After Ernest Bennett limped Tony Korfman raised to 80K in the small blind and Thomas Catanzaro called from the big blind. Bennett folded and the two blinds saw a flop. Korfman bet 40,000 and Catanzaro called, but when the fell on the turn and Korfman bet 80K Catanzaro chose to fold. He's now at 420,000 while Korfman is up to 600,000.
Ernest Bennett has played big-stack poker ever since he became our chip leader, but this time he ran into trouble. From the cutoff he raised to 140K and Thomas Catanzaro moved all-in from the big blind for 270,000 total. Bennett made the call and turned over , but Catanzaro held pocket Aces. The never gave Bennett even a glimmer of hope and Catanzaro doubled up to 570,000.
Running low on chips Ray Abels moved all-in for 144,000 and Ernest Bennett, one seat to Abels' left, made the call. Once again Bennett found himself in a race against A-Q, this time with pocket Sevens. The flop gave Abels a gutshot straight draw, but the on the turn and the on the river didn't improve his hand and Abels was eliminated in 8th place, winning $26, 546. Bennett now has 1,180,00.
Anderson moved all-in under the gun with pocket Queens, and Tony Korfman called with . The flop kept Anderson in the lead, as did the on the turn, but the spiked on the river to give Korfman the pot and eliminate Anderson. He takes home $20,209.
Under the gun Jack "The Staten Island Snake" Deutsch moved in for his last 129,000 and Ernest Bennett called. Deutsch turned over , Bennett held pocket Fours. Deutsch flopped an Ace, it held up, and he doubled up.
After a flop of Thomas Catanzaro pushed forward a stack of orange 5K chips and Ed Smith came over the top for all his chips. Catanzaro thought just a few seconds before mucking his cards and conceding the first pot of the day to Smith.