Here are the updated chip counts as we return from break.
Here are the updated chip counts as we return from break.
Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
While the remaining fourteen players head on a 20-minute break, enjoy some of these photos.
Jared Hamby opened to 48,000 under the gun only to have Marios Savvides move all in for 125,000.
With the action on Matthew Vance on the button, he pushed all in to prompt a fold from Hamby.
Savvides: 

Vance: 

The board ran out 



to see Savvides eliminated in 15th place for a $21,382 payday.
Mats Gavatin opened to 135,000 from middle position and with the action on Jeremy Defrande in the big blind, he pushed all in with Gavatin making the call.
Defrande: 

Gavatin: 

The board ran out a rather undramatic 



to see Defrande elimianted in 16th place while Gavatin climbs to 1,165,000 in chips.
Jonathan Tare moved all in from under the gun for his last 203,000 and was called by Matthew Vance from the button.
Tare: 

Vance: 

The flop of 

gave Tare an additional two outs, but the
on the turn would end all of Tare's hopes as the meaningless
landed on the river.
For his efforts, Tare is collecting $16,919 for his 17th place as Vance climbs up to 1,500,000 in chips.
Here are the updated chip counts of the final seventeen players.
Table 297
Seat 1: Daniel Thomas
Seat 2: empty
Seat 3: Clint Schafer
Seat 4: Steven Gee
Seat 5: David Baker
Seat 6: Jeffrey Gross
Seat 7: Gerald Domagalski
Seat 8: Mats Gavatin
Seat 9: Daniel Duong
Table 303
Seat 1: Matthew Vance
Seat 2: Jasper Wetemans
Seat 3: Christopher Brammer
Seat 4: Jared Hamby
Seat 5: Jonathan Tare
Seat 6: Marios Savvides
Seat 7: Jeremy Defrande
Seat 8: Nicholas Heather
Seat 9: Kyung Han
The remaining players were to redraw seats and combine to two tables after Dalton Dawkin's elimination; however, there was still one hand that needed to be completed before that could happen.
After action had foled around, David Hong moved all in from the button and was called by Nicholas Heather. Hong showed 
and was ahead of Heather's 
.
That all changed when the flop came 

. Suddenly Hong was behind and needed help. The turn was the
and Hong was needed an king on the river to stay alive. It was not meant to be as the
came on the river.
Hong was eliminated in 18th place for a $16,919 as the remaining players will now combine down to two table.
David Baker raised to 48,000 under the gun and was reraised by Dalton Dawkins to 148,000. When action folded back to Baker, he moved all in.
Baker had Dawkins, who had 255,000 behind, covered. Dawkins thought for awhile before announcing, "Call."
Baker turned over {Ah]
and was racing against Dawkin's 
. The spectators around the rail leaned is as the flop came down 

. Dawkins held on to the lead, but it was short lived as the
hit the turn.
Dawkins seemed to know that he was toast, as he began to rise even before the
hit the river. Dawkins was eliminated in 19th place.