Bijan Zahmat has just been eliminated from the main event -- the result of a pair of back-to-back hands against Luc Greenwood and Bo Schultz.
Zahmat was first crippled by Greenwood in a hand in which he suffered a major bad beat. Greenwood opened the pot with a raise to 70,000 and Zahmat moved all in over the top for about 650,000. Greenwood called and was all in holding against Zahmat's superior .
The ensuing board ran out in favor of Greenwood who made Broadway, knocking Zahmat down to just 40,000 in chips.
One hand later, Zahmat was dealt and got it all in against Schultz, who held Zahmat's new least favorite hand, . This time around, the best hand held up and Zahmat was eliminated from the tournament.
Darren Keyes raised to 75,000 from the cutoff seat. Paul Knebel reraised from the small blind to 210,000. Keyes then moved in for 623,000 and Knebel made the call.
Knebel showed and Keyes held .
The flop came down to keep Knebel in the lead. The turn brought the and then the river produced the miracle for Keyes when the fell.
Keyes doubled to over 1.2 million while Knebel dropped to 495,000.
Harrison Gimbel opened the pot with a raise to 75,000 from UTG+1 and when the action reached Dimitri Hefter on the button, he three-bet to 200,000. Gimbel was the lone caller and the two saw a flop.
First to act, Gimbel checked to Hefter who fired a 230,000 continuation bet. Gimbel made the call and when the fell on the turn, both players checked.
The river brought the and Gimbel took the opportunity to fire a massive 650,000 river bet. Hefter tanked, but eventually folded, surrendering the hand to Gimbel who now has just under four million in chips.
Wayne Bentley has just eliminated Randy Hanley from the main event.
The two got it all in before the flop, Benley's dominating Hanley's .
Both players paired their kickers as the board filled out but Bentley's Big Slick reigned supreme, thus knocking Hanley out of the tournament in 36th place.
Hafiz Khan, who has made deep runs in each of his last three PCA Main Event attempts, has just been eliminated from the tournament.
Holding pocket tens, Khan got it all in before the flop against chip leader Ryan D'Angelo's . Khan maintained the lead through the turn as the board filled out but a king on the river ended his impressive run.
Khan will take home $59,000 in prize money for his efforts.
D'Angelo, meanwhile, is now the first player to break the five million chip mark and is currently sitting with 5.15 million.
From the cutoff seat, Luc Greenwood raised to 58,000. Bijan Zahmat reraised all in for 357,000 from the button. Action got back around to Greenwood and he made the call.
Greenwood held two overcards with the against Zahmat's .
The board stayed clean for Zahmat as it ran out to give him the double to 735,000 chips. Greenwood dropped back to 600,000.