Here are some updated counts from the Purple Section and the three tables over in Blue. Ville Wahlbeck battled with a short stack for much of post-dinner play, but at last ran out of chips.
We caught up to find George Danzer calling the all in of a short stacked opponent. Danzer held for top pair on a flop of . Danzer's opponent was all in with for middle pair and needed help.
He did not receive it, however, as the turn and river fell and respectively. Danzer dragged in the pot as he reduced the field by one player. He's currently sitting on a stack of roughly 74,000 in chips.
Thomas Conway opened for 700 from middle position and action folded around to Neil Channing, who three-bet to 1,625. It was folded back to Conway, who chucked in a call for a heads-up pot.
Both players then proceeded to check down on the flop, turn and river. Conway tabled for a baby flush and Channing mucked without showing.
Maria Ho opened to 750 in the cutoff and was called by the player in the big blind.
The player in the big blind proceeded to check-call bets of 800 on the flop and 1,600 on the turn before leading for 2,650 on the river. Ho called and upon seeing her opponent table , she turned over for a pair of nines with a better kicker.
We caught up to the action to find a flop of spread in front of two players. The first was Charles Coultes, who is one of several players participating in Onnit Last Sticker Standing Contest. If Coultes, or anyone else sporting the patch happens to be the last person alive in the Main Event, they'll walk away with a cool $5,000.
The second player in the hand was Bryan Pellegrino. Coutles checked to Pelligrino and he bet out 1,150. Coutles called and the turn paired the board for a second time with the .
Coultes checked for a second time and Pellegrino kept on firing with a 2,600 bet. Coultes thought for a moment before mucking his hand and awarding Pellegrino the pot. Coultes is still sitting on a healthy stack of 60,000, putting him in contention for the Onnit grand prize.
John Tabatabai raised to 700 from under the gun and got a couple of callers from middle position. Then the player in the hijack seat reraised to 2,700, and it folded back around. Tabatabai reraised again to 6,900 total, clearing the two callers. His lone remaining opponent thought a bit, then called.
The flop came , and Tabatabai waited a full minute before checking. His opponent checked quickly behind. The turn was the , and again with much deliberation Tabatabai waited before acting. Finally he bet 7,200, and after only a few seconds his opponent called.
The river was the , and again all waited while Tabatabai considered what to do. Finally he pushed out a bet of 13,500, and after a final check of his cards, Tabatabai's opponent folded.
By the time Tom Dwan moved over into the Purple section, he was already short-stacked, the baggie he was carrying only containing three or four chips, representing a stack of about 7,000.
He played through a couple of orbits, then came a hand in which he raised to 750 from middle position and got two callers in the blinds, including James Calderaro in the small blind. The flop came , and when it checked to Dwan he pushed all in for his last 6,300. Both of his opponents called, then after the turn it was Calderaro shoving his last 6,625 in the middle, getting a fold from his neighbor to the right.
Dwan and Calderaro then showed their hands...
Calderaro:
Dwan:
Two pair for Calderaro and a straight draw for Dwan. The river brought the , and just before the end of Level 4, Dwan's day is done.
for top pair on a flop of 
. Danzer's opponent was all in with 
for middle pair and needed help.
and 
respectively. Danzer dragged in the pot as he reduced the field by one player. He's currently sitting on a stack of roughly 74,000 in chips.
flop, 
turn and 
river. Conway tabled 
for a baby flush and Channing mucked without showing.
turn before leading for 2,650 on the 
river. Ho called and upon seeing her opponent table 
, she turned over 
spread in front of two players. The first was Charles Coultes, who is one of several players participating in 
.
, and Tabatabai waited a full minute before checking. His opponent checked quickly behind. The turn was the 
, and just before the end of Level 4, Dwan's day is done.
