Tuan Lam has the button in seat 1, and Raymond Rahme raises from middle position to 600,000, winning the blinds and antes. Rahme shows as he collects the chips.
Jerry Yang is on the button. Steven Garfinkle raises to 350,000 in late position. Yang folds. Rain Khan in the small blind re-raises to 1,100,000 and Garfinkle folds.
David Tran - 14th Place
Ray Henson has the button in seat 3, David Tran limps from middle position for 120,000, Tuan Lam raises from the cutoff to 500,000, Tran thinks for a while before he moves all in for 2,605,000, and Lam goes into the tank.
With 12 minutes still left in the current level, all of the other players get up from the ESPN Featured Table to wander around, talking to friends in the stands or checking the progress on the other table.
Tuan Lam continues to study David Tran, who is wearing sunglasses as he sits motionless. After several minutes, Lam says, "Call," showing . Tran shows , and it's a race situation.
The flop comes , and Lam flops a pair of kings to takes the lead.
The turn card is the , and Tran needs a six on the river to stay alive.
The river card is the , and Tuan Lam wins the pot with a pair of kings.
David Tran is eliminated in 14th place, earning $429,114.
Hevad "Rain" Kahn has the button. Action folds to Jerry Yang in the cutoff seat, who raises to 400,000. Jon Kalmar makes the call from the big blind and it's heads up to the flop...
Both players check the flop. The turn comes the . Kalmar bets 500,000 and Yang calls. The river brings the . Kalmar checks, Yang bets 1,500,000, and Kalmar calls showing . Yang mucks and is down to 1,800,000 after the hand.
William Spadea - 13th Place
William Spadea raised to 400,000 from middle position, Jon Kalmar re-raised to 1.2 million from the big blind, Spadea moved all in, and Kalmer called, having Spadea covered. Spadea turned over , but was up against Kalmer's . The flop was , making Kalmer a full house. The turn was the , the river was the , and Spadea was eliminated.
William Spadea finished in 13th place, earning $429,114.
Lee Watkinson has the button. Hevad "Rain" Khan raises to 350,000 from under the gun. Jon Kalmar calls from the cutoff seat and it's heads up to the flop...
Khan bets 600,000 and Kalmar calls. The turn is the . Both players check. The river brings the . Kahn bets 3,500,000 and Kalmar calls. Kahn shows and Kalmar mucks. Kahn wins the pot.
Raymond Rahme has the button in seat 7, Philip Hilm raises from the cutoff to 360,000, and Tuan Lam calls from the big blind. The level comes to an end, and the rest of the players leave the table to start their break.
The flop comes , Lam bets 350,000, Hilm thinks for a minute before he raises to 900,000, and Lam folds. Philip Hilm takes the pot.