Aaron Mermelstein raised and Anthony Spinella three-bet all in. Mermelstein called his last 420,000 and Spinella had him pipped with 
against his 
.
Neither player connected with the board, but Spinella stayed ahead and eliminated Mermelstein in 26th place.
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 4,000
| Seat | Table 1 | Table 44 | Table 54 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Lackey | Gary Otake | Dwight Sellars |
| 2 | Aaron Mermelstein | DJ Alexander | Lang Nguyen |
| 3 | Marvin Rettenmaier | Daniel Lu | Chance Walker |
| 4 | Anthony Spinella | Mike Dentale | Patrick Eskandar |
| 5 | Chengce Jians | Adam Gonzales | Johanssy Joseph |
| 6 | Paul Baffi | Taylor Black | Gnana Duddukuru |
| 7 | Daniel Rodriguez | Chris Hooper | Maxx Coleman |
| 8 | Aaron Massey | Ben Zamani | Lawrence Porath |
| 9 | Chris Barnett | Mike Rieck | Juan Lozano |
Collin Grubaugh was competing with Maxx Coleman for the chip lead earlier in the day. After he got all in when he three-bet shoved on Aaron Massey he was behind and at risk, holding pocket eights, 
, to the pocket tens, 
, of Massey.
The board ran out 
giving both players a full house, but Massey the bigger one.
Aaron Mermelstein made it 52,000 on the button and then called a three-bet to 162,000 from small blind Chris Hooper. Hooper continued for 250,000 on the 
flop and Mermelstein called. Both checked the 
and 
and Hooper opened 
. Mermelstein couldn't beat it.
Lang Nguyen opened in early position to 50,000 and Gary Otake shoved all in for 401,000. Nguyen got a count then shrugged.
"I'm never folding," he said, but he wasn't looking very happy about it.
He was flipping with jacks against 
and Otake hit a king on the flop. Nguyen still had a shot with a flush draw, but the board didn't cooperate.
The final board was 
.
Two players checked to Charlie Claffey on a 
flop, and he shoved all in for about 280,000, well over the size of the pot, which looked like about 150,000. Aaron Mermelstein tanked a bit in the blinds and folded, but Marvin Rettermaier snap-called and tabled . Claffey had 
and was left patting the table after the turn and 
river.
Lisa Sheehy three-bet shoved on Lawrence Porath and he went into the tank. Eventually, Ben Zamani called the clock and just before Porath was out of time he called with .
Porath had opened to 60,000 and Sheehy shoved for 297,000 from the button. She had pocket sevens against the 
of Porath. Porath flopped a king and turned an ace to eliminate Sheehy from the tournament shortly after the players returned from dinner.
The dinner break is over and cards are in the air with four levels to play before the players bag for the final day. There are currently 34 players remaining.
Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
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