Charlie Ng: {mucked}/
Michael Foti: 
/
Ng may have bet sixth street, but he put on the brakes on seventh, checking into Foti who made a bet. Ng tanked, but reluctantly made the call only for his fears to be realised: set over set. He's now down to just 3,000, whilst Foti is chasing the chip leaders with 90,000.
Level: 15
Blinds: /
Ante:
That's another two levels down and it's time to have another 20 minute break.
John D'Agostino's cards read 
when we arrived. He was all in, in a three-way pot, which was about to go to showdown.
"Please don't be an ace, please don't be an ace," we think he was saying, presumably in an attempt to reverse-will out the ace that would win him half the pot.
However, he squeezed out an eight instead, and his eight low was not as good as Felipe Tavares' eight low. Hoyt Verner took the other half of the pot with a pair of aces, and D'Agostino hit the rail with a min-cash.
Hoyt Verner and Joseph Santagata just shared a pot, Verner leading out on seventh street and finding two calls, the other being Joshua Karnad.
Verner: 
/
Karnad: {mucked}/
Santagata: 
/
Verner - 44,000
Karnad - 49,000
Santagata - 84,000
Popular UK pro Paul Parker has been eliminated from event. However, he crept into the money taking home $2,851 for his troubles. No doubt he'll spend the money on another floral shirt and a pair of multi-coloured socks.
There wasn't even time to go hand for hand. The TD's announcement went:
"Dealers in the stud-eight, hold up...
"...We're in the money."
We're not terribly sure exactly who the unfortunate official bubbler was yet, but it could have been Jan Sjavik or Michael Botwin. We'll know for sure once the remaining players start hitting the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
112,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
||
|
107,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
103,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
100,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
95,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
||
|
90,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
82,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
|
||
|
80,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
||
|
78,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
78,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
68,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
68,000
44,500
|
44,500 |
Kevin MacPhee: (XX) / 
Debbie Hickok: (XX) / 
Debbie Hickok bet out on fourth street when we joined the action and Kevin MacPhee called. They both checked on fifth.
On sixth street, now showing two pair, Kevin MacPhee bet out. Debbie Hickok shook her head in disgust and MacPhee moved up to 78,500. Hickok dipped to 49,000.
Five players saw sixth street, so lets just see what their boards looked like.
John Womack: {X}{X}/
Dale Phillips: {X}{X}/
Phil Ivey: {X}{X}/
Odette Tremblay: 
Michael Baxter: {X}{X}
John Womack tossed in the bring-in on third street and the rest of the players called. All checked fourth and fifth street. Dale Phillips took the lead in the hand on sixth street and bet his pair of queens. Phil Ivey raised and action folded around to Phillips. He made the call and check-called Ivey's seventh street bet.
Ivey tabled 
for a straight flush and is up to about 75,000. Phillips dropped to about 81,000.
