According to WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel, it shouldn't take more than nine levels today to reach the final table. Effel figures nine max and it might even be less than that, having to only play eight levels. Sounds good to us.
Right now, there's 59 players left and they seems to be dropping at a nice, steady rate. Keep it up everyone.
Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
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It's a disaster of epic proportions for Andrew Lichtenberger, so much so that Michael Bay could make a film about it.
Dean Sanders motioned us to his table where Lichtenberger had got all in with 
against Paul Pitchford's 
. The board came 
and a monster 100,000+ chip pot went the way of Pitchford.
It's probably not the way Lichtenberger wanted to spend his birthday.
Keith "The Camel" Hawkins opened to 2,400 under the gun, and Massimiliano Mauceri made the call to see a flop. It came 
, and the rest of Mauceri's 13,100 chips all got into the middle. Hawkins was more than happy to match him with 
, but he would soon find out that Mauceri's surprise 
had out-flopped him in a big way. Mauceri let out a beastly celebration.
Neither the turn nor the river could produce an ace for Hawkins, and he has glumly shipped a double up over to the Italian, who pounded his fist on the felt just for good measure. He's over 30,000 now, maybe just a few chips ahead of Hawkins now.
Mia Liu was all in preflop with the 
against Stephen Chidwick's 
. The board ran out 
and Chidwick won the pot and moved up to 49,000 in chips. Liu was eliminated.
Song Lee opened to 2,100 under the gun, and the table folded all the way back around to the blinds. In the small, Francesco Fama moved all in for 6,300, and Lee made the call to put him at risk.
Lee was working with 
, and Fama proudly tabled . There wasn't too much for him to sweat as the board ran out safe: 
. Aces hold for the young man, and he's doubled his way back into contention with more than 14,000 now.
November NIner Matthew Jarvis raised from the button and Allen Kessler reraised from the big blind. Jarvis moved all in and Kessler folded, dropping to 10,600. Two hands later, Kessler shoved in from the button and everyone folded.
Jack Lyman, who would totally win first prize in a Andre Akkari lookalike contest, has just doubled up to around 34,000 after being all-in with against Mia Liu's 
and hitting the nut flush on the 
board.
With the board reading 
, Ting He fired out a substantial bet of 11,600 against Oaul Pitchford but the latter moved all-in and He folded almost instantly.
Tohme up to 57,000
Andrew Lichtenberger showed up a little late to the start of the event today. Maybe he feels like he earned it, it is his birthday after all! Upon arriving to his seat, Lichtenberger was presented with a rather un-birthday-like chair, the three seat at his table which has a steel bar banging against his legs. Not quite the comfort any birthday boy should be in.
At any rate, Lichtenberger is getting involved early and often. Twice he was battling with Ting He on the opposite side of the table.
We picked up the first hand between these two on the flop of 
and Lichtenberger fired 3,200 into a pot of about 5,000. He took his time and then tossed his hand away, allowing Lichtenberger to pick up this pot.
A few hands later, Lichtenberger called a 2,000-chip raise out of the big blind from He, who had raised out of the cutoff seat. The flop came down 
and Lichtenberger check-called a continuation bet of 3,000 from He before the 
landed on the turn. Lichtenberger checked again and He checked behind. After the river completed the board with the , both players checked again.
Lichtenberger couldn't get He to bite with the 
. Lichtenberger held the for a full house.
Lichtenberger is up to about 49,000 in chips.
