On a board reading J825 Faraz “The Toilet-0″ Jaka (pictured at left) bet out 5.5K into an already large pot and Thomas Wahlroos thought for some time before moving all-in for less than 10K total.  Jaka almost beat Wahlroos into the pot and turned over 24 while Wahlroos held pocket tens.  The 9 gave Jaka his flush and shipped the huge pot this way, sending his chip stack up over 20K.

A table in the middle of the blue section might just put the other stacked tables we mentioned in our previous post to shame.  At one point the table boasted Chris “moorman1″ Moorman, Shawn “sbuck21″ Buchanan, Eric “E-Fro” Froehlich, Shaun Deeb, and Scott “SCTrojans” Freeman.  Buchanan has since busted out, but while he was still around Freeman and Froehlich tangled in the following hand:

On a board of AAA Froehlich checked and Freeman bet out 1,625 into a 2.5K pot.  Eric quickly raised to 3K and Scott thought for some time before laying the hand down.

Another table vying for “Most Stacked” boasts a lineup of Jeff “yellowsub” Williams, Jamie “TheChronic420″ Rosen, Jason “JCarver” Somerville, Richard “Lee Nickel” Fohrenbach, and Zachary  “CrazyZachary” Clark.  While Jason Carver was explaining the concept of “happiness EV” to Williams after he apparently sucked out on him in a hand, Clark and Fohrenbach went heads up to a flop in a raised pot. 

The board came out 643 and Richard checked.  Clark bet out 4K and Fohrenbach called.  Both checked the Q on the turn and when the T hit on the river Richard checked once again.  When Zachary bet 1,700 on the river, Richard laughed and uttered “wow…I can level myself ten different ways here”.  He eventually made the call with pocket nines and Clark turned over 2-10.  After the hand, Williams played the role of announcer when he stated, “CrazyZachary just took you straight to valuetown.”

Josh “pbdrunks” VanDuyn (pictured at right) has been fighting a short stack for much of the day and he has decided to take drastic measures in an effort to reverse his bad luck.  He borrowed JJ Lieu’s feathery hat for a hand in which he and Kathy Leibert got it all-in preflop.  Josh held A-Q while Leibert had pocket jacks.  The flop came 865 and Josh looked to be in bad shape as Kathy held the J.  However, the board ran out 4-7 with no hearts and the two split the pot to keep VanDuyn alive.

Josh wore the hat the remainder of the time he and JJ were at the same table and the two even joked about some sort of compensation for Lieu should the hat propel Josh to the final table.  However, once their table broke, Josh returned the hat.  Perhaps its good luck had worn off.

Dan “wretchy” Martin was recently eliminated when he and two other players saw a flop of 875.  After the flop, Dan checked from the small blind and the player in the big blind checked as well.  The third player then bet 1.7K, Dan called, and the big blind raised to 5,225.  The other player folded and Martin thought some time before moving all-in for 10,225 more.  The other player made the call, showing 89 to Dan’s 79.  The turn and river were no help for Martin and he was eliminated.

Other players who saw their tournaments come to an end this level include Marco “CrazyMarco” Johnson, Mike “SowersUNCC” Sowers, Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul, and JC “PrtyPSux” Alvarado.

Here are some updated and unofficial chip counts heading into dinner break:

Jamie “TheChronic420″ Rosen - 70K
Matt “mattg1983″ Graham - 40K
David “DavidP18″ Peters - 35K
Richard Fohrenbach - 35K
Eric Froehlich - 32K
Ben “bfineman” Fineman - 30K
Amit “amak316″ Makhija - 20.5K
Jason Somerville - 20K
Matt “AllInat420″ Stout - 20K
Chad “lilholdem954″ Batista - 18K
Jon “pokertrip” Friedberg - 16K
John “apestyles” Van Fleet - 16K
“Bodog”Ari Engel - 14K
Adam “akat11″ - 11.5K
Jeremy “ChainsawJr” Menard - 10K
Eric “Rizen” Lynch - 6K

• June 26, 2008 -- Treacherous Tables in Rebuy
• June 25, 2008 -- Pocket Fives No Good to Graham
• June 26, 2008 -- “Whoa! Who Won that Pot?”
• June 26, 2008 -- Online Players Looking to Run Deep