On a board of , with about 500,000 in the pot, Mark Muchnik checked. Philip Hilm moved all in. Muchnik went into the tank before he called for his last 120,000. Hilm mucked his hand after Muchnik showed for a full house. Muchnik increased his stack to 120,000.
Bo "Legato" Sehlstedt moved all in pre-flop for 89,000 and Jeff Weiss called from the small blind. Sehstedt showed while Weiss turned over . The flop was , pairing Sehlstedt's ace. The turn was the , and the river was the , doubling Sehlstedt to 198,000. Weiss was down to 1,200,000 after the hand.
Berry Johnston increased his stack to 300,000 after he flopped a straight with against Bjorn-Erik Glenne's bottom two pair. Johnston hand held up and the former WSOP world champion is still alive.
After a flop of , Steven Jacobs is all in with (pair of sevens with a diamond flush draw) against Samuel Padgett's (set of fives). Jacobs needs to improve to survive.
The turn card is the , and Jacobs picks up additional outs with a gutshot straight draw. But the river card is the , and Padgett wins the pot with his set of fives.
Theodore Park moved all in with . Jeff Tunkel called with . The flop was . The turn was the . The river was the . Tunkel rivered a straight to bust Park.
Jason Lester moved all in for his last 84,000. He was called by Francois Safieddine who showed . Lester flipped over . Francois Safieddine's Jacks held up and Lester headed to the rail.
After a raised flop of , Ken Lawrence moves all in under the gun, Bob Slezak calls from middle position, and another player folds. Lawrence shows , and Slezak chuckles as he shows . One player says to Slezak, "You really *do* have aces all the time!"
Slezak has had three all-in situations today (before this one) with pocket aces. On this occasion, Lawrence sums it up, "Even when *I've* got aces, you've got aces."
The last two cards are , and the pot is chopped up between them. Lawrence has about 210,000, and Slezak has about 330,000.
Sebastian Zink took a tough hit when he made a great call on a board of . Brett Kimes moved all in and Zink called with 7-7. Kimes flipped over A-K. Zink jumped up and started to celebrate when one of the players at his table reminded him that there was one more card left. The river was the . Not only was Zink's stack crippled, so where his spirits.
Erna moved all in for his last 135,000 under the gun and Andrew Barnes flat-called. And then Charis Anastasiou moved all-in for 600,000. Barnes gave the situation some thought before folding pocket Queens, which he probably regretted once he saw Anastasiou turn over and Erna .
Nor was Barnes likely to be too pleased when the board ran out , though he couldn't have been more disappointed than Erna, as the Godsmack singer was eliminated from the Main Event.