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Lex Veldhuis recently described his tournament as hope followed by pain. He's back on the hope side of the equation after flopping a full house with 
, 
, then getting action from a player with 
. That player did not make a bigger full house after Veldhuis got the money in on a blank turn, and as a result Veldhuis is back up to 40,000.
Christophe de Meulder has taken a hit in a set over set situation. De Meulder called a three-bet preflop before betting the flop of 
and then calling the all-in shove of his opponent.
De Meulder showed 
but his opponent had 
for the overset. The turn was the 
and river the as the short stack doubled up leaving de Meulder on about 28,000.
With a raise in middle position to 850 and a call, Eli Elezra defended his big blind with a call too.
The flop came out 
and Elezra check-called a 1,375-chip bet from the initial raiser. The turn card was a 
and Elezra check-called again, now a 2,200-chip bet.
The river brought a 
to the table, Elezra fired a 4,000-chip bet and took the pot.
Eli Elezra is now up to 32,000 chips.
We see it so many times during the Main Event -- a player runs kings into aces. This time arund it was Neil Channing, who opened for 2,500 pre-flop and then called a three-bet to 5,250. Channing moved first on a queen-high flop, 
, and shoved his last 9,00 into the pot. His opponent called with aces, Channing had kings, the board bricked out and that was that. Channing is busto.
Toto Leonidas is sitting behind an average-sized stack but might wish he had his last hand back. He opened from the cutoff for 1,000 and was called by the button and the big blind. On a flop of 
, action checked all the way to the button. His bet of 1,300 folded the big blind but was raised by Leonidas to 2,700. The button called.
Leonidas fired another bullet on the turn by betting 3,300. His opponent raised to 7,000. This time it was Leonidas' turn to call. He checked the river and was greeted with a bet of 8,500. Leonidas counted out the 8,500 needed to make the call and stared at his opponent for a few moments. Then he finally decided to muck his hand. His opponent responded by showing ace-high, 
.
PokerStars Team Canada Pro Greg Debora raised from middle position to 725 and found one call from the player in the cutoff.
They took a flop of and Debora fired out a bet of 1,100. His opponent made the call before both players checked the turn. On the 
river, Debora fired out 3,000 and his opponent called.
Debora opened 
for top pair which was good to collect the pot as his opponent mucked. Debora is now up to 31,000.
Phil Hellmuth was just eliminated in a big pot over on the secondary featured table. The player who did the deed has since lost almost all of those chips, so we don't want to ask Mr. Grumpy for the details. What we do know is that Hellmuth had pocket jacks on his final hand, and he was up against pocket queens and ace-king.
The board came down king-high but with four diamonds, and the 
in the pocket queens hand scooped the pot and sent Hellmuth to the rail.
But not out of the room. The big ESPN boom camera swung around to the aisle to watch Hellmuth chat with the fans and the tape recorders for about 15 minutes. He signed autographs and posed for photos with fans and everyone was laughing and jolly as Hellmuth finished up his last tidbits of publicity and PR for the 2010 WSOP.
Perhaps trying to put a point on the spectacle, T.D. Steve took the mic and announced to both the Amazon Room and the Pavilion that Hellmuth had been eliminated.
A great and lengthy cheer ensued.
David Chicotsky raised to 800 under the gun, and another player in early position called, as did the big blind. The flop fell 
, and the big blind bet out 1,700. The Maven raised to 4,000, and the last player to act cold three-bet to 11,000. That was enough to scare off the big blind and the Maven and end the hand. The player showed as he dragged the pot. Chicotsky dropped to 19,500.
David Williams raised from under the gun to 800 with Fabian Geisel making the call to see a flop of 
.
Williams led out with a bet for 1,600 and Geisel made the call. The turn brought the and Williams fired again for 2,400, however Geisel responded with a raise to 11,000. Williams reluctantly folded his 
face up as Geisel showed 
for the best hand.
Williams is at 148,000 with Geisel now up to 126,000.
Todd Terry fired 12,000 at a 
board. His opponent on the button made the call. The turn brought the , and Terry quickly moved all in for around 26,000. The button had about the same stack, and he considered the decision for awhile. "I know as soon as I fold, you're going to show a bluff," he said. But he talked himself into a fold anyway. Terry obliged and showed 
. He's up to 68,000 now.
