15th Place - Bob Slezak
Lee Childs has the button in seat 9, Bob Slezak moves all in from early position for 2,125,000, and Raymond Rahme calls from late position. Rahme shows , and Bob Slezak shows . Slezak needs to improve to stay alive.
The flop comes , and Rahme retains the lead with the higher pocket pair.
The turn card is the , and Slezak needs a four on the river to survive.
The river card is the , and Rahme wins the pot with two pair, queens and sevens, increasing his stack to about 8 million in chips.
Bob Slezak is eliminated in 15th place, earning $429,114.
Jerry Yang is on the button. Lee Watkinson raises to 400,000 in middle position. Steve Garfinkle re-raises to 1,200,000 and takes the blinds and antes.
There's a dead button. Kenny Tran in the cutoff raises to 350,000; Jon Kalmar is in the small blind and calls. Lee Watkinson is in the big blind and folds.
The flop is and Kalmar checks. Tran bets 500,000 and Kalmar calls.
The turn is the . Kalmar checks. Tran bets 1,300,000 and Kalmar calls.
The river is the . Kalmar is all in. Tran thinks for a very long time and Kalmar finally calls the clock. With four seconds to go, Tran calls and Kalmar shows for the rivered flush. Kenny Tran is out. Kalmar is up to 17,000,000 -- the chip lead.
Philip Hilm has the button in seat 6, he raises to 360,000, and David Tran calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Tran checks, Hilm bets 550,000, and Tran folds. Philip Hilm takes the pot.
, and Bob Slezak shows 
. Slezak needs to improve to stay alive. 
, and Rahme retains the lead with the higher pocket pair. 
, and Slezak needs a four on the river to survive. 
, and Rahme wins the pot with two pair, queens and sevens, increasing his stack to about 8 million in chips.
and Kalmar checks. Tran bets 500,000 and Kalmar calls.
. Kalmar checks. Tran bets 1,300,000 and Kalmar calls.
. Kalmar is all in. Tran thinks for a very long time and Kalmar finally calls the clock. With four seconds to go, Tran calls and Kalmar shows 
for the rivered flush. Kenny Tran is out. Kalmar is up to 17,000,000 -- the chip lead.
, Tran checks, Hilm bets 550,000, and Tran folds. Philip Hilm takes the pot.
