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Action folded to Juha Helppi on the button. He opened with a standard raise that was re-raised all in by a short-stacked Peter Mairhofer. Helppi called with 
, a dominating favorite over Mairhofer's 
. Nobody connected with a board of 
. As a result Mairhofer is out of the tournament and Helppi is one step closer to the money.
Julie Yale has been eliminated within the first hour of play. Her tournament ended with 
versus the 
of David McLaws, the board coming a knaveless 
to send her home before breakfast. David, meanwhile, McLaws his way up to the 200,000 mark.
A quick word about the Chip Counts tab:
Harrah's has requested that we leave all 1,203 players in our chip counts despite the fact that we can't possibly track them all throughout the course of the day. We're definitely going to keep an eagle eye on the notables, but understand that the chip counts for many of the players will not be edited today. This is the last day we'll all have to deal with a huge, messy list; once we hit the money, things will be a lot easier to keep track of.
Thanks!
Cole South raised to 5,500 and called a re-raise to 17,500 from the player on the button. Both players checked the flop after it came 
.
The turn was the 
and South check-called a bet of 25,000 from his opponent. When the came on the river, both players checked again. South showed 
, but was left with the second-best hand after his opponent showed 
.
South is now sitting with about 457,000 chips.
On a flop, David Benyamine led out for 10,000 from the small blind, Gabe Costner made the call and the cutoff folded. The turn was the 
and Benyamine checked over to Costner, who bet 20,000. Benyamine called and they went to the river, which fell the . Benyamine checked again, Costner bet 34,000 and Benyamine gave it up.
Despite the loss, Benyamine is still sporting quite a healthy stack with 338,000 in chips.
Allen Cunningham just scored a timely doubled up, getting it all in preflop with against an opponent's 
.
The community cards came 
, and Cunningham now has about 175,000 -- just a bit below average at the moment.
The cameras swamped the feature table here in the red section as former bracelet winner Bary Greenstein's chips sailed across the felt. He was all in with 
in late position, but saw no reason to reach for the pen as his foe tabled 
.
The 
flop was as clinical as a Ghana strike at goal (sorry, soccer fans), and despite a teasing turn, the river bricked out with the 
to double Greenstein through. He now has 158,000.
With a raise to 5,500 from middle position, JJ Liu came over the top for her last 8,600. Her opponent made the call with to have Liu in trouble with her 
.
However she found life when the board ran out 
to spike a set for the double up to around 23,000.
Actually, Philip Goossens has been gone for a while now.
You might have heard Goosens' story from Day 3. An online qualifier, Goosens had made it to the third day of play with an above average stack of 92,400.
As we reported yesterday, the word was the package he'd won only covered expenses through last weekend, which meant Goossens was looking at paying out of pocket if he wanted to stick around any further.
Deciding against doing so, Goossens headed back to Belgium on his scheduled flight. His stack actually survived the day yesterday, with just 4,400 left when play concluded. It only took an orbit today for Goossens finally to be eliminated. No cash, but he did outlast over 6,000 players without even playing beyond Day 2.
In a pot that was three-bet before the flop, Erica Schoenberg and Steven Wiggins went heads-up to a flop for 16,000 apiece. Schoenberg led out for 26,500 and Wiggins almost immediately came in with a raise, making it 65,600 to go. With only a bit more than that behind, it was essentially a decision for her tournament life and after a bit of a tank, Schoenberg decided to wait for a better spot.
Schoenberg is down to 75,000 from the 127,000 she started the day with.
