Play has now ground to a halt as the players congregate into one 10-handed table. In the meantime, there will be an extended break whilst players undergo some grueling questioning in the interview room.
Phil Hellmuth held on by the skin of his teeth for as long as possible, but it's tough to get much play out of two big blinds. "It's so unfair," he told he his wife after his elimination. "Matusow just powered through all of those chips, and I didn't get any of them."
He was in the big blind with one blind behind. It folded to Howard Lederer in the small blind, and he raised to put Hellmuth all in. The Poker Brat called without looking, and Lederer turned over . Hellmuth wanted to sweat his cards after the board, but Daniel Negreanu insisted he turn them over before. Hellmuth had only flipped over the when the dealer laid out the flop. . Lederer laughed. "I don't know what his other card is," said the TD. "But I do know he'll need help." After the on the turn, Hellmuth showed the to go with his but was drawing dead. He got a round of applause from the fans and stayed to sign autographs for a few minutes.
The rest of the players are breaking to film ESPN interviews before they begin the ten-handed final table. We'll have the new draw and updated chip counts for you in a moment.
Howard Lederer limped on the button, Phil Hellmuth called from the small blind with three big blinds behind, and Huck Seed checked his option. The flop came down , and Hellmuth and Seed checked. Lederer bet 3,200, and only Seed called. Hellmuth opted to save his 4,000 for a better spot. After checking down the blanks on the turn and river, Seed turned over and took the pot with queens and sevens. He's up to 85,000 while Lederer was left with 26,700.
Two short stacks clashed with Annie Duke opening the cut-off to 4,000 and Erik Seidel pushing all in from the big blind for around 30,000. Duke immediately folded to leave herself with circa 20,000 in chips.
Daniel Negreanu opened under the gun, and Bertrand Grospellier moved all in. Negreanu snap called. "Oh, you've got me crushed," said Negreanu when he saw the cards.
Grospellier:
Negreanu:
The flop gave Negreanu running draws to go with his over cards, and the turn kept his straight draw alive. "Eight, eight!" Negreanu called. "He needs it more than me." But Negreanu is running too hot to miss today. The river paired Negreanu and sent ElkY home. Kid Poker is up to 170,000.
The remaining players immediately started arguing over where the new player should be seated when the TD moved one from the other table to balance them. But as soon as he walked to the other side of the room, Scotty Nguyen was felted to give them six players, meaning we'll keep going with five.
Scotty Nguyen will not be the 2010 Tournament of Champions Champion. Details are sparse, but we do know that Nguyen was all on the river, but mucked upon seeing the trip sixes of Joe Hachem. Action remains thick and fast here on the final day.
It's mayhem here in the red section; every time I head back to my laptop, there's another all-in showdown. I'm not sure where the money went in (although I suspect the flop), but the bottom line is that Jennifer Harman has just doubled through off Barry Greenstein, versus on a board. Harman now has 63,000.
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. Hellmuth wanted to sweat his cards after the board, but Daniel Negreanu insisted he turn them over before. Hellmuth had only flipped over the 
when the dealer laid out the flop. 
. Lederer laughed. "I don't know what his other card is," said the TD. "But I do know he'll need help." After the 
on the turn, Hellmuth showed the 
to go with his 
, and Hellmuth and Seed checked. Lederer bet 3,200, and only Seed called. Hellmuth opted to save his 4,000 for a better spot. After checking down the blanks on the turn and river, Seed turned over 
and took the pot with queens and sevens. He's up to 85,000 while Lederer was left with 26,700.
flop gave Negreanu running draws to go with his over cards, and the 
turn kept his straight draw alive. "Eight, eight!" Negreanu called. "He needs it more than me." But Negreanu is running too hot to miss today. The 
river paired Negreanu and sent ElkY home. Kid Poker is up to 170,000.
, Johnny Chan had him by the short and curlies with 
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river later and the Magician was gone.
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