From middle position, Ben Mintz opened to 43,000, and Jesse Steinberg three-bet shoved for 195,000 total. Mintz made the call with , and Steinberg's were flipping for his tournament life.
The flop was clean, but the on the turn was a bad card for Steinberg's chances. He had two outs left, and the river was not one of them. He's out with more than $40,000 as a consolation prize, while Mintz moves up to 1.05 million thanks to that elimination pot.
Mark Goshidigian open-shoved his last 129,000 into the pot from middle position, and Thomas Grey's reraise to 350,000 isolated him against the short stack with a chance at the knockout.
Showdown
Goshidigian:
Grey:
The board ran out , and the pocket fours go down. Grey notches the knockout, and it moves him up to 1.23 million in the process.
Down to just 95,000, Daniel Negreanu pushed all in from middle position and got one caller from one seat over in Rupert Elder. Negreanu turned over and was hoping to hold versus Elder's .
The flop was good for Negreanu, coming . Then came the turn -- the -- and the audience groaned in response to seeing Elder pair his ace. Negreanu, who'd been standing, sat back down heavily in his chair to see the river. The river was the , and Negreanu quickly hopped back up to shake Elder's hand and wish his tablemates well.
"See you guys," he said to all as he left the main stage to the applause of the crowd. Elder now has about 1.065 million.
Eli Elezra moved all in preflop for 232,000 and Marius Maciukas made the call from the button. Elezra had shoved from middle position with the and Maciukas held the .
The flop, turn and river ran out and although Maciukas made aces up, Elezra held a flush in diamonds and doubled.
From under the gun, Jens Kyllonen raised to 34,000. Action folded around to Fernando Brito in the small blind and he made the call. No one else saw the flop.
The flop came down and Brito check-called 31,000 from Kyllonen to see the land on the turn. Both players then checked and the river completed the board with the . Brito fired 71,000 and Kyllonen folded.
We picked up the action on the board. Garry "Beast Mode" Gates checked to Tri Huynh, who held the bigger stack out of the two. Huynh fired 125,000. Gates tanked for a little bit and then slid out the call.
The river completed the board with the and Gates checked again. Huynh fired all in quickly and Gates folded.
Jeff Siegal opened for 38,000 on the button and Tri Huynh moved all in from the big blind. Siegal snap-called and the dealer announced, “All in and a call” which was followed by the ESPN camera crew rushing over. Garry Gates, who was seated next to Siegal said, “800k flip” which is exactly what it was when we saw the players cards.
Siegal:
Huynh:
Siegal was talking to David Sands to the other side of him and not even paying attention when he flopped a set on the flop which several players pointed out to him. When a hit the turn though, Siegal finally tuned in and said that he didn’t like that card much. The river was a clean for him though and he secured the double up for the 411,000 which Huynh shipped over.
The ESPN crew surrounds the secondary feature table.
Over on the secondary feature table, David Barter has continued to enjoy a successful Day 5, moving his stack up over the 2.5 million-chip mark. Stefan Huber has also done well for himself today, presently sitting with more than 1.7 million.
Meanwhile, start-of-day chip leader Manoj Viswanathan has continued his slide, and comes back from the second break to a stack of about 560,000.
Ray Henson came back to a shorter stack -- just 220,000 -- and just now put it all at risk with versus Barter's . The board came , and Henson doubled back to about 450,000. Barter still has a healthy stack of 2.32 million.
We've got a new chip leader, and his name is Phil "USCphildo" Collins.
The pot began with Collins opening to 35,000, and Wilfried Haerig three-bet to 80,000 straight. Collins called, and off they went. The flop brought , and both men checked through to see the on fourth street. Collins checked again, and Haerig took his cue to bet 75,000 before facing a check-raise to 225,000. He flatted, and Collins bet 465,000 on the river. After taking pause, Haerig moved all in for just about a million total, and Collins snap-called to put one of the biggest pots we've seen up for grabs.
Showdown
Collins:
Haerig:
It was the nuts versus the second-nuts, and Collins was on the good end. He's earned the knockout, and with it comes the chip lead in the Main Event. He's got about 3.6 million as best as we can tell, good enough for the top spot overall.
, and Steinberg's 
were flipping for his tournament life.
flop was clean, but the 
on the turn was a bad card for Steinberg's chances. He had two outs left, and the river 
was not one of them. He's out with more than $40,000 as a consolation prize, while Mintz moves up to 1.05 million thanks to that elimination pot.
, and the pocket fours go down. Grey notches the knockout, and it moves him up to 1.23 million in the process.
and was hoping to hold versus Elder's 
.
. Then came the turn -- the 
-- and the audience groaned in response to seeing Elder pair his ace. Negreanu, who'd been standing, sat back down heavily in his chair to see the river. The river was the 
and although Maciukas made aces up, Elezra held a flush in diamonds and doubled.
flop which several players pointed out to him. When a 
hit the turn though, Siegal finally tuned in and said that he didn’t like that card much. The river was a clean 
for him though and he secured the double up for the 411,000 which Huynh shipped over.
