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It folded around to the hapless Jeff Neeman in the small blind, who went all in for 11,000 total, less than a full raise. Dean Tran in the big blind sort of waved his hand around so people could see it, wondering whether it was worth it, and then made the call.
Neeman: 
Tran: the lowly 
Board: 
... 
We are down to 16 players as we head into the last half hour of play.
Frank Kassela raised in late position and Jeff Neeman reraised all in from the big blind. A swift call, and a showdown.
Kassela: 
Neeman: 
"My favorite hand," said Neeman, before qualifying the statement, "Well, it has to be my favorite hand now."
Board: 
"There you go, there's the nuts," said Kassela.
"Just 23 more of those to go," said the still dangerously short Neeman as he doubled to 25,000.
Robert Truijers took the liberty of raising in middle position and got called by Robert Stevanovski. The flop came down 
and both players checked. However, when the 
came on the turn, Stevanovski bet, with Truijers calling. The river was the and all of Stevanovski's chips got in the middle when he bet and called Truijers' raise for his last 2,000.
Upon seeing the 
of Truijers, Stevanovski mucked his hand and wished everyone at the table good luck before making an exit.
Three players were looking down at a 
flop; two of them checked and the third, David Chang, went all in for his last 700. Dean Tran made the call.
Tran: 
Chang: drawing rather thin with 
Turn: 
River: 
With that, we are down to two tables.
It has been a long, long day and the current plan is to quit after this level, whether or not we manage to make it to a final. Poker players need their beauty sleep, too.
Level: 18
Blinds: /
Ante:
Kirk Banks check-called a bet from Ilya Sheyn on the 
flop before both players checked the turn. All good so far. They saw the river.
The river came down the and Banks checked again. Sheyn banged his fist on the table. "You got it?" he asked. Sheyn nodded. "Good answer," said Banks, and tanked for a while. The he called.
Banks turned over 
and Sheyn immediately mucked. One mgiht infer from this that he did not, indeed, have it.
Commented tablemate Ben Lamb, "Limit hold'em is a joke. You know you're calling no matter what."
Banks is up to 253,000.
Hope Williams raised in mid position and Terrence Chan reraised from the button. Williams called, and they saw a flop.
Flop: 
Williams check-raised; Chan bet-called.
Turn:
Williams bet out again and Chan raised. Williams called all in and they flipped their cards.
Williams: 
for nothing more than a gutshot
Chan: for top two pair
River: a completely blank
Tran Dean was all in preflop and found himself in a classic race situation against his opponent Mark Burford.
Dean:
Burford: 
It didn't take Dean long to pull ahead. The flop came and Burford was unable in improve through the on the turn or the on the river.
Kurt Maier, short-stacked for a very long time, raised preflop and called the reraise from Ahmad Abghari. The rest of Maier's chips went in on the flop.
Maier: 
Abghari: 
Board: 
"I had it I had it I had it I had it ace deuce of hearts," was the commentary from Patti Gallagher as the board rolled out. Either way, though, Maier busted out and Abghari took the pot to put him up to 260,000.
