Nikita Nikolaev raised from the hijack, Walid Bou Habib three-bet to 5,200 on the button, and Nikolaev four-bet to 12,500. Habib then five-bet all-in, and Nikolaev called off his 63,000 stack.
Nikolaev:
Habib:
The dealer spread the to put a straight on the board, chopping the pot.
Habib has had a great start to the day, improving his stack by 124,000 chips.
Nicola Grieco in the cutoff opened with a raise to 3,000 before the flop and Chris Moneymaker on the button made the call. The flop came and Grieco checked. Moneymaker made a bet of 3,500 and soon got check raised to 10,000. Moneymaker called in position.
Grieco checked again on the turn and again Moneymaker bet, this time 7,500. Grieco check raised for the second time, now for 25,000. Moneymaker wasn't scared that easily and called.
The river came the and Grieco checked. Was he going for the holy grail of poker? Would he try the triple check raise? Would he go for the trifecta of bluffs? He certainly got the opportunity as Moneymaker bet 29,000. Grieco had 52,000 behind at this point but after just a couple of seconds he gave up and the pot went to Moneymaker.
Benjamin Pollak was short stacked but just doubled up when he got it in against Colin Lovelock with versus before the flop. The window card was the but luckily for Pollak, the and followed. The on the turn and on the river were blanks and Pollak doubled up.
"You might be here for a while now" Pollak said to his masseuse.
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Team PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker has dropped back below 100,000 chips after a clash with Bulgaria's Slaven Popov didn't go to plan.
Popov was all-in with and looking like he would be watching the remainder of the tournament on the sidelines as Moneymaker's had him dominated. This remained true up to the turn of he board, but the river gifted Popov a lifeline and knocked Moneymaker down to 90,000.
Jesse Cohen has crashed out of the Main Event at the hands of Hugo Felix.
"Good luck," said Cohen's friend on the rail when he saw Cohen was all-in with versus Felix's . The Poker Gods didn't take kindly to the request for well wishes and put a ten on the flop. The and completed the board, and Cohen's tournament came to an abrupt end.
As we arrived the board was already out and Daniel Dvoress had all of his chips in the middle. The board was and Dvoress was all in for 16,800 from the big blind. His opponent was Benny Spindler in the cutoff and he was in the tank.
Pascal Vos, at the same table but no participant in the hand, told us Spindler had opened from the cutoff and Dvoress had called. Dvoress then had bet out on the flop and Spindler called. Both players checked the turn and Dvoress had pushed on the river.
Spindler eventually decided to fold, leaving the pot to Dvoress.
to put a straight on the board, chopping the pot. 
and Grieco checked. Moneymaker made a bet of 3,500 and soon got check raised to 10,000. Moneymaker called in position.
turn and again Moneymaker bet, this time 7,500. Grieco check raised for the second time, now for 25,000. Moneymaker wasn't scared that easily and called.
and Grieco checked. Was he going for the holy grail of poker? Would he try the triple check raise? Would he go for the trifecta of bluffs? He certainly got the opportunity as Moneymaker bet 29,000. Grieco had 52,000 behind at this point but after just a couple of seconds he gave up and the pot went to Moneymaker.
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. The Poker Gods didn't take kindly to the request for well wishes and put a ten on the 
completed the board, and Cohen's tournament came to an abrupt end.
