lebel who looked rather confused as he explained to Kelso that he had only called.
"You said call? I thought you said all in! The dealer said all in! Floor!" exclaimed an equally confused Kelso.
It appears that everyone at the table thought that Lebel had announced "all in", including the dealer, but since the hand was already over and the pot had been awarded the TD told the players to be more clear with their actions and ruled for the players to simply move on.
After a flurry of bust outs and double ups, players' chip-shoving arms must have gotten a little tired. It's mostly raise-and-take-it poker now, and no one seems to be in a hurry to go anywhere.
Finally! An all in! Action folded to Anthony Damore in the small blind, and he moved all in. It was another 102,000 for David Cai to call from the big blind, and call he did. Damore was ahead with 
to Cai's 
. But alas, the board fell 
, and the players chopped with a pair of threes and ace-queen-jack kickers.
And you thought people just turned to PokerNews for all of their live update/chip count/photo/video needs. Some get their nicknames here too. Yesterday, we blogged a hand in which Edgar de la Torre ran a sick bluff and got his opponent to fold after an agonizing few minutes in the tank. The headline "De la Torture" seemed to fit.
Edgar's fans had been railing him loyally all day and following our coverage from the sidelines. Today, they came back to cheer on their man in designer duds they'd put together this morning - a whole line of shirts with the slogan "de la Torture!"
In a limped pot the two blinds saw a cheap flop of 
. John Tolbert checked it over to Edgar de la Torre who checked behind.
The turn was the 
and Tolbert took a stab with a bet of 75,000. De la Torre then moved all in over the top for a total of 428,000. Tolbert looked like he was going to fold it on several occasions before he suddenly declared, "I call!"
De la Torre:
Tolbert:
De la Torre held a craftily-played set of aces but Tolbert tabled a flush and straight draw. The rail held their breath as the river was revealed as the 
.
De la Torre jumped in the air in celebration, thinking he had won the hand, but he didn't realise that Tolbert had made a straight. Tolbert collected the pot as de la Torre was eliminated from the tournament in 13th place for $23,384.
Action folded to JD "BubbaKGB" McNamara in the small blind, and he raised it to 78,000. Michael Gross defended his big blind, and they went heads up to the 
flop. McNamara bet 85,000, and Gross flatted. The turn brought the 
, and this time McNamara bet 190,000. Gross called again, and they checked down the blank on the river. McNamara rolled over for flopped trips, and Gross just mucked unhappily. He's down to 365,000, while McNamara moved up to 2.3 million.
Thanh dat Tran raised to 60,000 before James Jeffrey moved all in over the top. Tran made the call.
Jeffrey:
Tran: 
The board ran out 
and Tran takes down the monster pot and eliminate Jeffrey in 12th place for $29,897.
The players are now taking a one-hour dinner break.
