On third street Matt Grapenthien brought it in and the action folded all the way around to Todd Brunson who completed it. Grapenthien called and on fourth he called another bet. On fifth Brunson kept betting and Grapenthien called. On sixth Brunson checked and Grapenthien bet. Brunson called and both players checked on seventh.
Brunson: / /
Grapenthien: / /
"No pair, ace-king," Brunson announced.
Grapenthien showed and his pair of tens took the pot down.
Jesse Martin completed the action on third street and Henry Orenstein called from the bring in. On fourth street Orenstein bet and Martin called. On fifth Orenstein bet again and Martin called. Sixth street kept Orenstein betting and Martin let go of his hand.
Barry Greenstein called a bet on fourth street made by Matt Grapenthien and on fifth it was Greenstein himself who lead out. With this bet for 11,000 Greenstein was all in and Grapenthien called.
Greenstein: / /
Grapenthien: / /
Grapenthien's pair of nines won the pot and Greenstein was knocked out.
On third street Richard Ashby completed and the action folded to Steve Landfish who called from the bring in. On fourth Ashby bet and Landfish called. On fifth Ashby hit a pair of aces and bet again, Landfish raised and Ashby folded.
Landfish: /
Ashby: / — fold
Landfish showed his and with three of a kind he won the pot.
James Obst's been having a nice summer here in Las Vegas at the table and for now it looks like he's headed for the final table in this event. Obst's stack keeps increasing and he just took some chips off Matt Grapenthien.
On fourth we picked up the action when Grapenthien bet and Obst called. On fifth Grapenthien bet, Obst raised and his opponent called. Sixth street kept Obst betting and Grapenthien called. When Obst bet again on seventh Grapenthien folded.
As if things weren't going well enough for Brunson he just managed to make a full house against James Obst. The chip lead Brunson has managed to gather is beyond impressive and he currently has a third of all the chips in play with 13 players remaining.
On fifth street Obst bet, Brunson raised and Obst called. On sixth Brunson paired his board and bet, Obst called. On seventh Brunson bet again and Obst tanked for a bit before calling.
Brunson: / /
Obst: / /
Brunson showed for a full house and he took down this big pot.
Ben Yu just knocked out Russian pro Nikolay Losev. Yu explained to us he started with rolled up queens and Losev held . Neither player improved their hand and that means Losev hit the rail in 12th place.
Yu was briefly up to over 400,000 but he lost a pot to Jesse Martin to put him on 380,000 with 11 players remaining.
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and his pair of tens took the pot down.
— fold
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. Neither player improved their hand and that means Losev hit the rail in 12th place.