Dave Elliott raised to 125,000 in the hijack seat, Gene Mulroy called on the button, and the duo checked on a flop of .
They both knuckled on the turn as well, and the completed the board. Elliott led out for 175,000, Mulroy raised to 500,000, and Elliott made a crying call.
"Worst river card ever," Elliott announced, tossing forward the necessary chips and revealing .
Mulroy opened up for a Broadway straight, winning the pot.
Paul Spitzberg moved all in for 400,000 or so from middle position, Atesa Pacelli called four places to his left, and the rest of the players folded.
Spitzberg:
Pacelli:
"I've got live cards," Spitzberg said, happy to not be dominated.
Unfortunately for him the highest community card to come was an , and there was only one spade on the board. Spitzberg exited in tenth place, earning $2,136, and will be looking to make his third final table this series in the WPT World Championship - he finished sixth in the Championship Event for $47,688.
Mark Cleverly raised to what looked like 125,000 from the button, Gary "Doc" Jan Levin moved all in for 138,000 from the small blind, and Cleverly made the easy call.
Cleverly:
Levin:
There was an ace in the window of the flop, but the suicide king () spiked on the turn to give Cleverly a set, and leave Levin drawing dead.
A meaningless completed the board, and Levin was eliminated.
The remaining 10 players are now forming the final table. We will have a draw and counts for you shortly.
Joe Rodriguez limped in on the button, Cathy Dever moved all in for around 400,000 out of the small blind, and Rodriguez tank-called.
Rodriguez:
Dever:
Dever was in rough shape, but the flop bailed her out, giving her a leading pair of queens.
"Bulls***," Rodriguez sighed.
The turn was not "bulls***" in Rodriguez's eyes, as the gave him a commanding lead once more. He improved to trip kings when the completed the board, and Dever was eliminated.
Face with a button raise from Roland Israelashvili, Alex Apostol three-bet shoved out of the big blind. Israelashvili quickly called.
Israelashvili:
Apostol:
The flop fell , giving Israelashvili a gut-shot Broadway draw.
"Give him his jack," Israelashvili told the dealer, grinning.
The turn was not a jack, but the gave him a leading pair of aces. Apostol needed one of the three remaining kings in the deck to survive, but failed to do so when the completed the board.
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turn as well, and the 
completed the board. Elliott led out for 175,000, Mulroy raised to 500,000, and Elliott made a crying call.
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for a Broadway straight, winning the pot.
, and there was only one spade on the 
board. Spitzberg exited in tenth place, earning $2,136, and will be looking to make his third final table this series in the WPT World Championship - he finished sixth in the 
, doubling to 1.085 million. Rodriguez dropped down to 1.175 million.
) spiked on the turn to give Cleverly a set, and leave Levin drawing dead.
completed the board, and Levin was eliminated.
completed the board.