Joe Hachem was in the cutoff and raised to 5,500 after action had folded around to the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion. Quinn Do was in the small blind and made the call. Do then check-called a bet of 3,800 on the flop, leading to the turn.
Again Do checked and Hachem bet, this time 12,000. Do tanked for about a minute before releasing his hand.
Robert Saltiel attempted to raise all in preflop but because he could only raise the size of the pot he was only able to put 7,000 of his 7,700 chips in. Tyler Patterson was next to act and re-raised. All the other players got out of the way and even though his tablemates jokinging told Saltiel he should fold, he opted to toss in his last 700 chips.
Saltiel:
Patterson:
Saltiel was going to need some help to catch up to Patterson's hand but the board ran out giving Patterson a full house and sending Saltiel to the rail.
Karen Sarkisyan opened for 4,800 and received a call from Kyle Zartman on the button. When action reached Wilfried Harig in the big blind, he reraised to 20,400. Sarkisyan got out of the way while Zartman made the call. A series of raises and reraises resulted in Zartman being all in for 55,200 on the flop, creating a pot worth around 160,000.
Zartman:
Wilfried:
Zartman had flopped two pair with the nut-flush draw, putting him out in front. There really wasn't any suspense after the turn delivered a diamond, completing Zartman's flush, and leaving Harig drawing dead.
We're not sure how it happened, but we can confirm that Stephen Chidwick has been eliminated from the tournament. This marks Chidwick's third cash of the 2011 WSOP, having finished third in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship ($198,927) and 156th in Event #34 $1,000 NLHE ($2,603). Not a bad showing for the man from Deal, U.K.
A short stacked Humberto Brenes raised pot to 7,000 from early position and Josh Field, with most of his chips already in the big blind called off the rest.
Brenes:
Field:
The board came - Field had flopped top two pair but they were counterfeited on the turn and the youngster was knocked out.
We didn't catch the preflop action, but we do know that Wilfried Harig and Inesa Paberzs were all in and covered by Karen Sarkisyan.
Harig:
Sarkisyan:
Paberzs:
Sarkisyan was out in front with his kings, but the flop changed that. Harig paired his ace to take the lead, leaving both of his opponents in bad shape. Neither the turn nor the river changed a thing, as Harig essentially tripled. Meanwhile, Paberzs was eliminated from the tournament.