In two hands Michael Mizrachi just lost a decent amount of chips to Brandon Cantu. He's now in fifth place while Cantu jumps into second.
From the small blind Cantu raised to 12,000 and Mizrachi defended his big blind. Both players drew one card.
Cantu checked to Mizrachi who fired out 30,000, and he got snap-called. Mizrachi showed against Cantu's and took down this pot.
On the second hand Cantu raised from the cutoff to 8,000, and Mizrachi three-bet him to 20,000 from the button. Cantu called, and both players drew one card.
Cantu checked to Mizrachi who fired out 25,000 and once again the snap-call followed. Mizrachi announced he had a jack-seven, and that was no good against .
Mizrachi is losing chips fast while Cantu is climbing towards chip leader Andrew Lichtenberger.
The action hasn't slowed down for one moment here at the final table as we just lost our fifth place finisher, Erick Lindgren. From the hijack Brandon Cantu raised to 8,000 and Michael Mizrachi made the call from the cutoff.
Andrew Lichtenberger was on the button, and quickly threw in a three-bet to 42,000. Larry Wright gave up his small blind after which Erick Lindgren moved all in for a total of 70,000 from the big blind. Cantu and Mizrachi folded, Lichtenberger made the call.
Both players drew one card.
Andrew Lichtenberger
Erick Lindgren
"Will you show me if i'm live, 'Chewy'?" Lindgren asked his opponent who told the dealer to just deal his card face up.
Lichtenberger hit a , and that did it for Lindgren who could no longer win the hand. To wrap things up Lindgren hit an and walked out with a $19,676 payday.
Michael Mizrachi, so dominant a short while ago, is now the short stack along with Larry Wright.
He opened to 10,000 and then four-bet to 70,000 when Andrew Lichtenberger three-bet to 40,000. Lichtenberger tank-called and drew one. Grinder stood pat and then bet 60,000 when checked to him.
Lichtenberger called with [2x. Mizrachi was bluffing with three deuces in his hand.
He was chip leader for a very long time in this tournament, but unfortunately for him the final table didn't play out as he had expected. He started the day really strong, but just crashed in fourth place taking home $28,198. The final hand played out like this.
Brandon Cantu raised it up to 8,000, and Mizrachi moved all in for his final 63,000 chips. Cantu made the call.
Both players drew one card.
Michael Mizrachi
Brandon Cantu
Cantu showed a , and that gave Mizrachi plenty of outs to stay alive. He needed to hit a jack, ten, nine, eight or seven in order to stay live, but he came up short. Mizrachi turned over a , and got himself a nice round of applaus as he exited the final table stage.
Larry Wright has doubled two hands in a row to give himself a fighting chance.
In the first hand Brandon Cantu opened to 8,00 and both blinds called. All three drew one and Andrew Lichtenberger led for 30,000 from the small blind. Wright called all-in with . Lichtenberger said he had a pair and mucked.
The next hand saw Lichtenberger raise to 10,000 from the button, Wright call from the small blind, and Cantu re-raise to 45,000 from the big blind. Lichtenberger called but Wright moved all-in for 84,000.
Cantu successfully isolated Wright by shoving in behind, and drew one as Wright stood pat.
Cantu opened and a drew a . He was drawing dead though as Wright had a seventy-six perfect and scooped.
Larry Wright was all but out the door during three-handed action, but he just won another pot bringing him close to his two opponents.
From the button Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 15,000 and Wright three-bet from the small blind to 63,000. Cantu folded, and after some tanking Lichtenberger made the call.
"I'm pat!" Lichtenberger announced with enthusiasm while Lichtenberger needed one card.
Wright bet 60,000 and Lichtenberger tossed his cards into the muck. Besides this pot Wright also won a couple of smaller pots bringing his stack up to 320,000 chips.
After the players got back from their break we have seen only some small pots. The chip counts are drawing closer and closer to each other, and we could be looking at a very tough battle from now on!
against Cantu's 
and took down this pot.
and walked out with a $19,676 payday.
