We’re down to just three players in the $1,500 Stud event, and still there’s not a big crowd around this final table. Hold’em isn’t really that much sexier than Stud, is it?

Giacomo Jacked! (5th)

After hanging on as long as he could, Giacomo D’Agostino found a spot where he commit his chips, holding split tens. Half his stack went in when he completed the bet on third street, and the rest went in when Mike Rocco found buried aces and raised it up. The tens never caught up and D’Agostino was eliminated in fifth place, earning $28,083.

D'Agostino finishes in fifth place.

Max Minned! (4th)

Max Troy came in as one of the shortest stacks, and even though he managed to knock a player out earlier in the final table he never was really able to get anything going. He got into a battle with Levon Torosyan, and their boards ended up reading:

Torosyan: 4 4/K 4 10 9/Ks
Troy: K 10/A A Q 2/x

The fall of Troy came in fourth place.

The pair of aces couldn’t catch up and Troy is eliminated in fourth place for $37,184 - not a bad score for a first WSOP cash.

Full Speed Ahead

Levon Torosyan has put the pedal to the metal since getting three-handed, and the cards have been cooperating with him. He has tangled with Al Barbieri on multiple occasions, twice taking four out of five hands and generally playing an aggressive game. He's even held the chip lead once or twice, though Barbieri has come back to claim the lead since. If Torosyan loses today it won’t be for lack of effort.

Chip Counts and Dip

Here are the current chip counts according to WorldSeriesOfPoker.com:

What a difference an hour can make - especially when the average stack coming into the final table was 14 big bets. We're down to five players and the action shouldn't stop anytime soon.

Siegal Smashed! (8th)

Professional player Max Troy was looking for a shot to pick up some chips after coming in with a short stack. He got those chips at the expense of Jeffrey Siegal, who's now sitting on the sidelines as a result. The boards read:

Siegal: A A#/3cK 2 2/9

Troy: 7 7/7 6 8 Q/9

Rolled up sevens were good for Troy, and buried aces left Siegal six feet under. He leaves in 8th place with $14,041.

Former bracelet winner Boyer out in 7th.

Boyer Bounced! (7th)

Andre Boyer was the only bracelet winner at the table, but he couldn't add to his collection today. Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri hit trip fours on fourth street, good enough to sink the Quebecer in 7th place with $16,642.

Kalpakis Krushed! (6th)

Danny Kalpakis continued the hit parade on the last hand before the first break of the day. He started off ahead of Al Barbieri with buried sixes against Sugar Bear's split deuces, but a deuce on fifth street gave Barbieri trips. His hand held up and Kalpakis was shown the door in 6th place, earning $21,842.

Bad Bad Leroy Chip Counts

Here are your break-time chip leaders, courtesy of WorldSeriesOfPoker.com: