On a flop of , Brian Yoon bet 95,000 and received a call from big-stacked Pius Heinz. Yoon shifted gears when the appeared on the turn, opting to check call a bet of 188,000. Both players proceeded to check the river, at which point Yoon turned over . It was good as Heinz simply mucked.
It was folded around Jens Kyllonen in the cutoff who raised to 34,000 and then Lars Bonding three-bet to 88,000 from the small blind. Kyllonen made the call and then called a bet of 111,000 on the flop. When the hit the turn, Bonding fired out 213,000 which was enough to get Kyllonen to fold.
Marc-Andre Ladouceur has had a bit of a rough day, but he's finally rebounded back nearly to where he began the day. The double-up happened as Ladouceur found in late position, and he got his last 513,000 into the middle flipping a coin against Jeff Becker and his .
Ladouceur found a set that he'd need as the board ran out to give him the double. It moves him back close to 1.1 million, knocking Becker back to about the same count.
Manoj Viswanathan suffered through a rough first couple of levels on Day 5, beginning the day with more than 2 million chips -- the biggest stack of all the returners -- but losing about two-thirds of that by the second break.
He rebounded here during Level 21, though fell back again after Ray Henson doubled through him. Then Harold Wassan doubled through Viswanathan shortly thereafter, knocking him back down under 600,000. Soon after that he was all in before the flop with , but unfortunately for him ran into David Barter's .
The board ran out , and Viswanathan has been eliminated. Meanwhile, Barter looks like he's become the latest to join the 3-million chip club.
Konstantinos Mamaliadis came in for a raise to 41,000 in the hijack, and he got a call from two players: Sam Silverman in the cutoff, and Tom Koral on the button. The dealer fanned out , and Mamaliadis led out for 76,000. Silverman instantly called that bet, and Koral got out of the way, leaving them heads up.
The turn came the , and Mamaliadis fired out again, this time for 156,000. Silverman cut out the chips for the call and started to shuffle them. After about 30 seconds of shuffling, Silverman announced all in, and before he finished the words, Mamaliadis had already announced call, slammed for a flopped full house on the table, and got out of his chair. Silverman showed for trip sixes and a useless flush draw. Silverman would need the case six to scoop the pot, but he wouldn't get it, as the river was the .
Mamaliadis won the pot, upping his stack to an above average 1.66 million, while Silverman is out of this years main event.
On a flop of , Umberto Caloro checked from the under-the-gun position and Mars Callahan bet 110,000 from middle position. Caloro then came alive with a check-raise to 254,000, and Callahan hit the tank hard. We're talking for somewhere right around eight minutes, even saying, "If you have jacks, I'm ahead."
Eventually Callahan made the call and watched the hit the turn. Caloro moved all in for his remaining 291,000 and Callahan didn't take nearly as long to make the call.
Showdown
Callahan:
Caloro:
As it turned out, Callahan had made a good call with his queens as Caloro held only a gut-shot straight draw. The river was of no consequence and Callahan put an end to Caloro's Main Event.
Paul Volpe got his last ~600,000 chips into the pot with , and Julian Stuer looked him up with the inferior . Volpe thought he liked the action, but he'd not like the result. The board ran out , and Volpe couldn't even find a diamond river card to chop, and he's been run out of the room with just less than 200 players left.
For Stuer, it's a big chip increase, moving him up to 1.6 million.
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Joe Tehan ships his chips after being eliminated
Over 300,000 chips were in the middle when we got to the table and the flop of was laid out. Terry Hobbs was up first and fired 250,000. Bryan Devonshire was next to act and raised all in for around 1.4 million. Joe Tehan was also in action on the flop and called all in for 620,000. Hobbs then folded leaving Devonshire and Tehan heads up for this massive pot.
Normally when you flop middle set like Tehan did with the , you're feeling great about your position. Tehan looked sick to his stomach when Devonshire rolled over the for top set.
"Really? Really?!?!" said Tehan, who would now need to catch the case seven to stay alive.
The turn brought the and the river the . Devonshire went on to make quads and just like that Tehan was gone. Devonshire won the pot and moved to over 2.6 million in chips.
We found this hand developing as the dealer was squaring the cards in the middle of the table. Tony Hachem had and Adolfo Monreal was all in and at risk.
We picked up the action on the flop as the dealer spread out . There was already over 125,000 in the pot by that point, and Pius Heinz either bet or raised to 117,000. Jon Friedberg called, and the appeared on fourth street. Heinz checked, and Friedberg took his cue to bet 268,000 at the pot. Heinz's response was an all-in shove over the top, and Friedberg called all in for 663,000. The news was not at all good -- in fact, he was already drawing dead.
Showdown
Heinz:
Friedberg:
The river was a mere formality, and Friedberg has been sent packing. His chips boost Heinz up to 3.77 million now as continues his assault on the top of the leader board.
, Brian Yoon bet 95,000 and received a call from big-stacked Pius Heinz. Yoon shifted gears when the 
appeared on the turn, opting to check call a bet of 188,000. Both players proceeded to check the 
river, at which point Yoon turned over 
. It was good as Heinz simply mucked.
flop. When the 
hit the turn, Bonding fired out 213,000 which was enough to get Kyllonen to fold.
in late position, and he got his last 513,000 into the middle flipping a coin against Jeff Becker and his 
.
, but unfortunately for him ran into David Barter's 
, and Viswanathan has been eliminated. Meanwhile, Barter looks like he's become the latest to join the 3-million chip club.
, and Mamaliadis led out for 76,000. Silverman instantly called that bet, and Koral got out of the way, leaving them heads up.
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river was of no consequence and Callahan put an end to Caloro's Main Event.
, you're feeling great about your position. Tehan looked sick to his stomach when Devonshire rolled over the 
appeared on fourth street. Heinz checked, and Friedberg took his cue to bet 268,000 at the pot. Heinz's response was an all-in shove over the top, and Friedberg called all in for 663,000. The news was not at all good -- in fact, he was already drawing dead.
