Five Hands Left

Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante

Tournament officials have announced that each table will play five more hands before ending play for the night.

E-Dog E-Liminated

Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante

Erick Lindgren has been eliminated from the North American Poker Challenge late in Day 1c.

Allen Kessler Eliminated

Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante

Allen Kessler is all in preflop with JJ against Curt Kohlberg's Q-Q, and he'll need to improve to stay alive. The board comes Q6247, and since neither player has a heart, Kohlberg wins the pot with a set of queens. Allen Kessler is eliminated from the tournament.

Carlos Mortensen Eliminated

Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante

Season V WPT World Champion Carlos Mortensen has just been eliminated from the tournament.

Sixty Second Spotlight: Darus Suharto

Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante

November Nine member Darus Suharto is currently our chip leader with 145,000. Prior to this summer, Darus was just an accountant based out of the Toronto area and an unknown to the poker community. With only one recorded cash prior to the 2008 Main Event, he has now locked up a guaranteed prize of over $900,000 with a chance to win up to $9 million and a shot of poker immortality. He goes into the World Series final table 6th in chips. Darus Suharto seems to have gained instant credibility from his poker peers and has been seen chatting it up with Daniel Negreanu and John "The Razor" Phan throughout the day. Doing well at this tournament could consummate his place at the top of the poker world, proving that he's no one shot wonder.

Bradley Berman Busts

Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante

Bradley Berman has been eliminated from the tournament.

Peter Feldman Crippled

Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante

On a board of J668 a player bets 6,000 into Peter Feldman. Feldman makes the call. The river brings the J. Feldman's opponent moves all in for 16,575 and immediately Feldman looks confused and skeptical. He counts out the necessary amount needed to call and sees he would only have about 7,000 left if he makes the call. He then puts in the chips. His opponent shows AA. Feldman mucks and is left with just over 11 big blinds.

Chris Bell Drops the Atomic Bomb

Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante

Erik Cajelais Calls a 17,000 All In with K-10

Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante

After a series of raises, Erik Cajelais contemplates the all in re-raise of 17,625 from his opponent while he sits in the big blind. Cajelias thinks it over as he stares back and forth between his opponent, his own cards and the 25,000 that was already in the pot before the all-in raise. He makes the call and turns over K10 which gets the table talking. The small blind shows 99. The board comes 846A3 and the small blind's pair of nines hold up.

Unlucky Seat

Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante

Good luck to the next occupant of Seat 8 at Table 6... First it was occupied by bracelet winner Justin Scott, who after managing to accumulate a nice stack early in the day, mysteriously disappeared. Then, Glen Chorny moved into his seat and was eliminated within an hour.