(Amanda Rosenfeld reporting)

	Champ Rami Boukai

Najib Bennani who played a great final table ends up in 2nd place and earns $151,335 for his finish.

(Amanda Rosenfeld reporting)

The big hand this hour is when Ben Grundy was eliminated in 3rd place. Najib Bennani raised on the button to 125,000. In the small blind, Ben Grundy reraised the pot, making it 425,000 to go and leaving himself shortstacked with around 40,000 . behind. Rami Boukai got out of the way and folded his big blind. Bennani, not sure as to why Grundy left himself with very few chips, thought for awhile before he advised Grundy he would put him all in. Grundy put his last few chips in the pot.

Bennani showed Q  4  J K
Grundy showed A  A  A  7 .

The flop was great for Grundy as it was 5  7  T . It looked to be a double up for him.  The turn card brought the J and Grundy would have to sweat the many cards that could come on the river to send him to the rail.

Grundy played his last hand at the final table as it came a K  on the river. Bennani made two pair Kings and Jacks.

Grundy earned $99,574 for his third place finish.

(Amanda Rosenfeld reporting)

The play is still three handed.

There is not too much action going on at the final table right now. There were some pot size raises on the button, but everyone else just folded.

The players are now on a 20 minute break.

(Amanda Rosenfeld reporting)

In Holdem, the action was folded to Daniel Makowsky on the button. Daniel potted to 140,000. Najib Bennani who was in the big blind re-raised pot. He had Makowsky covered. Makowsky called and he was all in with AH JC. Bennani showed 8C 8S and it was a race. Makowsky is your fifth place finisher as the board ran out KH 3D 2D 7H KD. Makowsky who was once the chip leader departs in 5th place.

Next to be evicted from the final table was Cornel Cimpan. Cornel Cimpan got it all in against Najib Bennani in Omaha on a flop of 5S 3C 7D. Cimpan showed AC AD 7H 3D and Bennani showed 8S 6S 6C 5C. Cimpan was ahead with two pair while Bennani had a straight draw. The turn was a 2H. It was a great card for Cimpan. However, the river was not as kind as it was a 4C giving Bennani the straight. Cornel Cimpan also was one of the chip leaders at the final table. He exits in 4th place.

It has been an action packed hour as Rami Boukai was all in on a flop of AD 9D 4S during the Holdem round. Bennani called. Bennani showed As 5S for top pair and Rami showed QD 5D for a flush draw. The turn came a 3C which gave Rami some chop outs if a deuce came. It was to Rami's delight as the river was a 10D. Rami doubles up through Bennani.

(Amanda Rosenfeld reporting)

The table tonight has been tight. With 5 players left, many are waiting for the nuts while some are trying to double up and take over the chip lead.

There have been no eliminations this hour.

There was a hand this hour where Rami Boukai raised to 105,000 in Omaha. He was called by Najib Bennani. The flop was Ace high with two clubs. Bennani moves all-in and Rami mucks his cards. Bennani showed A J T J  for a pair of aces and a flush draw.

Daniel Makowsky took down a pot as he bet 75,000 in Omaha on a board of JH 4H 9D. Cornel Cimpan who was in the hand mucked his cards.

(Amanda Rosenfeld reporting)

The players took a ten minute break at the beginning of the hour. They are now on level 25 of the evening.

Cornel Cimpan slipped a bit on the leader board as he is now at the bottom. Here are how the chip counts look:

Rami Boukai : 966,000
Ben Grundy-755,000
Daniel Makowsky-712,000
Najib Bennani- 554,000
Cornel Cimpan: 399,000

They are on Level 25 which is PLO: 12000/24000, 24000 in order to call or raise between 48000-84000;
PLH: 15000/30000, 30000 to in order to call or raise between 60000-105000

There have been no eliminations this hour.

There was one hand where Najib Bennani was begging for a call. Bennani, who was under the gun, raised to around 90,000. The action folded around to Ben Grundy, who looked at his cards and then asked Bennani how much he had left. Bennani had around 300,000 left. After asking for a count, Ben Grundy mucked his cards. Bennani turned over pocket queens and was sad when Grundy did not push all-in.

The action continues as the players will play down to a winner.

(Amanda Rosenfeld reporting)

The limits at the final table are now :

PLO: 10000/20000; with the call being 20000 or make it 40000-70000;
PLH: 12000/24000; with the call being 24000 or make it 48000-84000

Cornel Cimpan is now sitting at over 1 million in chips. He was very excited about that as he announced it in the final table area. 

Paul Parker was eliminated in 6th place. In Holdem, Parker was under the gun and raised to 84,000. The action was over to Rami Boukai and he min-raised making it 144,000. The rest of the table folded to Parker who was all-in for his last few chips he had in front of him.

Parker showed A  6 and Boukai showed A  K . It was the end of the road for parker as the board ran out 8  7  T  4 7 . He finished in 6th place and earned $39,904.

(Elissa Harwood reporting)

Cornel Cimpan has been bullying the table on his way to 950,000 and the chip lead.   Ben Grundy, after making several tough PLO folds, was down to his last 160,000.   In yet another Omaha hand, he raised preflop to 56,000.   Paul Parker called to see the 9 6 2 flop.   Grundy shoved his remaining 105,000 without much thought, and Parker paused before calling.   Grundy’s AAT3 was behind the two pair of Parker’s A965.   But the deck was kind to Grundy, bringing a 5 on the turn and a 4 on the river to give him a backdoor straight.   Grundy is back to a playable 344,000, and Parker is the new short stack with 258,000.

An hour ago, it looked like short stack Pawel Andrzejewski would be the next to go, but Pawel managed to stay alive and double up while John Kabbaj wasn’t so lucky.   Kabbaj limped UTG in an Omaha hand, Rami Boukai limped behind, and Cornel Cimpan raised to 66K on the button.   Only Kabbaj came along to see the 8 5 3  flop.   Kabbaj opened with a pot-sized bet, and Cimpan raised him all in.   Kabbaj needed help to stay alive with his A J 7 4  trailing Cimpan’s A K Q 9 .   A 9  on the turn gave Cornel a flush and meant John only had one out (the 6  for a straight flush).   The river was the J , sending Kabbaj home in 8^th place with $28,006.   This is Kabbaj’s third WSOP final table.   He finished 9^th in a Pot Limit Hold’em tournament in 1999 and 2^nd in a NLHE event in 2004.   Kabbaj also finished 10^th in last year’s $10k Pot Limit Hold’em Championship.

The final seven players are on an hour long dinner break and will return shortly before 7 pm.   Cornel Cimpan took over the chip leader after busting Kabbbaj.   He’ll come back to a stack of 787,000.   Daniel Makowsky is next with 665,000, followed by Rami Boukai and Ben Grundy, who are both over 500,000.   Najib Bennani is down to 424,000.   Paul Parker is in 6^th with 270,000.   Pawel Andrzejewski doubled through Ben Grundy when his Kings held against Grundy’s pocket 7s, but Pawel is still the short stack with 249,000.

(Elissa Harwood reporting)

The players concerned about the Omaha rounds can relax now that they’re down to 8 players.   Gary Do was the first to leave the new 10-handed table.   Rami Boukai raised preflop, Cornel Cimpan 3-bet, and Do moved all in for a total of 131,000.   Boukai laid it down, and Cimpan tossed in the extra chips.   Do had been aggressive since the table move, and Cimpan wasn’t expecting him to table a pair of Kings.   Cornel’s A 7  was in trouble, and the flop was no help.   But an Ace on the turn earned him the lead and a groan from the crowd.   The river couldn’t save Do, and he finished in 10^th place, earning $18,170.

The game switched to Omaha before Sigi Stockinger became the next victim.   On a A 7 5 flop, Stockinger bet the pot (24K), and his lone opponent, Daniel Makowsky, flat called.   The turn brought the Q, and Sigi bet 80,000 of his last 100K.   Makowsky helped him get it all in, and the showdown demonstrated that Makowsky had taken the lead on the turn.   Stockinger’s AKK8 trailed Makowsky’s AQT4, and after a 7 on the river, Makowsky’s Aces up were good enough to bounce Stockinger in 9^th place.   He earns $25,151 for his time.   After the hand, amichaiKK is back on top with 602,000.   Cimpan is next with 585,000.

The chips are much more evenly distributed than they were at the start of the day.   Najib Bennani is in the lead with 597,000.   Daniel Makowsky has 585,000, and Rami Boukai is close behind with 575,000.   Sigi Stockinger is the short stack, working with only 145,000, and Cornel Cimpan and Gary Do both have less than 200K.

Jan Collado finished in 12^th place, earning $18,170.   Playing Hold’em 6-handed, Makowsky raised his button to 30,000, and Paul Parker reraised from the small blind.   In the big blind, Callado called all in with AK.   He needed help to best Parker’s pocket 8s.   The 6 4 3 flop wasn’t much assistance, and the Ace on the turn was just what he needed to double up.   But an 8 on the river left him stunned and chipless.

Hevad Khan’s exit was less dramatic.   He got it all in way behind with A8 against Najib Bennani’s AT.   The board was no help, and Khan finished in 11^th place.