Patrick Hanoteau opened for 30,000 from the button, and Trevor Pope reraised to 102,000 from the small blind, leaving himself just 37,000 behind. The big blind folded, and Hanoteau called.
Pope 
Hanoteau 
Hanoteau was looking for low cards with which to bust Pope's aces, but the board didn't cooperate with the Frenchman's plans, coming 
. Pope doubles to 300,000, while Hanoteau still has 1.05 million.
Joe Serock minimum-raised to 24,000 from under the gun, Miguel Proulx called behind him, and both blinds -- Dilyan Kovachev (small) and Stephane Tayar (big) -- called as well.
The flop came 
. It checked to Serock who bet 96,000, leaving himself 77,000 behind. Proulx folded quickly, then Kovachev tanked for nearly five minutes before the clock was called. Time running out, Kovachev made his decision.
"All or nothing, I raise," he said. "Good luck to you." Serock called with his remaining chips, showing 
for the flopped straight. Kovachev turned over 
for a flush draw and two pair.
The turn was the 
and Serock's hand was still best. But the river brought the 
, giving Kovachev the hand and eliminating Serock.
A pause now as we redraw for seats around the not-quite-final ten-handed table, then move over to one of the feature tables across the Amazon ballroom.
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With only ten remaining, the players have combined to one table and received new seating assignments.
Seat 1: Patrick Hanoteau
Seat 2: Joerg Engels
Seat 3: Dilyan Kovachev
Seat 4: Miguel Proulx
Seat 5: L.J. Klein
Seat 6: Michael Greco
Seat 7: Tommy Le
Seat 8: Karl Gal
Seat 9: Stephane Tayar
Seat 10: Trevor Pope
Patrick Hanoteau raised to 25,000 in middle position and was called by Joerg Engels. Tommy Le then moved all in for a total of 42,000 and both players called.
The flop came and both Hanoteau and Engels checked. They then checked down both the on the turn and 
on the river.
Le turned over 
for flopped quads! He tripled up on the hand, but is still short with around 140,000.
Dilyan Kovachev raised to 35,000 from middle position and L.J. Klein called. Everyone else got out of the way and the two saw a flop of 
.
Kovachev tossed out a bet of 50,000 and Klein made the call. When the 
hit the turn, Kovachev bet 120,000 only to have Klein raise all in for 490,000. Kovachev, who was clearly surprised, stood up and began to contemplate what Klein could have.
Eventually Kovachev slammed his cards down and folded. Klein is up to 685,000 after the hand while Kovachev dropped to 345,000.
Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 0
Action folded to Trevor Pope who raised to 40,000 on the button. Joerg Engels called from the big blind and then checked the 
flop.
Pope bet 60,000 and Engel made the call. Once again, Engel checked when the came on the turn. Pope moved all in for his remaining 145,000. Engels decided to fold, which prompted a large cheer from Pope's supporters.
Tommy Le responded by saying, "That kind of makes me want to bust you." Pope simply laughed.
Now that players have been moved to the feature table, a crowd has gathered to watch the action. Among them is none other than Annette Obrestad, although who she is supporting isn't exactly clear.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
890,000 | 75,000 |
|
850,000 | -60,000 |
|
|
740,000 | 740,000 |
|
|
555,000 | -65,000 |
|
|
435,000 | 28,000 |
|
205,000 | -140,000 |
|
135,000 | 3,000 |
|
125,000 | -47,000 |
|
85,000 | -15,000 |
