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Pat Tighe's demise is now complete. He open shoved 150,000 and Nathan Torrance pushed all in for one million behind.
The rest of the table ran for cover and Tighe showed the 
. Torrance had the 
and busted Tighe on a 
board without a sweat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
Busted |
Kurtis Boutelle led for 35,000. Ryan Rivers three-bet, making it 80,000, before David Battaglia jammed in from the big blind for 185,000 total.
Boutelle folded, but Rivers made the call with the 
. Battaglia was ahead with the 
but needed to fade an ace.
The 
gave Battaglia a sweat, but a double.
The very next hand saw Tyler Phillips run queens into Boutelle's kings all in preflop, busting in this classic cooler on a board of bricks and allowing Boutelle to extend his lead with 11 left now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
900,000 | |
|
400,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
Busted |
Colin Padgett got the last of his chips in with the 
versus Alex Visbisky's 
.
It was a flip, but Visbisky ran away with it, flopping a straight draw and completing it on the turn to bounce Padgett.
With ten left they are combining to one table of ten, although the official final table will be nine handed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
|
Busted |
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alfred Stempien | 330,000 |
| 2 | Ryan Rivers | 990,000 |
| 3 | Kurtis Boutelle | 1,750,000 |
| 4 | Silvio DeRubeis | 700,000 |
| 5 | Kim Long Trieu | 440,000 |
| 6 | Buck Ramsay | 800,000 |
| 7 | David Battaglia | 410,000 |
| 8 | Tony Dojka | 490,000 |
| 9 | Nathan Torrance | 1,200,000 |
| 10 | Alex Visbisky | 1,600,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,750,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
1,600,000
1,440,000
|
1,440,000 |
|
|
1,200,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
990,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
800,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
700,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
490,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
440,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
410,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
330,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
The players are headed off on a 45-minute dinner break and will return to 10-handed play at approximately 6:45 p.m. local time.
When they get down to nine players remaining, it will be up to the players to decide whether to stop right there and come back to play out the final table tomorrow, or continue playing this evening.
The tournament staff is committed to allowing the players to make the decision and will adjust as players bust out and time moves forward.
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Listed below are the stacks for the final ten heading into post-dinner play. Once they lose one, the length of the levels will jump to 60 minutes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,760,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
1,640,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
1,297,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
|
|
939,000
-51,000
|
-51,000 |
|
|
855,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
568,000
-132,000
|
-132,000 |
|
|
489,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
|
|
427,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
|
400,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
|
357,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
After running it up from 50,000 to get here, Kim Long Trieu's chip and a chair story is over.
He raised it up with the 
and Ryan Rivers called holding the 
. The flop came 
with two diamonds and Trieu check-raised all in.
Rivers called, binked the flush on the turn and Trieu missed his redraw. The final table is set now and a discussion about how long to play tonight is ongoing. They might even stop here just a few minutes into post-dinner play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,350,000
411,000
|
411,000 |
|
|
Busted |
The clock was stopped with 39 minutes left in Level 22 and with the final table set, play was halted for the night.
They redrew for seats and below is how things will look when play resumes inside the Niagara Falls Poker Room at 12 p.m. local time Monday. A full recap of the day will follow.
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buck Ramsay | 746,000 |
| 2 | Ryan Rivers | 1,219,000 |
| 3 | Kurtis Boutelle | 1,715,000 |
| 4 | Nathan Torrance | 1,384,000 |
| 5 | Alfred Stempien | 431,000 |
| 6 | David Battaglia | 534,000 |
| 7 | Alex Visbisky | 1,785,000 |
| 8 | Tony Dojka | 385,000 |
| 9 | Silvio DeRubeis | 533,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,785,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
1,715,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
|
1,384,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
|
1,219,000
-131,000
|
-131,000 |
|
|
746,000
-109,000
|
-109,000 |
|
|
534,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
533,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
|
431,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
|
385,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
Eric Danis and Rich Ryan are back to discuss some of the big changes in the Global Poker Index Player of the Year race and GPI Top 300.
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