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We caught the action after the turn had fallen on a board of 
.
Sean Deacon bet, John Esposito made it two bets, and Deacon three bet all in. Esposito made the call and the cards were on their backs.
Deacon: 
Esposito: 
The 
fell on the river and Deacon doubled to 43,000.
Omar Mehmood was all in from the cutoff. On a flop of 
, Joseph Mcgowan check-called Robert Beveridge's bet from the big blind.
On the 
Mcgowan checked to Beveridge who bet. Mcgowan folded his cards.
Mehmood: 
Beveridge: 
The river brought a six and marking the end of Mehmood's tournament.
On a flop of 
, Terrence Chan tossed in a bet. Mitch Schock, on the button, made it two bets. Chan made it three and Schock made the call.
The turn was the 
. Chan bet and Schock called.
The river was the 
. Chan again bet and Schock again called, but when Schock saw Chan's 
he tossed his cards in the muck.
Javier Torresola was left with just one bet with the board reading 
and got it in. Tyler Bonkowski called having him at risk:
Showdown
Torresola:
Bonkowski: 
The 
on the turn gave Torresola four more outs to a wheel, but the 
bricked on the river eliminating him from the tournament. Bonkowski's nine played, and he recorded the knockout chipping up to 120,000.
With the board reading 
, Sijbrand Maal led from the small blind and Brian Aleksa raised with the button. Maal put in a third bet and Aleksa called.
The river brought the 
and Maal led again. Aleksa opted to call and mucked when Maal tabled 
.
Both players are still over 100,000 chips.
The board read 
when we reached Table 314. Daniel Didech put in one of his last two bets and Sijbrand Maal called.
The turn brought the and Didech committed his last chips. Maal called.
Showdown
Didech: 
Maal: 
Didech needed a five or an eight to survive, but the suicide king () on the river was neither. He is eliminated, and Maal is up to 115,000 chips.
Thomas Taylor put his last 2,500 in the middle preflop from under the gun. Matthew Kelly called from the button and Mitch Schock made the call from the big blind.
The flop came down 
. Kelly and Schock both checked. They also checked the turn and the 
river.
Kelly showed 
and took the pot and is sitting on 60,000. Taylor hit the rail and Schock has a 92,000 chip stack.
With the board reading , Jonathan Little check-called a bet from Gabriel Walls in a blind-for-blind battle.
The turn was the and Little checked to Walls again. Walls bet, Little check-raised and Walls called.
Little led after the rivered and Walls called. Little opened 
for a pair of queens and Walls mucked his hand.
Walls slipped to 85,000 chips while Little increased his stack to 90,000.
The flop came down 
and Matthew Kelly made a bet from the small blind. Terrence Chan, in the big blind, made it two bets, and Kelly followed along to the turn.
The turn was the and Kelly check-called Chan's bet.
On the turn, Kelly checked to Chan who tossed in a bet. Kelly open-folded . Chan took the pot, but only showed the .
Chan is at 133,000 and Kelly is at 73,000.
After just chipping up a bit, David Steicke is now eliminated from Event #53.
We missed the hand in question, but we do know the meat and potatoes about it. Terrence Chan busted him with on a 
X board. Steicke held 
and could not improve.
Steicke will have to settle with $4,135 while Chan has his eyes on a second final table.
