We caught up with the action on fourth street in a heads-up pot between Michael Mizrachi and Owais Ahmed.
Mizrachi: (x-x) / / (x)
Ahmed: (x-x) / / (x)
Fourth street went check-check, and Ahmed bet his lead on fifth. Mizrachi raised, though, and Ahmed paused to consider. He was getting short on chips now as he splashed the extra bet into the pot. The call left him with just 2,200 chips in front of him. Mizrachi bet sixth and seventh streets, and Ahmed paid him off.
Mizrachi tabled / and Ahmed was already in the process of mucking. He knew it was going to be bad news, and now there's even worse news. He's got just 600 chips left.
Daniel Idema was the bring-in with the , but he'd not factor in the hand. Jen Harman completed with the , and another lady showing the made it two bets. Harman called, and she was about to be heads up for her tournament life. She put the last of her money in on the next street.
The boards ran out thusly:
Harman: ( ) / / ()
Opponent: ( ) / / ()
Harman made her straight by sixth street, and she dodged her opponent's low draw to scoop the whole thing and double up.
We're not sure of the details, but we can confirm that a short-stacked Allen Kessler has been eliminated from the tournament here in the last level on the night.
Pacing slowly toward the exit doors with your head down while everyone else is still playing is not a good sign. In fact, it's universal poker bloggers' code for busto. The last man we've seen take that walk of shame is Mark Gregorich. He's a mixed-game master who finished 3rd in a Stud/8 event in 2000, but his run here in Event #4 is over.
Owais Ahmed has made a remarkable comeback. After being left with just 600 in a hand with Michael Mizrachi not that long ago, Ahmed has rebuilt and is now sitting with an above-average stack of 16,000.
Meanwhile, Gavin Smith and Chino Rheem has been eliminated from the tournament.
The tournament staff has just announced that the remaining players, or which there are approximately 210, will play four more hands before calling it a night.
The fifth street action began with Mr. Opponent betting his lead, and Plastik called all in. Kassela raised, and the opponent called the remainder. When Plastik received his sixth card, he stood up and began to gather his things. In the side action, Mr. Opponent called two more streets of bets from Kassela.
At showdown, Kassela revealed / and announced his "Nines up." It was good, and Plastik gave a long over-the-shoulder look back at the table as he hurried out of the Amazon Room with some visible frustration.
After Tony Ma had bet sixth street and an unknown player in Seat 4 called, Bertrand "ElkY" Grosspellier moved all in for just 100 more. Both his opponents made the call and it was off to seventh street.
Ma bet seventh and received a call from Seat 4, but the latter simply mucked when the former turned over his cards. Grospellier did the same and his tournament came to an end minutes shy of Day 1's end.