Lu Zhang bet 72,000 into a 
flop heads-up with Gary Lucci.
Lucci fired back with a raise to 150,000, but Zhang wasn't finished. She three-bet to 352,000.
Lucci called and the turn brought the 
. Zhang fired out a bet of 506,000 and Lucci folded claiming a big pocket pair.
John Krpan got his short stack all in preflop against both Pascal LeFrancois and Robert Taylor.
On the 
flop, LeFrancois pushed Taylor off with a bet. Krpan showed 
, but LeFrancois had flopped the joint with 
.
The turn and 
river did little for Krpan and as he exited 11th, they are redrawing for seats at the unofficial final table of ten.
Samuel Tsehai is out and Lu Zhang is now contending for top spot on the chip count board with 11 left.
The overnight chip leader got it all in with 
on the turn of a 
board.
However, Zhang had 
and it held following the river.
Jonathan Karamalikis got relatively short and got it in with 
versus Pascal LeFrancois' 
.
He won the flip and doubled on a 
run out.
In the meantime, on the other table, Samuel Tsehai had bet 220,000 into a pot of about 300,000 on the river of a board reading 
heads-up with Sheraz Nasir.
Nasir raised to 535,000 and after a good few minutes in the tank someone called the clock on Tsehai. He eventually folded and the start-of-day chip leader is now down to about half of what he began play with.
There won't be another final table appearance at the Playground Poker Club for Jeff Gross this time around.
The 2013 WPT Montreal third-place finisher is out 13th after running 
into Trevor Delaney's pocket jacks and failing to improve.
The always affable Gross spoke with PokerNews' Caitlyn Howe yesterday. Check out the video evidence below:
Before the break Gary Lucci pushed past the two million-chip mark and into the lead.
On the button, he limp called a Jonathan Karamalikis raise from the big blind preflop, going heads up to a 
flop.
Karamalikis bet 80,000, and Lucci called, sending them to a turn that they both checked.
The river came the and Karamalikis led for 65,000. Lucci called with 
for two pair and Karamalikis could only show jack-high.
Below are updated counts for the Final 13 heading into Level 24:
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
The players are off on a 15-minute break with the day's first level behind them.
Eric Afriat called off most of his chips with 
against a Senthuran Vijayaratnam shove.
Vijayaratnam held tens and tens held to leave Afriat with just a few chips and a chair. He more than tripled up from 6,000 the very next hand, then skipped a couple of hands, before getting all in behind from the big blind after a Robert Taylor raise with 
versus 
.
This time he made two pair to double back to some 60,000.
However, in a battle of the blinds with Gary Lucci second later, he got it in again with 
versus Lucci's .
Lucci hit a six to send him hone 14th just minutes before the end of the level.
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