Greg Brletich and Eugene Fouksman were heads up with the board reading 
. Fouksman check-called a 60,000-chip bet, and the 
completed the board.
Fouksman knuckled again, and this time Brletich checked behind. Fouksman tabled two nines, but they were no good against Brletich's 
for a pair of tens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
650,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
288,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
Facing a bet from Julian Schulman with the board reading 
, Jeremy Halaska moved all in for his last 100,000 or so. Schulman called with 
, and was drawing dead against Halaska's 
. The 
completed the board, and Halaska doubled to 360,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
We missed virtually all of the action in the hand but our attention was drawn to large pile of chips in the pot and huge river bet by Gates.
The board showed 
and after a check Gates bet 130,000 on the river. After a tense sweat his opponent folded and Gates is knocking on the door of the top ten chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
435,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
David Zeitlin opened to 25,000 from the cutoff, and the action folded to James Dunham who moved all in for his last 81,000 from the big blind. Zeitlin tanked for more than a minute before calling with 
, and he was pleasantly surprised to see that he was ahead of Dunham's 
.
Dunham did not improve as the board came 
, and he was eliminated from the Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
335,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Alemu Makonen moved all in preflop and Alex Rivera called.
Makonen: 
Rivera: 
The board ran 
and Rivera made a straight and cracked Makonen's ladies.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
580,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
Busted |
Besnik Ziba was faced with a bet of around 50,000 from Edward Pham with the board reading 
. Ziba moved all in for over nearly 300,000, and Pham quickly called.
Showdown
| Ziba | | 33% |
| Pham | | 67% |
*Odds are according to the PokerNews Odds Calculator
The 
on the turn gave Ziba five extra outs, but he was still the dog in the fight. The 
spiked on the river however, giving him a winning straight. He doubled to over 700,000 chips, while Pham sunk to 415,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
705,000
355,000
|
355,000 |
|
415,000
415,000
|
415,000 |
Following the completion of another two levels the field is going on a break. When they return, they will play two more levels before bagging and tagging for the evening.
Level: 22
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
We're down to the final 27 players:
Table 75
| Seat | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Johnston | 550,000 |
| 2 | Julian Schulman | 200,000 |
| 3 | Norman Rodriguez | 230,000 |
| 4 | Chris Lovett | 540,000 |
| 5 | Josh Brikis | 208,000 |
| 6 | Greg Brletich | 580,000 |
| 7 | Roland Israel | 660,000 |
| 8 | Tyler Kenney | 210,000 |
| 9 | Garry Gates | 700,000 |
Table 77
| Seat | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Higgins | 1,100,000 |
| 2 | Ryan Eriquezzo | 420,000 |
| 3 | John Maltz | 150,000 |
| 4 | Edward Pham | 430,000 |
| 5 | Justin Liberto | 680,000 |
| 6 | Mike Wolf | 400,000 |
| 7 | David Zeitlin | 590,000 |
| 8 | Cameron Hamilton | 510,000 |
| 9 | Alex Rivera | 500,000 |
Table 82
| 1 | Troy Erickson | 590,000 |
| 2 | Vinny Pahuja | 315,000 |
| 3 | Aaron Overton | 485,000 |
| 4 | Jeremy Halaska | 430,000 |
| 5 | Besnik Ziba | 580,000 |
| 6 | John Cernuto | 235,000 |
| 7 | Eddy Carroll | 330,000 |
| 8 | Eugene Fouksman | 440,000 |
| 9 | John Andress | 275,000 |
Right before the redraw, David Zeitlin doubled through Cameron Hamilton. The two got all the chips in the middle on a flop of , and Zeitlin's red aces were ahead of Hamilton's . The turn and river came , respectively - giving Zeitlin a flush for kicks.
