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Josh Brikis and Christopher Bolt waiting for the river card.
Action folded to Christopher Bolt on the button and he shoved for 785,000. Josh Brikis called from the big blind and had Bolt covered by only 45,000 chips. Brikis held the and Bolt the .
"My turn baby!" yelled Brikis.
The board ran out and Brikis was crushed all the way down to just 45,000 chips while Bolt doubled to over 1.6 million.
Brikis was all in on the next hand from the small blind. He was up against Jerry Payne in the big blind. Brikis held the and Payne the .
The board ran out and Brikis was able to get back to 160,000.
The table folded around to Jonathan Driscoll on the button who opened with a raise to 145,000. Then Pascal LeFrancois reraised to 455,000 from the small blind.
The big blind folded, then Driscoll reraised again for 570,000 more -- 1.025 million total. LeFrancois responded by reraising all in for 4.725 million total, and Driscoll made the call.
LeFrancois
Driscoll
Driscoll needed help, but the board brought none. "Must be nice," Driscoll said to LeFrancois as he watched his opponent stack his chips.
That's about 9.3 million LeFrancois is stacking up now, pushing him close to John Racener and Theo Jorgensen at the top of the counts. Driscoll meanwhile falls to 1.7 million.
David Benyamine raised from the button, and he and big blind Pascal LeFrancois raised it back and forth until Benyamine was all in for about 1.4 million. LeFrancois called with his mightier stack, and everyone's favorite high-stakes Frenchman was at risk for his tournament life.
Showdown
Benyamine:
LeFrancois:
It was all over as soon as the dealer put down the flop, giving LeFrancois the nut flush and sealing Benyamine's fate with two cards still to come. The turn and river finished things off, and we've found our 58th-place finisher.
LeFrancois is up to about 4.2 million now, and running hot at the moment.
Alexander Kostritsyn raised it up to 150,000 and Jakob Toestesen made the call on the button. Gabe Costner called along from the small blind and the three took a flop of .
All three players checked and the turn brought the . Costner checked and Kostritsyn took a stab worth 275,000. Toestesen called as did Costner, as the completed the board on the river. All three players checked it down.
Costner opened and Kostritsyn's cards hit the muck, but Toestesen showed for a monster - a flopped full house! Toestesen saw something on the board that scared him as he kept the pot small to chip up to 5.9 million. Costner is down to 8 million with Kostritsyn at 5.2 million.
Patrick Eskandar raised from middle position to 135,000. Michiel Sijpkens called from the next spot, Johnny Lodden called from the button and Matthew Berkey called from the big blind.
The four-way flop came down . Berkey checked and Eskandar fired 200,000. Sijpkens folded. Lodden popped in a raise to 590,000. Berkey folded and then Eskandar moved all in, having Lodden well covered. Lodden had 2.95 million behind and let his hand go. Eskandar showed the for top set.
Corey Emery opened to 140,000 from under the gun only to have Matt Harris three-bet to 350,000 next to act.
With the action on John Racener in the hi-jack, he bumped it to 785,000 to prompt folds from the blinds and Emery before Harris moved all in for 2,020,000.
Racener went deep into the tank for near on three minutes before making the call to put Harris at risk.
Racener:
Harris:
The flop of kept Harris in the lead with his overpair, but it still left Racener with outs to a backdoor straight along with his ace to improve.
The turn of the gave Racener his backdoor straight draw, but it also left Harris with a spade draw to limit Racener to just five outs.
Unfortunately for Harris, the river was a black card, but it was the to see him eliminated as Racener soars to 10,210,000 and the current chip lead.
With the board showing , Michael Skender checked, and James Fennell bet 650,000. Skender made the call.
The river brought the and an all-in push by Skender. Fennell, who had 1.9 million left behind, would need to commit the last of his chips to make the call. After thinking about it, he let it go.
Fennell preserves that stack of 1.9 million, while Skender moves to 4.385 million.
Pascal LeFrancois raised from middle position, and Brandon Steven called on the button. Eric Baldwin was in the big blind with less than 700,000 chips, and he shipped it in there with and a prayer. LeFrancois called with , Steven folded, and Baldwin was at risk as the film crew swarmed his table.
Board: (uh-oh!) . Baldwin's pair of kings were no good to his opponent's set, and he has been eliminated. It was a fine run for one of the more dangerous players in the field, but his Main Event has come to a close in 59th place.
Joseph Cheong recently joined the secondary feature table and didn't wait long to get into the thick of things after calling a 150,000-chip preflop raise from Jakob Toestesen.
They took a flop of and Toestesen checked to Cheong in position who fired 205,000. Toestesen made the call.
Both players checked the turn before the fell on the river. Toestesen fired out 310,000 and Cheong made the call.
Toestesen revealed for the rockets as Cheong flashed the and mucked. Cheong slips to 8.5 million with Toestesen up to 5.15 million.
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and Bolt the 
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and Brikis was crushed all the way down to just 45,000 chips while Bolt doubled to over 1.6 million.
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board brought none. "Must be nice," Driscoll said to LeFrancois as he watched his opponent stack his chips.
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completed the board on the river. All three players checked it down.
. Berkey checked and Eskandar fired 200,000. Sijpkens folded. Lodden popped in a raise to 590,000. Berkey folded and then Eskandar moved all in, having Lodden well covered. Lodden had 2.95 million behind and let his hand go. Eskandar showed the 
kept Harris in the lead with his overpair, but it still left Racener with outs to a backdoor straight along with his ace to improve.
, Michael Skender checked, and James Fennell bet 650,000. Skender made the call.
, Steven folded, and Baldwin was at risk as the film crew swarmed his table.