Saturday, July 14, 2012 2:28 PM Local Time
Action folded to Omar Saeed in the hijack, and he raised to 35,000. William Katona called from the cutoff, and it was on JP Kelly on the button. He moved all in for 372,000, and the blinds released, putting the action back on Saeed. He made the call, and Katona quickly folded his hand.
Kelly:
Saeed:
Kelly would need an eight to stay alive, but the board brought no help, coming . Saeed bumps his stack up to 1.07 million, while JP Kelly was sent to the rail.
This is Kelly's seconds straight deep run in the main event. He finished 26th in last year's main event for a shade over $300,000, and he will take home almost $50,000 for his efforts this year.
| Omar Saeed | 1,070,000 | 443,000  |
| JP Kelly | 0 | -382,000  |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 2:26 PM Local Time
"All in and a call Table 385," we heard a dealer shout right in front of us. We got up to see Svyatoslav Belyaev all in for around 235,000 and up against Charles Clark, who barely had him covered.
Showdown
It was a coinflip with essentially both playing for their tournament lives. The flop favored Belyaev, who kept the lead with tens. Surprisingly, neither player so much as flinched when the spiked on the river to give Clark the lead. The river filled out the board and Belyaev shook hands with his opponent before taking his leave.
| Charles Clark | 550,000 | 229,000 |
| Svyatoslav Belyaev | 0 | -245,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 2:25 PM Local Time
We caught up with action on a board reading , where Jan Heitmann was heads-up against Scott Abrams.
Heitmann already had a 160,000 bet in front of him from the small blind and Abrams raised enough from the hijack seat to put Heitmann all in. This sent Heitmann deep into the tank as the ESPN camera crew crowded around the table to sweat his decision.
"I'm nearing a conclusion," Heitmann said after about two minutes had passed. "I'm either crushed or I crush you...it's one of those."
Another couple of minutes passed as Heitmann tanked and one of his tablemantes decided to call the clock. As per protocol, a floorman came over and gave Heitmann just over a minute to act on his hand or else it would be dead.
Heitmann continued to tank until the floorman reached zero in his ten-second countdown, which meant Heitmann's hand was dead. The ESPN crew then went to record Heitmann's hole cards for later footage, however, the dealer mistakenly turned over Heitmann's hand - pocket kings.
Abrams said he felt that that wasn't fair and told Heitmann he would give him a courtesy show. Abrams then revealed pocket sevens for a set and mucked.
"Thank you," Heitmann said. "I wanted to go rabbit hunting on the turn."
Heitmann is down to his last 400,000 following the hand, while Abrams is up to 1.35 million.
| Scott Abrams | 1,350,000 | 280,000 |
| Jan Heitmann | 400,000 | -700,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 2:24 PM Local Time
David "ODB" Baker raised to 36,000 from under the gun, and it folded over to Jonathan Schoder on the button who reraised to 84,000. It then folded to Brian Meinders in the big blind who pushed all in for about 200,000. Baker stepped aside, but Schoder was there with the quick call.
Schoder showed , while Meinders appeared destined to double with . But the community cards brought a bunch of spades — coming — giving Schoder a flush and sending Meinders out.
| Jonathan Schoder | 880,000 | 195,000 |
| Brian Meinders | 0 | -250,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 2:24 PM Local Time
Soon after serving a double knockout at his table, we found Erik Cajelais ship a massive amount of chips to the other side of the table.
An early position player raised to 32,000 only to have Cajelais three-bet to 75,000 from the seat next door. It folded around to Mazin Khoury in the big blind who tanked for about a minute before making it 200,000 total. The original raiser got out of the way and Cajelais five-bet all in. Khoury snap called and Cajelais found that he was way behind.
Cajelais:
Khoury:
The flop was which was no help to Cajelais. He picked up additional outs when the came on the turn, hoping to either hit a queen or a jack to take down the pot. Unfortunately for Cajelais, the river was the and Khoury's aces were able to hold.
Even though Cajelais' stack took this massive hit, he's still sitting more than healthy with 2,350,000 in chips.
Khoury, on the other hand, is thrilled to have reached the 2,000,000 mark.
| Erik Cajelais | 2,350,000 | -850,000 |
| Mazin Khoury | 2,000,000 | 1,461,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 2:22 PM Local Time
Action started with Gwennael Grandmougin raising to 32,000 in early position. Daniel Negreanu came along, as did JP Kelly out of the big blind. The flop came , and Kelly checked to Grandmougin, who fired out 44,000. Negreanu was the only caller, and they went heads up to the turn, the . Grandmougin checked, and Negreanu took the opportunity to bet out 60,000. Grandmougin thought for about 20 seconds before moving all in for 401,000.
Negreanu immediately put his head on his hand, and started shaking his head. Negreanu barely had Grandmougin , so it was a decision for pretty much all his chips. He sat back in his chair, crossed his arms, and after about two minutes of tanking, folded his hand.
Grandmougin shoots up to 669,000 after the hand, while Negreanu falls to 343,000.
| Gwennael Grandmougin | 669,000 | 145,000 |
| Daniel Negreanu | 343,000 | -152,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 2:21 PM Local Time
We caught the action on a board reading when Lawrie Gibson had moved all in and Nghi Van Tran called off for right around 300,000. "Good call," Gibson said, "You're ahead."
Showdown
Indeed, Tran had made a good call for his tournament life as he was out in front. As he was celebrating with a walk away from the table, the dealer burned and out out the on the river, filling Gibson's open-ended straight draw. Tran returned to the table, and let an expletive slip upon discovering the bad news. "Good call, buddy, unlucky," someone at the table said before Tran exited the tournament area.
Meanwhile, Jeffrey Fielder was eliminated at the same table just two hands later, though not by Gibson.
| Lawrie Gibson | 1,250,000 | 680,000 |
| Jeffrey Fielder | 0 | -619,000 |
| Nghi Van Tran | 0 | -500,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 2:19 PM Local Time
Dave D'Alesandro raised to 36,000 from the button, then Freddy Deeb checked his cards and announced he was moving all in from the small blind. Gaelle Baumann, sitting on the other side of the dealer, leaned forward and asked the amount of Deeb's raise, and soon it was reported to her — 210,000.
Baumann leaned back, then without hesitating plucked the calling chips off of her stack and set them forward. D'Alesandro thought about it for a short while, then pushed his cards away. Baumann and Deeb then tabled their cards...
Baumann:
Deeb:
The flop was and turn . "King, jack, or club," requested Deeb of the dealer. "Do it, man!"
Alas for Deeb, the river was the . Deeb wished the table good luck and made his exit, while Baumann added a few more to her stack.
| Gaelle Baumann | 1,760,000 | 310,000 |
| Freddy Deeb | 0 | -389,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 2:17 PM Local Time
Action folded all the way around to Omar Saeed in the small blind, and he raised it to 35,000. William Katona was in the big blind, and he put out a three bet to 101,000. It was back to Saeed, and he thought for about 30 seconds before assembling a four bet to 226,000, and dropping it in the middle. It was back to Katona, and he wasn't ready to give it up, as he moved all in 506,000. Saeed thought for only about 15 seconds before chucking his cards away, and Katona took the big preflop pot.
| William Katona | 750,000 | 230,000 |
| Omar Saeed | 627,000 | -342,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 2:16 PM Local Time
"All in and a call, 409!" a dealer shouted.
We ran over to see that Erik Cajelais had both Craigory Thames and Mikhail Rudoy all in and at risk. He also had them both dominated.
The board ran out , and Rudoy and Thames were eliminated.
| Erik Cajelais | 2,830,000 | 755,000 |
| Mikhail Rudoy | 0 | -446,000 |
| Craigory Thames | 0 | -463,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 2:01 PM Local Time
JP Kelly raised to 36,000 in middle position, and it folded around to Nicolas Divella in the big blind. He three bet it to 80,000, and Kelly made the call. The flop came down , and Divella kept up the aggression with a bet of 108,000. Kelly tanked for about 90 seconds before calling, and the hit the turn. Divella wouldn't let up, firing out a big bet of 206,000. Kelly quickly released his hand, and Divella took the pot.
After that hand, Divella creeps up over a million, while Kelly drops down to 382,000.
| JP Kelly | 382,000 | -196,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:58 PM Local Time
Kyle Keranen continues to climb up the counts, having recently added Roman Duiunov's stack to his own to increase his total.
In Duiunov's last hand he was all in for about 200,000 with against Keranen's . The board ran out , ending Duiunov's run and moving Keranen up to 2.6 million.
| Kyle Keranen | 2,600,000 | 900,000 |
| Roman Duiunov | 0 | -106,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:57 PM Local Time
Jarrett Nash entered Day 5 on a stack of 526,000, but he has yet to show up here in the Amazon Room. His stack is already down to 275,000 after a level and a half of being anted and blinded off. If you're reading this Mr. Nash, your seat is the four spot over at Table 420.
| Jarrett Nash | 275,000 | -75,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:55 PM Local Time
We caught up just as Stephane Bisson announced that he was all in before the flop an Mads Anderson called. Bisson's all in was for 722,000 in chips and he tabled which was crushing Anderson's .
The board fell and Bisson's pocket aces were able to hold up. This double for Bisson left him sitting pretty with 1,500,000 while Anderson is now crippled with only 240,000.
| Stephane Bisson | 1,500,000 | 775,000 |
| Mads Andersen | 240,000 | -705,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:54 PM Local Time
Adam Lawler has been eliminated after finding himself all in with against Shahriar Assareh's . The flop was okay for Lawler, but an fell on the turn followed by a river , and Lawler joins the parade of players heading for the exit.
| Shahriar Assareh | 860,000 | -40,000 |
| Adam Lawler | 0 | -654,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:53 PM Local Time
Our access to the secondary feature table is very limited, but when we heard that there was an all in and a call between Amit Zulkowitz and Jason Somerville, we sprinted over to see what was happening.
Zulkowitz had two black aces, Somerville, , and there was over 2 million chips in the middle. The dealer rapped the table, and spread .
We heard Somerville say something about "paint," and the pealed off on the turn.
"What a tease," he said grinning, resigned to his fate.
Somerville caught lightning in a bottle however, because the spiked on the river, keeping his Main Event dreams alive.
Zulkowitz was distraught, and jumped out of his chair to run and lay his head on the rail. The pot rockets Somerville's stack to about 2.3 million chips, while Zulkowitz slipped to about 1.36 million.
| Jason Somerville | 2,300,000 | 1,515,000 |
| Amit Zulkowitz | 1,360,000 | -601,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:50 PM Local Time
We stumbled upon the action with somewhere between 400,000-500,000 already in the pot and a board reading . Robert Corcione had just bet 250,000 from the small blind, and action was on Massimo Mosele, who moved all in for right around 500,000 in the cutoff. Corcione made the call and the cards were turned up:
Showdown
Corcione had flopped trip eights, but Mosele was still drawing live to any diamond. The dealer burned one last time and put out the . It was a blank for Mosele and he made his way to the payout desk; meanwhile, Corcione was pushed the massive pot and appears to be the second biggest stack in the room.
| Robert Corcione | 3,400,000 | 1,906,000 |
| Massimo Mosele | 0 | -606,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:50 PM Local Time
Andrew Powderly was just all in before the flop with and needing to improve against Ruggeri Marco's . The community cards came , and Marco's hand remained best, sending Powderly out with about 230 players left.
| Ruggeri Marco | 1,250,000 | 840,000 |
| Andrew Powderly | 0 | -353,000 |