| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
505,000 | 55,000 |
|
450,000 | -20,000 |
|
|
410,000 | 3,500 |
|
305,000 | 35,000 |
|
290,000 | -40,000 |
There was a bit more than 30,000 in a heads-up pot on a board of 
and Vishal Marocha had a bet of 17,000 out in front of him in the small blind. Action was on Jesse Solano, who was in the big blind and in the tank. After over a minute, Solano made the call.
Marocha tabled pure air, showing 
. Solano then turned over 
, taking down the pot with his kings and jacks and bringing his stack over 200,000 as Level 11 looks to come to a close.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,500 | |
|
|
46,000 | -67,500 |
Mykel Comroe opened to 10,000 from middle position and received a call from the big blind. The flop came [8caqc] and the big blind checked to Comroe, who fired a continuation-bet of 15,000 forward. The big blind thought for a bit and called.
The turn came 
and the big blind checked again. Comroe fired a second bullet for 25,000 and got a fold from his opponent.
On the following hand, he opened to 10,000 again from early position and was called by the hijack. Both players checked through the flop and turn, bringing a full runout of 
. Comroe fired 16,000 on the river and his opponent folded, resulting in a second straight pot won without showdown, bringing his stack to 170,000 along the way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000 | 31,000 |
A player in the hijack jammed for the second consecutive hand, this time for 60,000, and action folded to Jence Kelling in the big blind.
"Let's gamble!" Kelling said before tossing his hand face-up and calling.
Opponent: 
Jence Kelling: 
Kelling smashed the 
flop, and the 
turn and 
river left Kelling with a full house and the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
330,000 | 330,000 |
A player raised to 10,000 from under the gun, and was called in two spots, before Jeff Wang three-bet shoved for 50,500 in the big blind. The under-the-gun player four-bet shoved for 140,000, and the rest of the field folded.
Jeff Wang: 
Opponent: 
Wang got a sweat after the 
flop gave his opponent a pair, but the turn and 
river kept Wang in front for the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000 |
A player in middle position opened the action with a raise to 10,000. James Mordue was on the button and called, with action going heads up to the flop 
. Both players checked and the turn came . The middle-position player put out a bet of 15,000 and Mordue made the call.
The river fell 
and the player in middle position announced he was all in. Mordue confirmed the stacks he had put out were 20-tall and quickly threw out a chip to call.
The all-in player tabled , showing top pair, top kicker. Mordue quickly tabled 
, showing a flopped top two pair that proved to be good to secure the knockout, vaulting him near half a million in chips and making him the likely chip leader at this point in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
470,000 | 150,000 |
Hand #1:
Rickie Merritt raised to 10,000 from middle position, and found a lone caller in the big blind.
The big blind checked a flop over to Merritt, who bet 11,000. The big blind, who had around 50,000 left in his stack, tanked for a minute before folding.
Hand #2
The very next hand, Merritt raised to 10,000 from early position, and Alex Greenblatt called in the big blind.
Both players checked the 
flop, and Greenblatt bet 10,000 when the 
fell on the turn. Merritt took a moment to look back at his hand, then folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
270,000 | 3,000 |
|
145,000 | 44,800 |
A player raised to 10,000 from under the gun and action folded around to [Removed:341], who was in the cutoff and three-bet to 50,000.
The under-the-gun player folded and Bala had the pot sent his way. While the chips sat uncollected, he lifted up 
to show the table. By the time his chips were stacked, the total had eclipsed the 400,000-mark, putting him near the top of the leaderboard as the money bubble and end of the evening begin to make their way into the picture.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
406,500 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Scott Squyres raised to 16,500 from the hijack, and the cutoff called. Walter Rodriguez committed his last 8,000 from the big blind, and the trio took off to a flop together. Squyres check-folded to a bet of 16,000, and the remaining hands were tabled.
Walter Rodriguez: 
Opponent:
Rodriguez held on the turn and 
river to triple up his short stack just before the level increased.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | |
|
27,000 | -113,000 |