With the dinner break on the horizon and the field being only 12 eliminations from making the money, play seems to have tightened up. Many pots across the final six tables are being taken down preflop with little contest.
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| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $300+$45 | 187 | $54,417 |
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clint Landrum | Dickinson, TX | $13,796 |
| 2 | Rahul Deevara | Atlanta, GA | $8,523 |
| 3 | Gene Dudek | Houma, LA | $6,154 |
| 4 | Marvin McCord | Atlanta, GA | $4,520 |
| 5 | Michael Sanders | Media, PA | $2,566 |
| 7 | Eric Wilkinson | New Orleans, LA | $1,982 |
| 8 | Ocia Langner | Freeport, TX | $1,556 |
| 9 | Richard Gibson | Sidon, MS | $1,242 |
Four players went to a limped flop and the board came out 
. Jason Schwartz was in the small blind and bet 9,500. Beverly Cheney folded and Kenny Milam moved all in. The button folded and Schwartz called.
Schwartz: 
Milam: 
The board completed with 
and Schwartz doubled to 130,000.
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $500+$55 | 174 | $84,390 |
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Whitworth | Biloxi, MS | $22,421 |
| 2 | Beverly Cheney | Grandbury, TX | $13,856 |
| 3 | Christopher Conrad | Tampa, FL | $9,974 |
| 4 | Mitch Jones | Kennesaw, GA | $7,310 |
| 5 | Hoyt Lance | Ringgold, GA | $5,452 |
| 6 | Brandon Newsome | Powder Spring, GA | $4,138 |
| 7 | Rex Clinkscales | Las Vegas, NV | $3,194 |
| 8 | Thomas Cronin | Saint Peters, MO | $2,505 |
| 9 | James Wiggs | Springville, AL | $1,998 |
The field is not reduced to six tables. Payouts start at the final three tables.
Fresh off of sending Kathy Liebert to the rail earlier in this level, Bobby Keller raised the action to 8,500 and received one caller. The flop came 
and Keller plopped down a stack of orange, T5,000 chips. This bet had his opponent covered and after a tense moment, his opponent made the call for his tournament life.
Keller:
Opponent: 
"Good call," remarked Keller. Fortunately for him, however, the 
rolled off on the turn, giving him the higher club flush. The 
came on the river and just like that Keller had sent another home.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,000 |
With Kathy Liebert and Carleen Heath's elmination, Beverly Cheney is the last woman standing in the Main Event.
Action folded around to the cutoff who raised to 7,500. Kathy Liebert opted to three-bet all in from the small blind. Bobby Keller, in the big blind, also decided that this was the time to move all in. Faced with two all in moves, the original raiser in the cutoff mucked his hand, and the two hands were turned over.
Liebert: 
Keller: 
The board ran out 
, with Keller's ace-king leaving Liebert in the dust.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Rex Clinkscales made a raise to 7,000 from the button. The player in the small blind called and the big blind released his hand.
The flop fell and both players checked. The turn brought the 
and once again the action checked around. The board paired on the river when the fell. The small blind checked for a third time and Clinkscales threw out a bet of 12,500. The small blind quickly called and tabled 
. Clinkscales released his hand into the muck and awarded his opponent the pot.
Clinkscales is currently sitting on about 135,000.
