On the button, Christopher Staats raised to 60,000. Andy Andrejevic reraised out of the big blind and made it 180,000 to go. Not to be outdone, Staats then made it 400,000 even. Andrejevic gave it up, and Staats won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,640,000 | 540,000 |
|
1,300,000 | 530,000 |
Just a couple hands after he was crippled by Douglas Claybrook, Cord Garcia was eliminated by him.
Play folded to Garcia in the cutoff seat, and he raised all in for 88,000. Claybrook reraised to 175,000 on the button to isolate Garcia, and everyone else folded.
Claybrook had the 
, and Garcia had the 
.
The board ran out 
, and Garcia was eliminated in 22nd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,025,000 | 110,000 |
|
Busted |
From the hijack seat, Jake Haller opened with a raise to 55,000. Cord Garcia reraised all in from the small blind for around 515,000, and then Douglas Claybrook went all in for 416,000 from the big blind. Haller folded, and it was Garcia's 
up against Claybrook's 
.
The flop, turn, and river ran out 
, and Garcia was crippled down to just about 100,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000 | 565,000 |
|
|
915,000 | 225,000 |
|
|
100,000 | -1,515,000 |
In the first few hands back from the dinner break, Mark Eddleman has been fairly active. On this hand, he was heads up with Jose Montes.
Eddleman raised to 50,000 preflop and Jose Montes reraised to 125,000. Eddleman called. The flop came 
, and Eddleman checked to Montes. Montes bet 125,000, and Eddleman called. Eddleman check-called 265,000 on the turn, and then he check-called 380,000 on the 
river, .
Montes turned over 
and took down the pot with top pair. Eddleman mucked without showing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,240,000 | |
|
246,000 |
Here are the chip counts for one of the remaining tables. Mark Eddleman just played a 900,000 chip pot, putting Montes over the 3 million-chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,240,000 | 340,000 |
|
1,890,000 | -90,000 |
|
1,580,000 | -52,000 |
|
1,195,000 | -415,000 |
|
825,000 | 35,000 |
|
511,000 | 61,000 |
|
490,000 | 90,000 |
|
|
246,000 | -1,094,000 |
Zelong Dong was eliminated in unknown action. He went out at the hands of Patana Pradith.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000 | 260,000 |
|
Busted |
The players have returned from dinner and the cards are back in the air.
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
The players are now on a one-hour dinner break.
On the 
flop, Joseph Skinner bet 75,000 before Mark Eddleman raised to 221,000. Matt Lapossie then took his time before he announced that he was all in for 1.098 million total. Skinner folded, and then Eddleman went into the tank. After a minute or two, he folded the 
face up and asked Lapossie if he had a flush draw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,610,000 | 360,000 |
|
|
1,340,000 | 540,000 |
|
|
400,000 | 40,000 |
