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We quickly lost two more players and we are now down to our final 27 players. A full list of our finalists with their current chip count, along with their new table and seat assignment will be available shortly.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
| 1 | 1 | Scott Volts | 163,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Alex Masek | 116,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Woody Kaawar | 124,000 |
| 1 | 4 | John Carreno | 245,000 |
| 1 | 5 | David Levi | 29,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Jeff Blenkarn | 68,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Jimmy Zeledon | 84,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Freddy Deeb | 180,000 |
| 1 | 9 | Brandon Cantu | 870,000 |
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
| 2 | 1 | Matt Salsberg | 65,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Kris Bailey | 80,500 |
| 2 | 3 | Eric Baldwin | 158,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Empty | 0 |
| 2 | 5 | Chris Cronin | 525,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Joel Chang | 282,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Suzie Matzura | 42,500 |
| 2 | 8 | David Funkhauser | 370,000 |
| 2 | 9 | Rich Lones | 131,000 |
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
| 3 | 1 | Ty Spires | 235,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Stephen Plache | 180,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Ryan Gentry | 230,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Ryan Buckholtz | 460,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Chris Bratene | 155,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Raymond Dandrea | 1,050,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Empty | 0 |
| 3 | 8 | Adrian Lopez | 40,000 |
| 3 | 9 | Joe Kuether | 730,000 |
We are down to 24 players here at Harrah's Rincon, and they have all taken a 10 minute break. Cards will be back in the air shortly.
The players have returned to their seats, and the cards are back in the air.
Alex Masek moved all in from middle position before Jeff Blenkarn moved all in for less out of the big blind. Jimmy Zeledon folded his big blind and Blenkarn was officially at risk.
Masek: 
Blenkarn: 
The board ran out 
and Blenkarn was forced to hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 20
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Jimmy Zeledon only had about 45,000 when he open shoved for the rest of his chips. Freddy Deeb was next to act, and he made the call. The rest of the table folded, and the cards were tabled.
Zeledon: 
Deeb: 
Deeb was in great shape to secure the knockout, and he only got stronger on the flop, coming 
. Zeledon could only catch running fives to win the hand, but he wouldn't do it, as the turn and river came 
and 
. Deeb scored the knockout, upping his stack to 185,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
185,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Scott Voltz raised from early position to 22,000 before being three-bet to 50,000 by Ty Spires. Action folded back around to Voltz and he made the call.
The flop was 
and Voltz led into Spires for 50,000. Spires then moved all in for an additional 43,000 chips. Votlz mulled over his decision for awhile before finally deciding to make the call.
Voltz: 
Spires: 
The turn officially ended things when it fell the 
and the 
river was dealt for good measure. The very next hand hand, Voltz moved tables and was eliminated within minutes of the change.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Its not uncommon for poker players to donate a certain portion of their winnings to various charitable causes, and Raymond Dandrea is trying to do his part. Dandrea informed us that he is donating 10% of his winnings to Chiropractic Biophysics, also known as spinal research. If you would like to know more about the cause, you can visit their site at idealspine.com.
Eric Baldwin opened the pot with a raise to 17,000. Action folded around to David Funkhauser in the small blind who moved all in. Baldwin quickly called and put his tournament life at risk.
Baldwin: 
Funkhauser: 
The board ran out 
and Baldwin earned the double up. After the counts, Funkhauser was left with just 20,000.
Funkhauser isn't out of it yet though. He tripled up very quickly besting the 
of Chris Cronin on a 
board with his 
. Cronin did make some money off Baldwin though by value betting the flop and river and winning the side pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
410,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
