Michael Guzzardi continues the punishment, sending Phil Sayers to the rail in 14th place.
Sayers found himself all in preflop with and was ahead against Guzzardi.
Sayers: 
Guzzardi: 
The cards landed 
to see Guzzardi pair his three on the turn to eliminate Sayers.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Stev Lackovic has just ridden a roller coaster of a final hand to be eliminated in 15th place.
Lackovic was all in from the cut off with 
against Robert McLean on the button with 
.
Just a standard flip at this point.
Then Lackovic hit a straight on the turn of a 
board to move ahead.
River: 
Full house for McLean!
For the 15th place finish, Lackovic pocketed $6,300.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
380,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
Busted |
Stevan Chew's tournament has come to an end in 16th place.
He was all in preflop for just over ten big blinds holding 
against chip leader Bryan Huang's 
.
The 
board was no good to Chew and so he was sent home with a $5,100 score.
Huang's stack continues to grow. He's up to 550,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
550,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Approximate stacks of players on Table 2 with 16 remaining
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
450,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
450,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
240,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
160,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
100,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
90,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
70,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Approximate stacks of players on Table 7 with 16 remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
340,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
270,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
260,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
250,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
160,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
90,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
45,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
It was folded around to Ross Martin in the hijack and he pushed his short-stack into the middle to put his tournament life at risk. Bryan Huang made the call from the big blind and both players tabled their cards.
Martin: 
Huang: 
Martin was behind and the board came 
to see him eliminated in 17th place for $5,100.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
480,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Michael Kane three-bet all in for an extra 82,000 after Stevan Chew had opened to 12,000 from the cutoff.
Chew, with Kane on his direct left, made the call to put Kane at risk.
Kane was at risk with 
against Chew's .
The board ran out 
and Kane scooped up the double.
Chew is now one of the short stacks with just around 15 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
90,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
The players have just been informed that there will be no 10-minute break at this level as scheduled.
Instead, there will be a 45-minute dinner break after one more level is played.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Xuan Liu has just been eliminated in 18th place collecting $5,100.
Liu was down to just 13,500 when she was all in preflop holding and was up against Navin Bechar in the big blind holding 
.
Unfortunately for Liu the board ran out and she was sent to the rail.
With Liu out, Yaxi Zhu is not the last remaining female in the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
