There was just less than 20,000 in the pot when we walked up to a flop of 
. Ralph Perry checked to Chris Bell, and he put out a bet of 15,000. Perry only had about 10,000 left in his stack and he made the call all in. Cards on their backs:
Perry: 
Bell: 
The turn was the 
and the river the 
, and that was not any help for Perry. Bell knocks him out, moving his stack up to 56,000 in the process.
Unfortunately we don't have any details of the action, but we understand that Amit Makhija's 
have just busted Dan Heimiller from the tournament, as Makhija now assumes the tournament chip lead with 83,000 chips.
Dan O'Brien was all in for 6,200 before the flop with 
, and he was behind but drawing live for a double up against an opponent's 
.
The 
flop didn't really change much, but the 
turn sure did, and not the river 
nor any other river card was enough to save O'Brien from elimination.
Like the proverbial trout, O'Brien is out.
Sorel Mizzi raised it up and was then faced with a three-bet of an additional 2,100. The table folded around and Mizzi made the call.
They took a flop of 
and both players checked. The turn was a repeat and Mizzi checked, then called the bet of 4,000 from his opponent.
The river was the 
and both players tapped the table. Mizzi showed but his opponent held 
for top pair which was good. Mizzi slips to 23,000.
We approached the table of Chino Rheem to see him check-raising his opponent's bet of 1,800 to add an extra 4,500 to the bet on a flop of 
.
His opponent deliberated for several minutes before announcing a re-raise of an additional 6,200. It was back on Rheem and he raised it up again as he moved all in! His opponent very quickly gave it up and Rheem moves up to 60,000.
The players are back in action with stomachs satisfied. Their only hunger now is the one for chips. Game on!
Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Believe it or not, six full levels have come and gone here in Event #17. That means it's time for a 90-minute dinner break as the 500-or-so remaining players file out the door.
We'll be back at 8:15 p.m. to pick up the last four levels of action for the day.
Perry Friedman is going to enjoy his dinner after sending a short-stacked opponent to the rail. Friedman called a re-raise preflop and spiked a set as all the chips went into the middle. His opponent held pocket sevens and Friedman improved to quads on the river. He's up to 55,000.
Here are some counts for a handful of the players we haven't checked on in a while.
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