We caught up with Banzi as he was walking toward the exit. He was among the bigger stacks for much of the day, but lost everything when he got all in with pocket kings vs. pocket aces and couldn't improve.
Also eliminated from the tournament were T.J. Cloutier and Maridu Mayrinck.
Tran raised to 600 preflop and was called by the small blind, who then led out for another 600 on a flop of . Tran raised all in for 2,900 and got the call.
Tran showed while his opponent showed for top pair and a flush draw. The board ran out and Tran's day was done.
After being moved into the Amazon Room, Phil Hellmuth took little time before playing a hand.
He raised to 600 preflop from the cutoff and got called by the big blind. Both players checked the flop of and the big blind bet 800 when the appeared on the turn. Hellmuth raised to 2,300 leaving himself 3,600 behind.
After a short time in the tank, the big blind mucked. Hellmuth now has about 9,500.