Alan Sass picked a good time to win a bet in which Tom “durrrr” Dwan had to do something for the duration of a tournament. The bet involved Dwan being on time, he wasn’t, and the payoff was Dwan having to wear a hat of Alan’s choice for the length of his run in the WPT Championship.

Day 1 was a fruit hat, day 2 a pink feather headpiece, day 4 a bowling pin cap, and today an impressive pink flamingo upon Tom’s skull. Dwan seemed to settle in and almost forget he was playing in a huge tournament while wearing ridiculous items on his head and looked poised to be in the position of having to figure out what to do with the bet if he made it to the televised final table.

He came up just short of that though, ultimately being eliminated in 9th place for $184,670. Dwan was in with the best of it, but in poker things change fast. Cory “UGOTPZD” Carroll opened a pot for 350k and Tom moved over the top all in. Caroll called with the AJ and Tom turned over his KK.

The flop was no help to Cory but the A on the turn gave him what he needed to outrun Dwan’s kings. Dwan’s elimination left the field 8 handed and Karga Holt was out the door soon after Dwan, finishing in 8th place for $211,050.

• April 24, 2008 -- Down to 10
• April 24, 2008 -- WPT Championship Day 5 Gallery
• April 24, 2008 -- WPT Championship Day 5
• April 23, 2008 -- Final 18

The dealer throws out the first card and you sneak a quick peak to see the corner of a black ace. This builds a little excitement as you hold your cards after they are all dealt and wait on the action to fold around to you before looking at both your cards. First one up is the A, probably the same black ace you peeled up the first time. You shuffle the cards so the other one is on bottom and lift the corner to see the A.

Deep in a tournament just getting pocket aces is a big deal. The next step is getting action. Picking up aces in the big blind and getting a walk is a huge letdown. Picking up the pot with a standard raise is ok, but still seems like a waste of aces.

In a statistical anomaly Cory “UGOTPZD” Carroll (left) has been all in with pocket aces against another player with pocket aces twice today. Both times the pot was split after no flush appeared on board.

• April 24, 2008 -- Final 6 Set
• April 24, 2008 -- Hat Bet is Over, Durrrr 9th
• April 24, 2008 -- Down to 10
• April 24, 2008 -- WPT Championship Day 5 Gallery

After 2 quick eliminations play slowed with 15 players remaining. The stall was ended when Nick Binger (right) was eliminated by Gus Hansen. Binger was all in preflop with AQ against Hansen’s suited A3 and by the time the river was out Gus had made a flush to bust Binger in 15th place for $131,910.

After Binger’s elimination the next few bust outs came quickly with David Tran and Robert Mizrachi also being knocked out. Hansen did the dirty work against Tran, picking up pocket aces and having them hold up against Tran’s flopped pair to send David home in 14th place.

Mike Gracz was able to bust a shortstacked Mizrachi when Robert moved in and Gracz called. Gracz had pocket jacks and they held strong against Mizrachi’s A8. The victory for Gracz was short lived though. Not too long later he was all in against Gus Hansen with a flop set against the Danes flush draw. Blank on the turn but the T on the river completed the club flush for Gus and busted Gracz in 11th place.

In between the Mizrachi and Gracz eliminations Bryan Devonshire (left) was busted in 12th place. Bryan was all in with AQ against David Chiu with pocket queens. Unlike Gus, the strategy of getting it in behind and getting there didn’t work out for Bryan and his 12th place finish brought the same payday of $131,910 that went to all finishers between 11th and 15th.

The remaining 10 players, including Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Cory “UGOTPZD” Carroll are all now at the same table and playing down to the final 6.

• April 24, 2008 -- WPT Championship Day 5
• April 24, 2008 -- WPT Championship Day 5 Gallery
• April 24, 2008 -- Carroll Bluffs, Chiu Gets Lucky
• April 24, 2008 -- Final 6 Set

• April 24, 2008 -- Down to 10
• April 24, 2008 -- WPT Championship Day 5
• April 24, 2008 -- Hat Bet is Over, Durrrr 9th
• April 23, 2008 -- Stalled at 19

Cory “UGOTPZD” Carroll (right) was able to grab a pot off of Tommy Le with a river bet on a board of KQ98T. Cory had checked his option from the big blind after Le completed from the small blind (blinds 15k / 30k). On the flop Le had check called a 45k bet from Carroll and both players checked the turn. With the river Le again checked and Cory bet 240k. The time on the clock ran out and players were on break, but Le stayed in thought for a long time before finally folding, showing a king as he did so. Cory showed the 75 as he stacked chips before heading out for break.

The chip lead has been held by Amir Vahedi so far today, but Gus Hansen was only 2 cards away from climbing back to the top of the chips. On a J64 flop David Chiu bet 171k into a pot that Gus had raised preflop and both David Tran and Chiu had both called. Gus said he was going to raise half of Chiu’s remaining stack and after giving it a rough count he decided that 355k was close enough.

Chiu (left) then moved all in and Gus called. Hansen showed the AJ and the look on Chiu’s face was a clear indicator he was in bad shape. His KJ was left drawing to three outs but the turn was reminiscent of what Gus did to eliminate Jared “TheWacoKidd” Hamby earlier in the tournament. The K peeled off and Gus was then the one drawing to 3 outs. His ace didn’t come in and he saw a pot of around 2 million chips heading the other direction.

Early eliminations included Jeff Shulman in 17th place and Andy Black in 16th. Black took a particularly bad beat at the hands of Robert Mizrachi. They were all in preflop with Black’s aces against Mizrachi’s J-9. The turn gave Mizrachi a gutshot draw to a straight but also gave Black the heart flush draw killing one of Robert’s outs. The 8 hit on the river making the straight for Robert and drawing a groan from many of the onlookers.

• April 24, 2008 -- Down to 10
• April 24, 2008 -- Final 6 Set
• April 24, 2008 -- WPT Championship Day 5
• April 26, 2008 -- Good Call, Bad Beat - Carroll Out 4th