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John Dibella was in middle position with 
, and the action came to Kyle Julius in the small blind. He had been dealt 
, and he made a reraise to 1.01 million. Dibella gave it a quick look, but he knew he was beat, and he sent his cards to the muck.
Under the gun, Faraz Jaka opened to 440,000, and the action froze on Xuan Liu on the button. She couldn't know that Jaka had 
, but she must have sensed something, because the reraise came with a vengeance. She made it 1.1 million total with 
, and Jaka gave her a quick staredown before surrendering his chips and his cards.
Anthony Gregg shoved from the hijack with 
for 2,460,000 and Xuan Lui isolated from the small blind with 
.
The 
flop was safe for Liu, but the 
turn did give Gregg extra outs to a flush. The river card was black, but it was the , ending Gregg's second PCA Main Event final table with a sixth-place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,660,000 | 2,580,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 33
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 20,000
The players are on a 15-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,235,000 | 40,000 |
|
7,000,000 | -200,000 |
|
6,935,000 | |
|
|
4,080,000 | 280,000 |
|
3,920,000 | |
|
|
2,520,000 | -340,000 |
For the second hand in a row, Kyle Julius was dealt ace-king, and for the second time, he raised to 325,000. This time it was 
, and this time, he found action. Mark Drover had 1.78 million chips left, and 
was good enough for a three-bet shove. When it came back to Julius, he snapped, and the cards were on their backs.
But Julius walked away. It was the last hand of the level, and he just went ahead and stepped off stage and headed for the exits. He was about 50 yards away from the table when he turned back around and returned to sweat his all in.
Perhaps it would have been better to let him go. The 
flop shot Drover into the lead with two to come, and his pair of jacks had him perched on the verge of a double up. The turn made things awfully interesting, and Julius had a heap of outs to the win. He needed any queen, king, ace, or heart to earn the knockout, and Drover looked like he wanted to throw up as he paced around behind the table with his hands on his head.
It was the safe 
that completed the board, though, and Drover let out a big sigh of relief. He's going to be allowed to stick around through the break with twice as many chips, and Julius has fallen back into second place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,935,000 | -1,680,000 |
|
|
3,920,000 | 1,800,000 |
John Dibella raised to 350,000 with 
from early position and David Bernstein moved all in from the big blind with 
for 1,490,000. Dibella snap called with his aces, showing Bernstein the bad news.
The board ran out 
, ending Bernstein's excellent Main-Event run with a seventh-place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,200,000 | 1,650,000 |
|
Busted |
With thanks again to Neil Stoddart, here's a peek at our finalists.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,615,000 | -240,000 |
|
|
7,195,000 | -405,000 |
|
|
5,550,000 | 575,000 |
|
|
3,800,000 | 60,000 |
|
|
2,860,000 | -80,000 |
|
|
2,120,000 | -80,000 |
|
|
1,550,000 | -160,000 |
Faraz Jaka opened to 365,000 on the button with and John Dibella popped it to 1,030,000 from the small blind with 
. Jaka spent a good amount of time in the tank, but ultimately gave it up.
