The bus has broken down. Carter Phillips got Jerome Bettis all in for a battle of the blinds. Bettis had the best hand with 
against the 
of Phillips, but the flop gave Phillips two pair, 
. Bettis got to experience a little bit of a sweat when the turn came 
, but the 
on the river was a harmless blank.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
275,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
173,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
120,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
95,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
85,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
80,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
||
Level: 12
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,000
Barry Hartheimer found himself all in for his last 12,500 with Carter Phillips making the call.
Hartheimer: 
Phillips:
The board ran out 
to see Hartheimer eliminated in 7th place for a $18,146 payday as Phillips climbs over the 105,000-chip mark.
Phil Gordon opened for 17,000. Action passed to Kyle Carlston who moved all in for 39,000. Gordon called with 
. Carlston's 
was drawing, but out-flopped 
. The turn didn't change anything, but the river 
did. It gave each player jacks and tens, with Gordon's king kicker playing.
Claire Renaut moved all in for her last 23,000 and Alex Filatov made the call.
Renaut: 
Filatov: 
The board ran out 
to see Renaut eliminated in 9th place for a $12,998 payday as Filatov soars over the 200,000-chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
105,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
|
103,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
103,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
98,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
85,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
55,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
30,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
That didn't take long. On one of the very first final table hands, Gilbert Diaz got his stack in with pocket kings. Alex Filatov called with pocket jacks and caught a jack on the flop to send Diaz to the rail as the bubble boy.
Level: 11
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
We're on the bubble.
Seat 1: Phil Gordon
Seat 2: Kyle Carlston
Seat 3: Alex Filatov
Seat 4: Barry Hartheimer
Seat 5: Carter Phillips
Seat 6: Jerome Bettis
Seat 7: Claire Renaut
Seat 8: Gilbert Diaz
Seat 9: Shannon Elizabeth
Seat 10: Erik Seidel
