Jeff "Mr. Rain" Banghart raised to 75,000 and Warren Karp called. The flop was . All the money went in on the flop, with Banghart turning up , and Karp showing for a full house. Banghart made a straight when the came on the turn and the fell on the river, but it wasn't enough and Karp doubled up.
After the hand, Karp was up to 1,000,000 while "Mr. Rain" was down to 1,600,000.
After Brenes raised to 85,000 from middle position Hevad "Rain" Khan re-raised from the big blind to 205,000. And as he always does in these situations Brenes got up from his chair and, with a great flourish, announced "All-In!"
And Khan instantly called. Yes, the Shark's had run into pocket Aces. A huge roar rose from the crowd as the flop was dealt and spectators watching at the outer tables rushed over to the ESPN Feature Table to watch the action on the TV screens. The paired Humberto but gave Khan the nut flush draw, and after the hit on the turn Brenes needed a King to stay alive.
The were calls of "King, King" from the crowd as the dealer burned and turned the to give the pot to Khan and eliminate Humberto Brenes from the Main Event.
On a flop of , Avi Cohen checked. Markus Gonsalves bet 175,000. Cohen check-raised 450,000. Cohen called. The turn was the . Both players checked. The river was the . Cohen bet 750,000. Gonsalves moved all in. Cohen went into the tank before he folded.
After that hand, Avi Cohen slipped to 2.3 million, while Markus Gonsalves increased his stack to 4.7 million.
Down to only 145,000, Sven Heinecker moved all-in in the dark from the small blind. Scotty Nguyen, in the big blind, folded face up only to have Heinecker show .
On the next hand, Heinecker moved all in again, but his Q-2 got no customers. He's hanging on with about 160,000 in chips.
While Humberto Brenes plays at the ESPN featured table, he has a small shark that he infamously uses as his card cap. But he also has a larger shark that he has brought to Day 5 of the WSOP Main Event.
It was introduced to the crowd a short while ago to much applause, but then it was returned to the audience for safekeeping.
Who watches over the shark when it's not on the attack? Humberto's wife, Patricia Underwood de Brenes, pictured here.
Matt Keikoan opened the pot for 60,000 from late position, Warren Karp called from the small blind and Steven Garfinkle called from the big blind. The flop was . Karp bet out 130,000, Garfinkle called and Keikoan called. The turn was the and everyone checked. The river was the . Karp checked, Garfinkle bet 300,000 Keikoan folded, and Karp folded.
Christian Togsverd open-pushed for 418,000 and Hyon Kim called. Togsverd showed while Kim turned over . The flop was making Kim trip queens, but the spiked on the turn, making Togsverd tens full. The river was the and Togsverd doubled up to 940,000. Kim was down to 1.2 million after the hand.
All the money went in the middle before the flop, and Darvill's was racing against Glenne's . The gave Darvill a flush draw to go with his overcards, and it was the on the river that won him the hand. He doubled up to 1.4 million while Glenne was left crippled with just 200,000.