After going on an impressive heater to take the chip lead, things have cooled off for Jon “pokertrip” Friedberg and he has seen his large stack fall to the middle of the pack as play continues into the last level for the day.  Friedberg was over 1.7 million at one point but after bluffing off a few chips and then flopping top set and losing he now has less than a third of his previous stack with only around 550k chips.

The biggest hit came when Tom Nguyen opened for 47k and both Friedberg and Charles Marchese called.  On the T98 flop Friedberg led out for 66k and Marchese was the only caller.  With the 3 on the turn Friedberg led out for a pot sized bet of 300k and Marchese moved all in for not much more and Friedberg made the call with his pocket tens for top set.  Marchese had flopped the nut straight with his QJ and Friedberg needed the board to pair to win the hand.  A jack on the river was no help though and Friedberg saw a pot of almost 1 million chips go to Marchese.

Jonathan “FieryJustice” Little is still sitting with around 1.3 million, about where he was after his big double up earlier.  The blinds are currently 10k / 20k with a 3k ante.

• November 9, 2008 -- Friedberg Out, Down to 10
• November 9, 2008 -- Little Doubles
• November 9, 2008 -- Saul Gone
• November 9, 2008 -- Heater Gives Friedberg The Chip Lead