Justin Scott opened with a raise to 11,000, then Philip Jacobsen reraised all in. Scott called with his remaining stack, tabling 
. Jacobsen flipped over 
.
The flop was 
and Jacobsen was still ahead. But the 
turn gave Scott the advantage. The river was the 
, and Scott doubled to 335,000. Jacobsen falls to 115,000.
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Sam El-Sayed moved all in with the button and Dustin Dirksen snapped it off.
Showdown
El-Sayed: 
Dirksen: 
The 
flop gave Dirksen a pair of kings, but El-Sayed picked up the nut flush draw. The turn (
) and river (
) were both black though, and El-Sayed was eliminated.
The final six matches are all down to just two players each.
The winners will join the eight players who have already won seats in tomorrow's 14-person final round tourney -- Derric Haynie, Steven Kelly, Jeffrey King, Michael Cooper, Heinz Kamutzi, Paul Varano, J.C. Tran, and Johnny Kitchens.
Tristan "Cre8ive" Wade had Reagan Leman against the ropes moments ago, but Leman luckily doubled through to stay alive.
Leman was all in and at risk preflop holding 
and was dominated by Wade's .
The 
flop was clean, but the on the turn pushed Leman into the lead. The 
bricked on the river and Leman doubled to 160,000 chips.
Wade is still in the lead with 290,000 however.
Johnny Kitchens was never above 50,000 until he was heads up with Samuel Trickett.
Now he has every chip on the table, advancing him to Day 3.
Trickett open-shoved with the button on the last hand and Kitchens made the call.
Showdown
Trickett: 
Kitchens:
Trickett needed help, but received none from the 
board eliminating him from the tournament.
Kitchens will return tomorrow as one of our final 14 runners.
J.C. Tran has earned his seat in tomorrow's final, having ousted Yasuhiro Waki. Waki was down to 90,000, and open-shoved with 
only to have Tran call him with 
. No ten came to rescue Waki, and he's out.
Chau Giang raised to 11,000 from the button, then Tristan Wade -- who had Giang covered -- reraised all in from the small blind. Reagan Leman folded from the big blind, and Giang called with his remaining chips.
Giang
Wade
The board brought all big cards -- 
-- and Giang is out in third.
Heads up begins with Wade having a big advantage with 362,000 to Leman's 88,000.
Here are counts from our remaining eight matches:
Table 361
JC Tran - 335,000
Yasuhiro Waki - 115,000
Table 362
Tristan "Cre8ive" Wade - 250,000
Reagan Leman - 105,000
Chau Giang - 95,000
Table 363
Dustin Dirksen - 302,000
Sam El-Sayed - 148,000
Table 364
Brett Shaffer - 340,000
Steve Hohn - 110,000
Table 366
Leonard Cortelino - 320,000
Michael Pesek - 130,000
Table 370
Johnny Kitchens - 375,000
Samuel Trickett - 75,000
Table 373
Annette Obrestad - 230,000
Fatima de Melo - 220,000
Table 375
Justin Scott - 260,000
Philip Jacobsen - 190,000
Just after that hand in which Annette Obrestad doubled through Adam Croffut, Fatima Moreira de Melo chipped ahead of Croffut, then eliminated him.
They are now heads-up, with the two women nearly even in chips. Obrestad has 230,000, while de Melo has 220,000.
Adam Croffut had chipped up into the lead over at Table 373. Then came a hand in which Annette Obrestad was all in against Croffut for her last 96,500. Obrestad had 
, and Croffut .
The board went 
, and Obrestad's tens held. She doubles back to almost 200,000. Meanwhile Croffut slips to 140,000. Fatima Moreira de Melo remains the short-stack of the final trio there with 110,000.
