Four eliminations have just occurred to bring the tournament down to 31 players and just four tables now remain in play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
The clock has been paused at the end of 23 to race off the T1,000 chips and color up where necessary.
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Action folded around to Eric Siegel in the small blind and he announced an all-in raise that was enough to put Nick Pupillo to a decision for his remaining chips in the big blind. Pupillo looked down at his cards and wasted no time calling.
Nick Pupillo: 
Eric Siegel: 
Pupillo found a sweat on the flop 
as Siegel picked up an open-ended straight draw, but it would not fill as the turn 
and river 
completed the runout to bring Pupillo up to 800,000.
Meanwhile, 28 players remain as Michael Shapira, JC Ruiz, and Alex Duvall were all recently sent to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
|
310,000
335,000
|
335,000 |
|
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|
|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
There was over 500,000 in the middle on a blind-on-blind battle between Raman Afanasenka in the small blind and Landon Tice in the big blind. The board read 
and Afanasenka was facing a bet of 325,000 from Tice after checking to him on the final street.
Afanasenka thought over his decision for well over a minute and eventually dropped in chips to call. Tice tabled 
for the nut flush and Afanasenka sent his cards to the muck. With the pot, Tice now finds himself with about 3.5 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,500,000
2,520,000
|
2,520,000 |
|
1,900,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Eric Siegel was down to his last 170,000 and shoved upon action folding to him in the cutoff. Desmond Haynes called in the big blind.
Eric Siegel: 
Desmond Haynes: 
The flop came 
, increasing Siegel's number of outs by one despite Haynes hitting his already-higher kicker. One of those four new outs appeared on the turn 
and he sailed to a double as the river 
completed the runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
|
385,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
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Andrew Brinkley was on the button and re-shoved over a cutoff-open from Landon Tice, who called the shove to put Brinkley at risk for his tournament life.
Andrew Brinkley: 
Landon Tice: 
No four came on the runout 
and Brinkley found himself eliminated from the tournament. Shortly beforehand, David Moses was also eliminated from the tournament. The pair of eliminations brings the field down to 24, and the tournament clock has been paused with just over a minute remaining until the dinner break while tables are cleaned and all remaining players draw for new seats.
An updated seat draw and list of chip counts will be provided shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,300,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
The tournament is currently on a 45-minute dinner break with three tables remaining. Chip counts and seat draws have been posted below, and play will resume at 6:59 p.m. local time.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 1 | Rickey Lee | 875,000 |
| 12 | 2 | Jamie Bassett | 975,000 |
| 12 | 3 | Jason Seitz | 680,000 |
| 12 | 4 | Byung Shin | 455,000 |
| 12 | 5 | Sam Devers | 320,000 |
| 12 | 6 | Desmond Haynes | 265,000 |
| 12 | 7 | David Larson | 505,000 |
| 12 | 8 | Landon Tice | 5,675,000 |
| 15 | 1 | Rolando Wong | 930,000 |
| 15 | 2 | Keith Messing | 510,000 |
| 15 | 3 | Nick Pupillo | 955,000 |
| 15 | 4 | Benjamin Craig | 765,000 |
| 15 | 5 | Robert Maier | 285,000 |
| 15 | 6 | Sara Stohler | 2,395,000 |
| 15 | 7 | Andrew Rodgers | 1,370,000 |
| 15 | 8 | Mike Shin | 585,000 |
| 16 | 1 | Eric Siegel | 310,000 |
| 16 | 2 | Jesse Vilchez | 1,850,000 |
| 16 | 3 | Josias Santos | 1,320,000 |
| 16 | 4 | Sean Yu | 1,050,000 |
| 16 | 5 | Abraham Hichman | 1,900,000 |
| 16 | 6 | Raman Afanasenka | 1,320,000 |
| 16 | 7 | Brandon Lombardo | 715,000 |
| 16 | 8 | Orlando Romero | 440,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,675,000
1,375,000
|
1,375,000 |
|
2,395,000
555,000
|
555,000 |
|
1,900,000
1,090,000
|
1,090,000 |
|
1,850,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
1,370,000
1,147,000
|
1,147,000 |
|
1,320,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
|
|
1,320,000
580,000
|
580,000 |
|
1,050,000
676,000
|
676,000 |
|
975,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
955,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
|
||
|
930,000
443,000
|
443,000 |
|
875,000
666,000
|
666,000 |
|
765,000
168,000
|
168,000 |
|
715,000
244,000
|
244,000 |
|
680,000
377,000
|
377,000 |
|
585,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
510,000
510,000
|
510,000 |
|
505,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
455,000
365,000
|
365,000 |
|
440,000
203,000
|
203,000 |
|
320,000
212,000
|
212,000 |
|
|
310,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
||
|
285,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
|
265,000
485,000
|
485,000 |
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Action folded around to Eric Siegel in the hijack and shoved all in for 310,000. A couple of folds ensued and then Abraham Hichman called in the big blind.
Eric Siegel: 
Abraham Hichman: 
Four blanks came on the flop and turn , and Hichman wound up being the one to improve on the river to send Siegel to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,420,000
520,000
|
520,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
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