Victor Ramdin had 28,500 chips left when he peeked down at 
and shoved in from early position. All the way around in the small blind, Andrew Weisner made the call with 
, and the race was on.
The board, please: 
Welcome back to the game, Mr. Ramdin. After that double up, Victor is back close to 70,000.
That's another level in the books, and the 37 surviving players are off for another 15-minute break.
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Action folded to Vincent Rubianes in the cutoff seat. He raised to 20,500 to start the action on this hand. Play folded over to Steve O'Dwyer in the small blind and he reraised to 58,000. Rubianes studied after the big blind folded and then made it 122,500 to go. O'Dwyer tanked for a couple of minutes and then folded his hand.
Adam Geyer raised to 18,000 under the gun, and the table folded around to the blinds. Andrew Weisner plunked in the call from the big, and he and Geyer went heads up to the flop.
It came 
, and Weisner shoved all in for about 80,000. Geyer spent a long five-minute soak in the tank before he made the call with the covering stack. It was a good one.
Showdown
Geyer: 
Weisner: 
Geyer's lowly pair of fives was in the lead, and the turn and river would keep him in front. The 
and 
filled out the board, and Weisner has been eliminated.
From the hijack seat, Aaron Mermelstein raised to 21,500. Dan Shak was in the cutoff seat and made it 60,000 to go with a three-bet. Play folded back over to Mermelstein and after a half of a minute, he gave it up to allow Shak to pick up the pot.
Action folded to Mermelstein on the button and he raised. Dan Shak reraised from the small blind to 40,000 and Mermelstein called.
The flop came down 
and Shak open-shoved to put the pressure on Mermelstein and his last 190,000 or so. Mermelstein insta-called and tabled 
for two pair. Shak held the 
for an overpair.
The turn brought an and that left Mermelstein drawing dead. The river completed the board with another to fill up Shak.
Shak now has about 605,000 while Mermelstein has been eliminated from the tournament.
Christopher Kirkwood was all in with the 
against the 
for Chris Tryba. The board ran out 
and Tryba busted Kirkwood.
Leonard Cortellino and Joe Tehan got it all in preflop, Cortellino the at-risk player with his last ~100,000 in the middle. Tehan was working with 
, dominating the 
of his opponent.
The 
flop was a good sweat as Cortellino flopped his pair but Tehan flopped a flush draw. A nervous Cortellino stood behind his chair with his hands on his head as he sweated the turn and river.
Turn: . Safe.
River: . Scary, but safe, too. That gives Cortellino a double to about 200,000, while Tehan drops back to 140,000.
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