| Seat | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Tsung Lu |
| 2 | Vince Cardella |
| 3 | Tong Le |
| 4 | Leroy Spires |
| 5 | Freddy Deeb |
| 6 | David Singontiko |
| 7 | Julie Fransk |
| 8 | Alex Masek |
| 9 | Brandon Crawford |
| Seat | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Tsung Lu |
| 2 | Vince Cardella |
| 3 | Tong Le |
| 4 | Leroy Spires |
| 5 | Freddy Deeb |
| 6 | David Singontiko |
| 7 | Julie Fransk |
| 8 | Alex Masek |
| 9 | Brandon Crawford |
With the elimination of Chris Summers, we are down to our official final table. The remaining nine players are on a 15 minute break, while their stacks are moved over to the TV feature table.
We missed the preflop action, but when we walked up to the table, there was already about 150,000 in the pot. The flop was out, 

, and Chris Summers had checked in the big blind. He was heads up with Tong Le, who fired out 100,000. Summers made the call, and the two saw a turn of
. Summers checked again, and Le wasted little time in putting out a bet of 200,000. Summers thought for about 10 seconds before announcing all in, and Le SNAP called.
Summers: 

Le: 

Le had the nut flush, slammed his cardsdown on the table, and ran to celebrate with his rail. Summers was drawing dead, and the meaningless river was the
. Le dragged the pot to up his stack to 1.98 million, good enough for second place right now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,980,000
1,015,000
|
1,015,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Freddy Deeb opened from late position and Brandon Crawford called from the big blind. The flop came
and Crawford check-called 60,000. The turn was
, Crawford checked and Deeb bet 125,000. Crawford check-raised for 200,000 and Deeb called after taking a peek at his hole cards. The river was a scary
and Crawford led out for 325,000. Deeb announced call and tabled
with gusto. Crawford winced and mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,300,000
495,000
|
495,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
950,000
692,000
|
692,000 |
Since we have gotten down to the final 10, play has slowed down significantly. We have only seen a few flops, with most hands ending in preflop raises or three bets.
| Seat | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Tsung Lu |
| 2 | Chris Summers |
| 3 | Vince Cardella |
| 4 | Tong Le |
| 5 | Leroy Spires |
| 6 | Freddy Deeb |
| 7 | David Singontiko |
| 8 | Julie Fransk |
| 9 | Alex Masek |
| 10 | Brandon Crawford |
The clock has been paused following two quick eliminations and the final ten players are redrawing.
As soon as Louis Lo was eliminated, there was an all in and a call from the other table. We ran over to see what was going on, and saw that David Miscikowski had opened shoved for 150,000 in middle position. Action folded around to David Singontiko in the small blind, and he shoved all in for over 500,000. The big blind folded, and the cards were flipped up.
Miscikowski: 

Singontiko: 

The flop brought a boat load of action, coming 

. Both players had flopped flush draws, and while Singontiko's was better, he was behind since Miscikowski paired his queen. The turn brought even more action, coming the
. Singontiko said what everyone was surely thinking "I'm so confused!". Miscikowski would need a queen, jack, or ten to survive, but none of those would come, as the river brought the
. Singontiko scored the knockout, and just like that, we have reached the unofficial final table!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
700,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Louis Lo raised in early position to 50,000, and action folded all the way around to Julie Franks in the big blind, who raised it up to 150,000. Lo went all in for 247,000 total, and Franks made the call. The cards were tabled, and Lo had Franks crushed.
Lo: 

Franks: 

Franks would need a ton of help to get the knockout, and she got just that, as the flop came 

. This gave her the nut flush draw, and a good chance at pulling a sick suckout. The drama ended on the turn, when it came the
. Louis Lo went from 90% favorite to out in four cards, with the meaningless river coming the
. Franks scored the knockout, while Lo headed to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000
302,000
|
302,000 |
|
|
Busted |