Ben Dobson couldn't recover from running his pocket aces into a set of fours and is now heading into the warm Las Vegas night, via the cashier's desk of course.
Dobson got his last 12 big blinds in with and was out of luck as his opponent held the dominating , which held to send the British pro home for a proverbial early bath.
Steven Goldberg was getting out of his seat with an all-in chip in front of his stack as it was being counted out to ensure that Jonas Lauck did, indeed, have him covered.
Goldberg:
Lauck:
Goldberg was eliminated from the event with his pair of queens as they weren't able to hold up to Lauck's straight on the board.
On the flop, Peter Gould led for 17,000 from his seat under the gun and Ray Qartomy responded with a raise to 42,000 from the button. Gould remained unnerved by this raise and promptly put another raise of his own into play, making it 92,000 to go and after Qartomy thought about his options for the best part of a minute, he let his hand go.
"Might have been a good fold, might now have been," contemplated Qartomy, but Gold refused to give anyone a clue as to what his hand strength was.
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Jason Vanstrom was desperate to accumulate some chips with his short stack ,and he moved all in from under the gun. Matt Stout raised to 30,000 to isolate, but just the two of them held cards when the board was dealt.
Vanstrom:
Stout:
Board:
Vanstrom paired his eight to win the hand and double up. "You just need about six more of those," Stout said laughing.
With the flop reading , Matt Stout bet out 30,000 and Kyle Weir made the call. The turn was the and Stout slid out another bet, this time to 60,000. It was enough to win the pot as Weir let go of his hand. Stout has a substantial chip lead in this tournament.
and was out of luck as his opponent held the dominating 
, which held to send the British pro home for a proverbial early bath.
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flop, Peter Gould led for 17,000 from his seat under the gun and Ray Qartomy responded with a raise to 42,000 from the button. Gould remained unnerved by this raise and promptly put another raise of his own into play, making it 92,000 to go and after Qartomy thought about his options for the best part of a minute, he let his hand go.
to improve Berger to a pair of queens.
on the turn gave some outs to a straight for Friedman but the 
, Matt Stout bet out 30,000 and Kyle Weir made the call. The turn was the 