Action is folded to Bernard Lee, who is in the small blind, and he decides to complete. Ben Hock checks from the big blind and action is checked all the way down on a board of 10 10 4 K 8. Hock shows 8-2 and, to his suprise, wins the small pot.

Keith Murrell raises his usual $18,000 from the cut-off and Dan Jensen goes all-in for approximately $40,000 from the big blind. Murrell calls and flips over A Q while Jensen has K J.

The board goes 8 3 3 6 4 and Jensen is eliminated seventh for a $23,981 payday.

Chip leader Michael Martin makes it $20,000 from the cut-off and Keith Murrell goes all-in from the button. Martin has a big decision to make. Murrell is in for close to $100,000 and eventually Martin folds.

The players are back from their break and blinds are now $4,000/$8,000 with a $1,000 ante. Here's a look at the chip stacks at the break.

Seat 1 Ron Koenemann	$0
Seat 2 Ben Hock	$140,000
Seat 3 Nick Manganaros	$117,000
Seat 4 Michael Martin	$310,000
Seat 5 Keith Murrell	$95,000
Seat 6 Samuel Shamburg	$60,000
Seat 7 Howard Wolper	$0
Seat 8 Dan Jensen	$45,000
Seat 9 Bernard Lee	$200,000

 

Tournament organizers have just announced they have added a total of $3,987 to the prize pool which will be spread out evenly among the top nine finishers. The money came from satellite chips that were never claimed. The pot just got a little juicier.

Players are on a 15-minute break while tournament officials race off the purple $500 chips. When they get back they have some increased blinds to look forward to.

Ben Hock opens for $18,000 and Dan Jensen comes back over the top for a total of $32,000. Hock announces he's all-in and pushes his entire stack into the middle. Jensen thinks for a minute before laying it down.

Bernard Lee opens for $17,500 and Ron Koenemann moves all-in for his last $24,500. Bernard Lee calls and shows a very respectable Q Q, while Koenemann will need some help with his A 6.

The board comes J 9 5 8 2 and Koenemann receives no help. He is eliminated eighth. The crowd is noticeably disappointed as Koenemann was one of today's favorites (as is local Nick Manganaro).

Koenemann will receive $19,199 for all his efforts.

After some incredibly tight play the man some refer to as "colorful" has been eliminated. Michael Martin raised $15,000 from the cut-off and Wolper, who was short-stacked, shoved all-in from the big blind. Martin made the call and the players flipped over their cards:

Martin: 3 3

Wolper: A 2

The flop comes K-9-4 with two spades and the board finishes 10 and then Q. Wolper is our first casualty at the final table and he will earn $14,508 for his ninth-place finish.

We're still seeing a very limited number of flops. In a recent hand Keith Murrell limped from the cut-off and Bernard Lee checked the big blind. The flop came 10 6 4 and Lee bet $23,500. Murrell opted to fold and we're just not seeing much of anything happen thus far.

"When is the next flop scheduled?" asked a bored fan after the hand.