Jorryt van Hoof raised to 175,000 in middle position, Adam Lamphere moved all in for 940,000 on the button, and the action folded back to van Hoof, who called.
Van Hoof:
Lamphere:
The Dutchman's dominant pair held as the board rolled out , and Lamphere was eliminated.
From the cutoff, Michael Kamran moved all in for 870,000 and Craig McCorkell called in the small blind.
Kamran:
McCorkell:
With Kamran dominated, the flop gave him outs to a flush, but when the and landed on the turn and river, he would be outed to the rail in 40th place for a $186,388 payday as McCorkell moved to nearly 10 million in chips.
Thomas Sarra Jr. opened to 190,000 from middle position and Paul Senter shoved from the next spot for 590,000. Sarra Jr. called after the other players folded.
Sarra Jr.:
Senter:
Senter kept the lead on the flop. Sarra Jr. looked poised to score the KO when a came on the turn, and he did just that when the completed the board.
Bryan Devonshire opened to 175,000 from under the gun only to have Luis Velador three-bet to 450,000 from the hijack. With the action on Shahen Martirosian in the small blind, he moved all in for 2,050,000 to force Devonshire's cards into the muck. Velador however made the call, and the cards were placed on their backs.
Martirosian:
Velador:
With Martirosian in bad shape against Velador's overpair, the flop changed little as the and completed the board to send Martirosian to the rail in 38th place for a $186,388 payday.
Eddy Sabat was first to act and raised to 180,000. Scott Palmer defended his big blind, then checked to Sabat on a flop of . Sabat bet to 150,000, Palmer check-raised to 400,000, and Sabat quickly called.
The turn was the , Palmer led out for 825,000, and Sabat made the call.
The completed the board and Palmer led out again, this time double-fisting 1.6 million into the pot. Sabbat quickly called and Palmer instantly mucked his hand.
While he was getting pushed the pot, Sabat showed for a rivered set of jacks.
Coming back from dinner, 44 players remained in the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event. Now, through two more levels of play in Level 28, just 37 remain.
The first post-dinner elimination came when Clayton Maguire got all in preflop holding the only to run into the of Craig McCorkell. The flop came seven high, but Maguire would fail to find anymore help and had to settle for 44th place and $186,388 in prize money. Likewise, David Tuthill, who was extremely short stacked at one point on Day 5, earned the same amount after falling in 43rd place when his couldn't overcome the of Luis Velador.
One-time chip leader Michael Finstein followed them out the door in 42nd place, and he was soon joined on the rail by the likes of Adam Lamphere (41st - $186,388), Michael Kamran (40th - $186,388), Paul Senter (39th - $186,388), and Shahen Martirosian (38th - $186,388).
The plan for the night is to play down to at least the final 27 players, though tournament officials would like to get to the final 24 if possible within the next two levels. Cards will be in the air in 20 minute, so stay tuned. In the meantime, check out Remko Rinkema's interview with chip leader Martin Jacobson:
Action folded around to Gal Erlichman in the cutoff and he open-shipped all in for 1.665 million. It came around to Bryan Devonshire who instantly called from the big blind.
Erlichman:
Devonshire:
The flop came down , giving Erlichman top pair but still keeping him behind Devonshire's cowboys. The miracle drilled the turn, though, and gave Erlichman trip jacks for the lead. Suddenly it was Devonshire who needed to improve to win the hand.
The board completed with the and Erlichman scored the double-up. He now has 3.45 million while Devonshire has fallen to 4.24 million.
Kyle Keranen opened to 225,000 from the cutoff only to find a three-bet to 650,000 from Luis Velador in the small blind. Action folded back to Keranen and he pushed out a call.
The flop came down and Velador continued out for 650,000. Keranen called to see a turn. The dealer tapped the table and produced the . Velador pushed 1.1 million into the middle of the table and Keranen went into the tank. After about two minutes of pondering, Keranan announced a call.
The finished the board and Velador slowed down with a check. Keranan thought for a moment before moving 1.8 million into the middle. Velador instantly called and tabled . Keranen mucked his hand and Velador picked up the pot.
Velador now has 14.94 million for the overall chip lead. Keranen, on the other hand, has dropped to 7.86 million.
Bruno Politano opened the pot with a raise to 250,000 only to have Robert Park three-bet him to 575,000 from the cutoff.
Politano made the call and then checked the flop with Park continuing for 675,000. Politano made the call, and then both players checked the on the turn before the landed on the river.
Politano pushed out a bet of 1.2 million and Park snap-called.
Politano tabled his for trips as Park flashed his for top two pair before mucking and slipping to 1.8 million. Politano is now up to 10.4 million in chips.
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, and Lamphere was eliminated.
landed on the turn and river, he would be outed to the rail in 40th place for a $186,388 payday as McCorkell moved to nearly 10 million in chips.
completed the board.
completed the board to send Martirosian to the rail in 38th place for a $186,388 payday.
for two pair and raked in the pot to climb to 11.25 million as Politano slipped to 5.9 million in chips.
. Sabat bet to 150,000, Palmer check-raised to 400,000, and Sabat quickly called.
, Palmer led out for 825,000, and Sabat made the call.
completed the board and Palmer led out again, this time double-fisting 1.6 million into the pot. Sabbat quickly called and Palmer instantly mucked his hand.
only to run into the 
and Velador continued out for 650,000. Keranen called to see a turn. The dealer tapped the table and produced the 
finished the board and Velador slowed down with a check. Keranan thought for a moment before moving 1.8 million into the middle. Velador instantly called and tabled 
for trips as Park flashed his 