Barry Greenstein Eliminated in 5th Place ($25,000)
Barry Greenstein raised to 15,000, and Howard Lederer called from the big blind. The flop came , and all the chips went into the middle. Greenstein was all in for 115,500 with for both straight and flush draws. Lederer showed for top pair and needed to dodge a slew of outs to knock out the Bear. The turn brought the which looked good for Lederer, but in reality, two pair only took one out from Greenstein. The river was a flash of red, and the audience murmured, but it was the , not the right card to rescue Greenstein on the river this time. He signed a copy of his book and handed it to Lederer, then left quietly for his exit interviews.
After returning from dinner as the short stack, Lederer is now the big chip leader with 340,000.