$40K Final Table Set, Haxton Leads
After the cash bubble burst late Friday evening and four were quickly eliminated by the end of play, 23 of the original starting field of 201 were still alive when cards went in the air on Saturday. Four players -- Andrew Robl, Frank Kassela, David Chiu, and Neil Channing -- were eliminated within the first half-hour of play. Then it would take another hour-and-a-half before Andy Black was eliminated in 19th place.
Justin Bonomo maintained his chip lead as Matt Glantz, Clark Hamagami, Doshi Suresh, David Baker, and Brian Rast were all eliminated. Then came a huge three-way pot that saw Brian Townsend knocked out in 13th, and Alec Torelli surging into the chip lead with over 5 million thanks to his quad tens.
Haxton next eliminated Matthew Marafioti in 12th when his pocket kings held up against Marafioti's pocket queens. Then Greg Raymer knocked out Keith Lehr in 11th when the Fossilman's pocket jacks outlasted Lehr's ace-queen.
The players reassembled around a single table to play ten-handed. Haxton would assume the chip lead from Torelli in a huge hand in which Haxton flopped trip sixes when Torelli flopped top pair.
Tony G and Noah Schwartz were the short stacks for most of the latter stages of play, and finally Tony G was the one to miss out on tomorrow's televised final table.
Thanks for following today's coverage. And come back tomorrow at 2 p.m. Vegas time for all of the action from tomorrow's exciting final table!