Jennifer Harman raised to 600 from the cutoff only to have Caufman Talley three-bet to 900. The player in the small blind called, Harman did the same and three players saw a flop of . The small blind and Harman checked, Talley bet 300 and two calls were made.
When the dealer burned and turned the , the small blind checked and Harman fired out 600. Talley thought long and hard before folding his hand, and the small blind mimicked his action.
We didn't see the hand in question, but according to two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Dutch Boyd, the 2010 WSOP Main Event champ, Jonathan Duhamel, just mucked a winner.
We caught the action on a board when Vanessa Selbst got her last 1,650 in against her good friend Jason Mercier. The former had the and the latter the . The river kept Selbst in the lead and allowed her to double through Mercier.
There has been a flurry of eliminations here just before the dinner break. Among them was 1989 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Phil Hellmuth.
His demise came on an flop with four players in the hand. Hellmuth and another player were already all in, while Calvin Anderson and another player created a side pot that resulted in the former being all in. The turn and river were run out and Anderson tabled the for half the main and side pots. His opponent showed the for half the side pot, the other at-risk player showed for half the main pot and Hellmuth was left out in the cold with the .
Level 6 is in the books, and that means it's time for the 90-minute dinner break. When the players return they'll play four more levels before calling it a night.