With 2,200 chips in the pot, the flop read 
and Team PokerStars Pro Hevad Khan was all in for about 8,000 chips.
The player in the cutoff seat called and table pocket sixes. Khan showed 
.
The turn card was a 
and the river brought the magical 
for Khan, is now up to 18,200 chips.
Eddy Sabat was just now playing a hand at his rather cacophonous table.
Layne Flack and Shawn Sheikhan on either side of him provide plenty of chatter. But a player across the table had out his iPad as well and was playing somewhat loudly a funky rhythmic groove for all to enjoy-slash-endure. The Tournament Director had to come over to ask the player to turn the music down, much to the chagrin of Flack and Sheikhan.
Meanwhile, Sabat found himself involved in a battle over a sizable pot with an opponent. He'd called a turn bet from his foe with the board showing 
. The river then came the 
, and Sabat's opponent fired another bet of 5,125, leaving himself not so much behind.
Sabat thought about it then called, and his opponent showed 
for the rivered pair of queens. Sabat mucked. "Gross," he exhaled.
"Nothin' like putting your tournament on the line with the old queen-high!" chirped Flack, enjoying the scene. Sabat now has 45,000.
With adout 15,000 chips in the middle, Julian Foussard fired 15,000 into Allen Cunningham. Cunningham tanked for a while as the ESPN cameras rolled before making the call. The river brought the 
to pair the board and Foussard checked. Cunningham checked behind.
Foussard tabled the 
for kings and fours with an ace and Cunningham mucked. Foussard's now up to 167,000 in chips while Cunningham dropped to 58,000.
With a player raising in mid to late position, George Danzer and the big blind called leading to a 
flop. The big blind checked, the preflop raiser c-bet 2,000, Danzer called and the big blind stepped out of the way.
On the turn, Danzer check-called 4,000, before being faced with a bet of 6,000 on the 
river. After dwelling for longer than Rodin's "The Thinker", the PokerStars Team Pro made the fold.
Danzer down to 34,000.
Phil Ivey raised to 800 from the cutoff seat and the button called as did the small blind. After the flop came down 
, action checked to Ivey and he bet 1,600. Both his opponents folded and the "Ivey, Ivey, Ivey!" cheers roared from behind him.
"Sweet," said Ivey with a smile as he scooped the pot.
When we arrived at the table the flop spread 
and Aaron Gustavson ended up all in.
Gustavson tabled pocket deuces and his opponent showed 
. The turn card was a 
and the river brought a to the table.
Gustavson knocked out his opponent and is now up to 96,000 chips.
Noah Boeken had his last 8,000 chips in the middle preflop and ran into trouble when his 
found itself up against the of another player at the table.
The board ran out 
and while Boeken had picked up some additional outs on the turn, he was unable to improve his hand and has been eliminated just before the end of Level 4.
Phil Ivey raised to 800 from the hijack seat and the big blind made the call. After the flop came down 
, the big blind check-folded to a bet of 1,100 from Mr. Ivey.
Ivey's now got 36,500 chips.
Just one half of a level remains in the final Day 1 of the 2010 Main Event, and although the tournament cannot be won today, players can surely jockey themselves into positions to go deep.
A couple of good friends have built up sizable stacks through the first four levels. Jason Mercier (115,000) and Allen Bari (88,000) are amongst our leaders. Mercier's run good spilled over into the sporting world as well - his favorite NBA team, the Miami Heat, picked up LeBron James.
Please, run better Mr. Mercier.
Conversely, success in the sporting world has spilled onto the felt. Dutchman Michiel Sijpkens is atop our chip counts with 170,000 to his name, but we're sure he'd trade that for a victory on Sunday against Spain in the World Cup Final. In a perfect world, the orange crush would continue in both events.
We briefly mentioned some ladies in the field today, but there are two in particular that are off to a good start. Both Vanessa Rousso (82,000) and J.J. Liu (70,000) are comfortably above starting stack and will look to chip up even more during our last half level.
This is our final 20-minute break of the evening and when we return the cards will be in the air for just one more hour.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
