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John Auville got the last of his chips in with 
and was at risk of being eliminated at the hands of Aristoteles Neto who held 
. Neto would keep the lead on the flop but an ace on the turn would change that and Auville would fade the jack on the river to score a huge double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000 | -84,000 |
|
190,000 | 98,000 |
Josh Kay opened in early position to 11,500 and Steve Karp raised that up to 31,000. It was folded back to Kay who looked over and asked the dealer how much the raise was. Once the amount was confirmed, Kay thought for a moment and then pulled his original bet back and carefully placed out a raise. It was 35,500 more for Karp to call and he took a peek at his cards, looked down at his stack, and peered over at Kay before sliding his cards to the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
485,000 | 43,500 |
|
150,000 | -32,000 |
Players are back in action after the dinner break with five more eliminations until we make the money.
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
441,500 | 96,500 |
|
|
384,000 | 119,000 |
|
382,500 | 12,500 |
|
|
276,500 | 106,500 |
|
|
214,500 | 59,500 |
|
|
202,500 | 32,500 |
|
199,500 | 29,500 |
|
|
182,000 | -48,000 |
|
|
175,000 | -45,000 |
|
147,000 | 20,000 |
|
145,000 | 40,000 |
|
|
119,500 | 73,500 |
|
112,500 | 10,500 |
|
|
92,000 | 7,000 |
|
88,000 | -22,000 |
|
|
85,500 | 10,500 |
|
|
81,500 | -23,500 |
|
|
71,500 | -3,500 |
|
|
66,000 | -62,000 |
|
65,000 | -50,000 |
Players are now on a 60-minute dinner break. Right before the break we lost two players. Cong Le would get unlucky with 
against Ryan Franklin's 
. "Don't report that," joked Franklin.
Then on the last hand before the break, Mike Baize moved all in with 
and would lose a race to Aristoteles Neto who held 
and hit the 
on the turn to send Baize to the rail.
There are 20 players left. We'll have update chip counts for the remaining players posted here shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
The tournament is down to 22 players as Pamela Wilson has eliminated Jamie Strickland when her 
hit a Broadway straight on the river to knock out Jamie Strickland who held 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000 | 30,000 |
|
Busted |
We didn't catch the action but it was relayed to us by players at the table while a sheepish (and blushing) Joe Ebanks was stacking some chips. It was folded to Roman Bartko in the small blind and he completed. Ebanks moved all in and was snap-called by Bartko who had set the trap with pocket aces. Ebanks had 
and would end up hitting a straight to eliminate a disappointed Bartko.
Ebanks is up to 370,000 and we're down to 23 players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
370,000 | 50,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Pamela Wilson has hung around most of the day and now finds herself sitting with an above average stack after a recent confrontation with Aftab Shakoor.
We got to the table with a flop of 
and Shakoor checking to Wilson. She put out a bet of 10,000 and he made the call. The turn was the 
and Shakoor check-raised Wilson's 20,000 bet to 60,000. Wilson thought for a moment and then announced she was all in for an additional 21,300.
Shakoor shook his head, flipped his hand up in dismay, and made the crying call with 
for second pair with a double gutter. Wilson turned over and stood up thinking Shakoor had already made the straight. The river was the 
and other players at the table told her that she had won the hand. She smiled and took her seat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000 | 130,000 |
|
|
75,000 | -85,000 |
The two big stacks in the room have added more to their stacks with Josh Kay taking out Jesse Chinni with his besting Chinni's and then Joe Ebanks taking out Todd Boghosian after Boghosian shoved with 
from the button for 28,600 and Ebanks called from the small blind with . The board would run out 
to give Ebanks the pot and send Boghosian to the rail about ten spots from making the money.
There are 24 players remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
345,000 | 87,000 |
|
|
320,000 | 38,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
