Chance Kornuth raised from the button and received a call from John Juanda in the small blind. Both players checked the flop, and then Kornuth called a bet of 18,000 on the turn.
The players returned to checking on the river, prompting Juanda to roll over for the win. Despite that pot, Juanda is still down from the last time we checked in with him.
Darren Sinnaeve was all in and at risk preflop holding . Maurice Hawkins, his opponent, had him dominated with , but was putting on a little show for the ESPN cameras.
"Queen of spades!" he shouted. "Queen of spades!"
The dealer fanned .
"That's good too," he announced. "Six of spades!"
The turn was the . Hawkins called for one more card, but he was wrong again. Fortunately, it was the , and he won the hand, eliminating Sinnaeve.
While he has been relatively quiet today, last year's World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Rincon Regional Champion, Ali Eslami, is still hanging around. While this wouldn't normally warrant attention, we thought it was interesting considering late last night, Eslami was down to just 12,200. By the end of Day 3, Eslami had ran than up to 171,000.
He hasn't added much to that stack today, but obviously Eslami knows how to do two things, play patiently and win.
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Ryan Young limped in early position, Alfred Firova limped from the small blind and Daniel Negreanu checked in the big blind. The flop came and all three players checked.
The turn came , Firova checked, Negreanu checked and Young bet 10,000. Firova called and Negreanu folded. The river came , Firova bet 20,000 and Young raised to 50,000.
Firova insta-shoved and Young said, "Aww, are you serious? F@*k! He has ."
Young tossed in the call and Firova tabled for the Broad way straight.
Ben Greenberg is having an excellent start to Day 4, up above the 2,000,000 chip mark.
He is sitting in the blue section, making it hard for us to see all of the action, but he was kind enough to inform us of the big hands that have propelled him.
First, he opened under then gun with and an opponent at his table re-raised big with , with about 300,000 behind. Greenberg opted to four-bet jam and his opponent called all in. A on the turn gave Greenberg the pot.
Next, he raised from the small blind with and was called by the player in the big blind with about 200,000 behind. A flop came down and the chips found their way into the middle. Greenberg held up against his opponent's .
We caught up with the action to see Jeremy Ausmus all in against Craigory Thames. Thames had flopped a set on the flop with but was crushed by Ausmus who flopped top set with .
The turn was the and Thames had one out going to the river. Unfortunately for Thames, the river was the and Ausmus was able to double up to 460,000 in chips.
James Mitchell is no longer part of the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event. His last hand saw him all in preflop holding against the of Tomas Samol.
The board was no help to Mitchell as he was eliminated early in the afternoon of Day 4. Samol, however, is now sitting behind a stack of almost 900,000.
Joseph Marchal was all in at risk against Shaun Deeb moments ago. When we reached the table, the flop had already fallen , Deeb had in front of him, and Marchal held . There was a brief pause so that the ESPN cameras could set up the shot.
"Man," Deeb sighed. "Any hand but that one."
The turn and river were both black, but neither the nor the improved Deeb's hand, and Marchal doubled again.
It folded around to Brian Meinders on the button who raised to 17,000, and when the action got to Antonio Esfandiari in the big blind he declared he was all in. Meinders called immediately with his remaining stack of 110,000 or so, turning over . Meanwhile, Esfandiari had .
"This one I don't feel so good about," said Esfandiari after a pause, causing the table to laugh.
The cameras came over, and during the wait Esfandiari suggested to the dealer he could give him a $1,000 bonus if he delivered a three. He continued to talk to the dealer, who managed to keep a mostly straight face before the cameras as they arrived.
Producer Mori Eskandani came over as well and got a look at the tabled hands. "I got aces, Mori!" lied Esfandiari, and the table laughed again.
The community cards were finally delivered — — and Meinders survives while Esfandiari is now on the short stack.
"That hurt," Esfandiari said to Meinders. "Financially, emotionally, and physically... but not spiritually!"
Esfandiari will need a double up soon, or his spirits may sink as well.
David Kluchman opened for 14,000 from early position only to have last year's November Niner Sam Holden three-bet to 33,000 from late position. Sallie Avino then moved all in for 219,000 from the small blind, Kluchman got out of the way, and Holden made the call.
Showdown
Holden:
Avino:
Avino had picked the wrong time to push as Holden held the granddaddy of all hands. The board ran out and that was all she wrote for Avino.
flop, and then Kornuth called a bet of 18,000 on the 
turn.
river, prompting Juanda to roll over 
for the win. Despite that pot, Juanda is still down from the last time we checked in with him.
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. Maurice Hawkins, his opponent, had him dominated with 
, but was putting on a little show for the ESPN cameras.
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, and he won the hand, eliminating Sinnaeve.
and all three players checked.
, Firova checked, Negreanu checked and Young bet 10,000. Firova called and Negreanu folded. The river came 
, Firova bet 20,000 and Young raised to 50,000.
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and an opponent at his table re-raised big with 
and was called by the player in the big blind with about 200,000 behind. A 
flop came down and the chips found their way into the middle. Greenberg held up against his opponent's 
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but was crushed by Ausmus who flopped top set with 
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of Tomas Samol.
board was no help to Mitchell as he was eliminated early in the afternoon of Day 4. Samol, however, is now sitting behind a stack of almost 900,000.
in front of him, and Marchal held 
. There was a brief pause so that the ESPN cameras could set up the shot.
improved Deeb's hand, and Marchal doubled again.
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