Mike Watson and Olivier Busquet were the next two players to be all in. The crowd gathered around to see if Busquet would double up against Watson.
When the cards were turned over Busquet had the worst of it with against the of Watson. The board ran out , giving Busquet a few more outs, but it was not to be when the hit the river giving Watson a diamond flush.
Georgios Zisimopoulos raised from the button and Fedor Holz, who had just doubled up, moved all in from small blind for 153,000. Zisimopoulos made the call and both players waited for the showdown, as the hands on the other tables needed to be completed first.
While waiting for other hands to finish, Holz said, "This is either how to bubble or how to quadruple," referring to his earlier double up on the bubble.
Holz:
Zisimopoulos:
The board ran out and Zisimopoulos was left with just 48,000 chips as we're still two spots away from the money.
Fedor Holz was found all in and at risk for 64,000 on the flop and he was called by Alexaner Lynskey. After Justin Olivier had doubled up on the other table, Holz went to showdown and he was behind, looking for help.
Holz:
Lynskey:
The turn was the and the river the , giving Holz the double up after he hit a flush.
"I was very sure I would win that," Holz joked, as he kept his tournament hopes alive.
After a raise it was Binh Nguyen who called and Justin Oliver moved all in for 81,000 chips and after the initial raiser folded, Nguyen called and the showdown went a follows.
Nguyen:
Oliver:
The board ran out and Oliver doubled up with the best hand against the second best hand.
The second to last player to go home without money was former November Niner Jeremy Ausmus. Ausmus was all in with pocket eights against Sean Winter's jacks.
Winter's jacks held up and that brought the tournament down to 137 players.
Right before the break Team PokerStars Jason Mercier raised to 6,000 and Mike Watson called from his immediate left. Chip leader Phillip McAllister made the call from the blinds and the flop brought out .
McAllister checked to Mercier who bet 7,200 and only Watson called. The turn was checked by both players and Watson folded on the river when Mercier bet 22,300.