A player opened to 23,000 from middle position before Victor Haynes jammed for 67,000 from the small blind, and his opponent called.
Victor Haynes: A♣Q♥ 
Middle Position: A♦K♦
Haynes needed some help to survive as the Q♣ appeared in the window followed by the 6♦4♠. Nothing changed on the 6♥3♦ runout as Haynes found a clutch double on the stone bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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150,000 |
After 12 hands of hand-for-hand, there have been zero all-in and calls as cagey play continues.
Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
The remaining 34 players are going on their final 15-minute break of the night.
Hand-for-hand will resume once play gets back underway.
With 34 players remaining and 33 being in the money and locking up $1,403, play will continue hand-for-hand at four tables until another player is eliminated.
There is 3:41 remaining in Level 15 with blinds of 3,000/6,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
After an early position open to 14,000, John "Farmboy" Kurfman three-bet to 45,000 from the button. In the big blind, Johnnie Place jammed covering the table and it folded back to Kurfman.
"How badly can I just get coolered?" Kurfman lamented as he flicked in the call for around 120,000 total.
John Kurfman: K♠K♦
Johnnie Place: A♥A♣
Kurfman immediately knew he was in bad shape and he got the unfortunate news as Place flipped over the ones. The 8♦4♠2♦ flop gave Kurfman some backdoor diamonds hope until the board ran out 7♥9♦ and Farmboy was eliminated.
The field now sits at 35 players remaining, as hand-for-hand will begin after one more elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
600,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Terry Harrell opened to 11,000 from under the gun before John Reynolds three-bet to 30,000 from the cutoff, and Harrell called.
On the A♠Q♣8♠ flop, Harrell check-called a bet of 30,000 from Reynolds.
Harrell checked once more on the 3♠ turn as Reynolds bet 55,000. Harrell quickly announced all-in and Reynolds shrugged as he tossed in a chip to call off his 164,000 stack.
John Reynolds: A♦Q♠
Terry Harrell: A♥J♥
Both had flopped top pair but Reynolds had top two and the only spade as he had a lock on the hand. The two saw the inconsequential 4♦ on the river as Reynolds dragged a huge one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
461,000
176,000
|
176,000 |
|
375,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
Robert Champion opened to 10,000 from the under the gun and was called by Grant Hinkle in middle position and Tekk Lai in the big blind.
The A♠10♠4♥ flop checked through to the A♣ turn which saw Champion bet 18,000. Hinkle folded and Lai called.
On the 2♠ river, Lai opted to lead for 25,000 which sent Champion into a small tank before he opted to let it go. Lai revealed that he had A♦10♦ for the turned nut full house as Champion made the right laydown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
160,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
80,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
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Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
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