Cornel Cimpan Eliminated in 10th Place ($19,580)
Level 23
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Cornel Cimpan moved all in for his last 210,000 from the hijack and was called by Brett Murray in the small blind.
Cornel Cimpan: 
Brett Murray: 
Cimpan had Murray dominated, but the way Murray has been running, the result felt inevitable.
The flop came 
, pairing Murray's five immediately. The 
on the turn soon followed to send the two-time WPT champ to the rail just short of the final table (with the inconsequential 
coming on the river).
The players have now taken a short break as preparations for the final table are made.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,165,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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, bringing a swan song to the WSOP bracelet winner's day.
giving Cimpan the win with a better ace-high to boost his short stack into better contention.
, David Ong, who had celebrated boisterously and danced around the table after winning a big pot, moved all in for 1,305,000 from the big blind.
before tossing it into the muck.
eliminating the day 1a chip leader.
on the river put the first log on the track in front of the runaway train that had been Song's day so far.
flop gave Murray a flush draw.
, Charisse Case moved all in from middle position for 365,000.
locked up the hand for Loncar and sent Case home with a five-figure payday after satelliting into the tournament.
river.
