With 26 players remaining, gathered around three tables, we've just made a quick round and gathered fresh chip counts for all. Here are the leaders at the moment:
Patrick Houchins -- 745,000
Peter Lee -- 705,000
Mike Kosowski -- 655,000
Adam Lippert -- 633,000
Edward Pham -- 485,000
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Sefula Seji was eliminated in 27th place. We didn't catch the hand unfortunately, but we saw him pack his things and head towards the cashier where he'll be collecting $4,526 for his finish.
Here's how the field looks now:
Table 77
| Seat 1 | Adam Lippert |
| Seat 2 | John Andress |
| Seat 3 | Jeffrey Vanchiro |
| Seat 4 | Russell Crane |
| Seat 5 | Jeff Zowland |
| Seat 6 | Brian Ali |
| Seat 7 | Scott Carpenter |
| Seat 8 | Sefula Seji |
| Seat 9 | Frank Argano |
Table 81
| Seat 1 | Kevin Wilkie |
| Seat 2 | Albert "vtlax09" Winchester |
| Seat 3 | Ellis Frazier |
| Seat 4 | Peter Lee |
| Seat 5 | Jerry Van Strydonck |
| Seat 6 | Pratyusm Puddiga |
| Seat 7 | Angelo Modica |
| Seat 8 | Lynne Mitchnick |
| Seat 9 | Edward Pham |
Table 83
| Seat 1 | Dylan Drazen |
| Seat 2 | David Zeitlin |
| Seat 3 | Patrick Houchins |
| Seat 4 | Joe Caffrey |
| Seat 5 | Mike Kosowski |
| Seat 6 | Tim Bayles |
| Seat 7 | Roland Israelashvili |
| Seat 8 | Leo Whitt |
| Seat 9 | Mukul Pahuja |
We are now down to 27 players and we're on a short break while they redraw for seats.
David Fruchter was all in for his last couple of thousand with 
against Brian Ali's 
. Ali held when the board ran 
and Fruchter was eliminated from the tournament.
Peter Lee just knocked out Randy Humphries in 29th place, collecting enough chips in the process to push past the 700,000-chip mark and into what appears to be the current chip lead.
One more elimination and the tourney will be paused to redraw for the final three tables.
Action folded to Pratyusm Puddiga on the button who jammed for 83,000. Patrick Houchins snap-called from the small blind and the big blind released.
Showdown
Puddiga: 
Houchins: 
The 
flop game Puddiga a gut-shot straight draw and a backdoor flush draw to go with his outs to a nine. The 
on the turn kept the heart draw alive and the 
on the river completed it.
Puddiga doubled to 170,000 chips while Houchins is still healthy with 700,000.
Adam Lippert is on a bit of heater.
First he doubled through Alex Smith, his 
surviving against Smith's 
. Soon after that hand, Smith was all in before the flop for his last 57,000, and Lippert flat-called from late position. It folded around to Mukul Pahuja in the big blind who reraised all in, and Lippert snap-called.
Pahuja had , Smith 
, and Lippert 
. The flop was good for Lippert 
, and the turn -- the -- even better, giving him an unbeatable full house.
Smith is out in 30th, Pahuja is down to 210,000, and Lippert now way up above 600,000.
We just had a near-massive skirmish between a couple of chip leaders, Patrick Houchins and Mike Kosowski.
The pair had built a sizable pot before the flop came 
, prompting an all-in announcement from Houchins. Kosowski thought about 15 seconds before letting his 
go face up, and Houchins showed his .
"Would you have shipped it if I'd checked?" asked Houchins. Kosowski indicated it wasn't out of the realm of possibility. Houchins is up to 680,000 now, with Kosowski still at 560,000.
Level: 21
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
