Mars Callahan and Douglas Gord built a pot of 115,000 going to the flop of . Gord checked in the small blind and Callahan moved all in for 236,000. Gord called and tabled and Callahan was behind holding .
The turn came putting Callahan in the the lead and the river came . Callahan ran to the rail and danced with his friend after sucking out to stay alive. Callahan has 590,000 and Gord was left with only 43,000.
Michael Ium got his remaining 270,000 all in preflop with and was up against the of Matthew Salsberg. Ium was far behind with his inferior queen, which came into play when the flop delivered both a pair of aces.
The turn improved both to trips, but Salsberg's king kicker put him out in front. The river was on no consequence, and Ium was sent to the rail.
With the ESPN cameras rolling, we found Kenny Shih all in preflop and at risk for his last 289,000 against Eli Elezra.
Elezra:
Shih:
What was a standard flip became a dominant lead for Elezra after the flop rolled down. The on the turn gave Shih four outs to a straight with any nine and the river was...the to give Shih that straight and he celebrated. Some railbirds and other players at the table gasped and wowed while Elezra noted that he could have been over a million chips had he held through the turn and river.
Greg Moore limped under-the-gun, as did Daryl Jace from middle position. However, Joseph Johno went all in for his last 122,000 from late position and was called by Scott Lipshutz on the button. Moore mucked and Jace folded the face up.
Showdown
Johno:
Lipshutz:
The board ran out , doubling Johno up and leaving Jace wondering what could have been.
Giovanni Rizzo raised to 23,000 under the gun and cleared the field all the way back to Stuart Tuvey in the big blind. Tuvey put in the three-bet to 65,000, Rizzo moved all in for just under 300,000, and Tuvey snap-called.
Showdown
Tuvey:
Rizzo:
It was another race situation that has permeated the early goings of Day 5. While Rizzo was ahead, the flop quickly changed all that. Tuvey had paired his kings to jumped into the lead, which is where he stayed as the and appeared on the turn and river.
Rizzo was eliminated from the tournament while Tuvey chipped up to 850,000.
Robert Lipkin opened for 20,000 from under the gun and got two callers, Patrick Coughlin (middle position) and Mark Dalimore (big blind). The flop came . Dalimore checked, Lipkin bet 34,000, and Coughlin folded, then Dalimore check-raised all-in for 183,000 total. Lipkin called the raise while Coughlin got out.
Dalimore showed and was in dire straits versus Lipkin's . The turn was the and river the , and Dalimore is out. Lipkin moves up to 488,000 on that hand.
With a couple of main feature table eliminations, Evan McNiff has arrived to join the fun here in the "mothership" with his close-to-one-million-chip stack. Jean-Robert Bellande remains the big stack at the table with 1.052 million.
The sixth-place finisher in the 2006 Main Event, Richard Lee has just been eliminated from this year's Main Event. While it's plenty nice enough to bring to the bank, the check for $35,492 comes up just $2,768,359 shy of his payout five years ago. It's his first Main Event cash since then, and it's his sixth career cash in a WSOP event.
From afar we recently saw the secondary feature table's short stack [Removed:326] score a double-up through David Barter, using the mighty to crack Barter's . The board ran out , hitting [Removed:327]'s hand and giving him the pot.
It looks like [Removed:327] has about 325,000 at present while Barter is still sporting a hefty stack of about 1.65 million.
We're not sure if Sebastian Ruthenberg raised or limped on the button, but we do know he called Randy Hanley's all in raise of 96,000 preflop.
Ruthenberg:
Hanley:
Hanley was in a bad spot as his pocket pair was dominated by that of Ruthenberg. The flop was no help to Hanely, and the turn took away one of his outs, though it did give him the possibility of a chop. Unfortunately for Hanley, the blanked on the river and Ruthenberg took down the pot.
In middle position, Satoshi Isomae and Ruben Visser mixed it up in a preflop raising war that left Visser all in for 473,000. Isomae opened to 24,000, Visser popped it up to 59,000, and Isomae shoved over the top. The latter was trying for the knockout with , but Visser's was up to the task.
The board ran out , and the kickers play for Visser. That's a dangerous double for his table to deal with, pushing the Dutchman up to 970,000.
. Gord checked in the small blind and Callahan moved all in for 236,000. Gord called and tabled 
and Callahan was behind holding 
.
putting Callahan in the the lead and the river came 
. Callahan ran to the rail and danced with his friend after sucking out to stay alive. Callahan has 590,000 and Gord was left with only 43,000.
of Matthew Salsberg. Ium was far behind with his inferior queen, which came into play when the 
flop delivered both a pair of aces.
river was on no consequence, and Ium was sent to the rail.
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to give Shih that straight and he celebrated. Some railbirds and other players at the table gasped and wowed while Elezra noted that he could have been over a million chips had he held through the turn and river.
face up.
, doubling Johno up and leaving Jace wondering what could have been.
flop quickly changed all that. Tuvey had paired his kings to jumped into the lead, which is where he stayed as the 
appeared on the turn and river.
. Dalimore checked, Lipkin bet 34,000, and Coughlin folded, then Dalimore check-raised all-in for 183,000 total. Lipkin called the raise while Coughlin got out.
, and Dalimore is out. Lipkin moves up to 488,000 on that hand.
to crack Barter's 
turn took away one of his outs, though it did give him the possibility of a chop. Unfortunately for Hanley, the 
blanked on the river and Ruthenberg took down the pot.
, but Visser's 
