World Series 2004 - DAY 5

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Contributed by Mike Paulle

In an 800,000 pot on the last hand of the night, Greg 'Fossilman' Raymer took over the chip lead with 1,807,000 by making 5's full of 6's against the then chip leader Josh Arieh. Greg went all-in on the river and Josh couldn't call. Raymer was kind enough to show Arieh the 6 5 in his hand with a board of 8 6 5 5 J.

It was scary after the dinner break today as PokerStars had an awesome 10 of the remaining 43 players. Three, however, were lost not long after the dinner break. As play ended for the evening, down to the last 32 survivors, PokerStars had 7 of them, including Greg and Davin 'dabest247' Anderson with the third largest stack. Former champion Dan Harrington is second in chips with 1,536,000.

Tomorrow we go to the final table of nine in the most exciting day of the poker year. If the tournament were to stop right now, four PokerStars would be at the final table.

Greg Raymer 1,807,000 1st
Davin Anderson 1,436,000 3rd
David Williams 1,138,000 8th
Michael McClain 1,001,000 9th
Gary Jones 802,000
D. Archer 656,000
Matt Dean 357,000

After a courageous fight, Matt Treasure had a rough beat that cost him at least $20,000 in prize money. All-in with K Q offsuit versus Josh Arieh's dominated Q J of Spades, Treasure took one in the chest when the flop came with an Ace 10 and a King turned.

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