Since the bubble burst, the chips stack of Alex Kravchenko has been sponsored by Duncan Yo-Yo's. Kravchenko lost a pot to Phil Ivey to move down to 55,000 in chips and then turned right around and nearly tripled up the next hand when he won a big four-way pot.
After the last couple of hands, Kravchenko is sitting with 130,000 in chips. Next, we will see if he can "walk the dog."
David Levi was the bring-in with David Oppenheim completing before Daniel Negreanu raised it up showing the . Minh Ly then reraised to 18,000 with the and the action folded to Negreanu who quickly called.
On fourth street Negreanu check-called with the as Ly bet with the .
Ly caught the on fifth street and led out with Negreanu calling with the .
On sixth street Ly hit the and led with a bet, but Negreanu grabbed a stack of orange chips and announced a raise to 24,000. Ly quickly called.
On the river Ly checked and Negreanu put in another bet which Ly called.
"Straight," said Negreanu as he revealed a full board of () (). Ly showed () () for a set of aces as the huge pot was sent Negreanu's way.
Ly is left with about 90,000 while Negreanu is now a real final table threat with about 230,000 in chips.
The tables have been redrawn now that we have made the money. Here are the final two tables:
Table 5
Seat 1: Minh Ly
Seat 2: Vassilios Lazarou
Seat 3: Jim Paluszek
Seat 4: David Levi
Seat 5: David Oppenheim
Seat 6: Daniel Negreanu
Seat 7: Alex Kravchenko
Seat 8: Phil Ivey
Seat 10
Seat 1: Alexander Kostritsyn
Seat 2: Thomas Weideman
Seat 3: Erik Seidel
Seat 4: Michael Fiorito
Seat 5: Fu Wong
Seat 6: Jacobo Fernandez
Seat 7: Eric Brooks
Seat 8: Robert Mizrachi
Our chip counts have now been updated with David Oppenheim holding the chip lead over Alexander Kostritsyn, with Michael Fiorito on the short stack just behind Erik Seidel.
Matt Hawrilenko has been eliminated by none other than Erik Seidel.
Hawrilenko raised it up and Seidel reraised after being the bring-in. Both short stacks collided with Seidel making queens and eights to beat the pair of nines of Hawrilenko who finishes in a disappointing 17th place.
Seidel comes back from the dead to avoid the bubble and make the cash. He has about 65,000 in chips which is still enough to do some damage from this point. An amazing effort.
For the third time in a row Erik Seidel was the bring-in and he found himself committing his last chips by fourth street against David Oppenheim. The boards ran out:
Seidel: () ()
Oppenheim: () ()
Remarkably Seidel catches running aces to find a much-needed double-up to about 35,000 in chips.
Erik Seidel has been anted down and currently only has about 15,000 chips in front of him. It's not looking good for Erik at this stage as all eyes are on him to see if he can avoid being the bubble boy.
We're now officially on the money bubble and playing hand for hand until the next elimination. The next player busted out will go home empty-handed with everyone else guaranteed at least $25,991 for their efforts.
Both Chad Brown and Barry Mullinax were all in against David Oppenheim. On sixth Oppenheim needed a heart to make a flush and send both players home. Oppenheim hit his flush and both players were eliminated.
Phil Ivey gets first blood in the battle against Daniel Negreanu, with Negreanu calling down with but Ivey showed () for a baby two pair to collect the pot.
Ivey is up to 240,000 while Negreanu sits with 145,000.