The following players earned the first pay jump as the second group of players to get eliminated.
54. James Callahan
53. Angel Howell
52. Khoa Nguyen
51. Brian Leitch
50. Ed Sebesta
49. Syd Masters
48. James Carroll
47. Don Carlton
46. Steven Olds
The following players earned the min-cash of $3,112.
63. Naval Subbarayan
62. Steven Klaus
61. Derrick Olson
60. Mike Englert
59. Wall Printz
58. Thomas Bouziden
57. Jim Morrison
56. Ted Driscoll
55. Steven Cahill
We found this hand on the flop with significant action underway. The board was 
, a player checked, Tho Nguyen bet 125,000 and Stu Brown moved all in. A third player tank-folded and action passed to Nguyen. He went deep into the tank and Brown called the clock on Nguyen.
The floorman arrived, verbalized his final five second countdown and Nguyen slammed down calling chips with two seconds left. Brown tabled 
for a set and Nguyen was on a draw with 
.
The board finished 
, Nguyen bricked and Brown stacked nearly a million chips.
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
An unknown player opened to 20,000, Ted Driscoll moved all in for 112,000 on the button and Craig Casino called from the big blind. The original raiser mucked and the cards were tabled.
Casino: 
Driscoll: 
The board ran 
and Casino stacked Driscoll's chips.
Hand-for-hand for play lasted for 13 rounds with two double ups in hands 11 and 12. But Nils Bardsley packed his backpack while the rest of the applauded for making the money.
Jack Peterson limped from the small blind, Nils Bardsley checked his option and the flop came 
. Peterson check-called 15,000 and the turn came 
. Peterson checked, Bardsley bet 35,000 and Peterson check-raised to 100,000.
Bardsley moved all in with 
and Peterson called holding 
. The river came , filling Peterson's flush and Bardsley's two pair was no good.
We lost a player on a hand that extended into the break. As a result, the field is now on the money bubble and playing hand-for-hand.
The 25,000 chips came into play over the break.
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
The first two levels are in the books and the field is going on a 15-minute break. There are 65 players in the field - just one off from hand-for-hand play.
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