In the hand following that dramatic one between Juanda and Negreanu, Par Hilderbrand raised to 11,500 from the cutoff, and Doug Booth reraised to 31,500 from the button. The blinds folded, Hildebrand pushed all in for about 40,000 more, and Booth called.
Booth ended up showing he'd been dealt a pat wheel -- 
-- and Hilderbrand couldn't overcome it. He's out in 15th, and we're in the money!
Well, that was exciting.
John Juanda raised to 11,000 from under the gun, then Daniel Negreanu announced he was all in. He counted out his stack -- 64,500. It folded back to Juanda, who made the call.
"We're in the money now," said Juanda with a grin as he indicated he was standing pat. Negreanu tossed in one , tabling his remaining cards -- . Juanda spread out his hand: 
.
The dealer delivered Negreanu his card and he squeezed -- a ! "A wheel!" exclaimed Negreanu. "Unreal!"
Negreanu doubles back to 135,000. Juanda has 182,000.
We're about a half-dozen hands into hand-for-hand play, with nothing particularly dramatic having occurred. The first two or three of those hands each lasted more than five minutes, as players stalled, allowing others to make those bathroom dashes. Now that everyone is staying at their tables, the hands are taking 2-3 minutes each to play.
David Baker -- 670,000
Vincent Musso -- 310,000
George Danzer -- 241,000
John Juanda -- 234,000
Eric Kesselman -- 214,000
Erik Seidel -- 195,000
Yan Chen -- 176,000
Andy Bloch -- 172,000
Doug Booth -- 145,000
John Monnette -- 140,000
Peter Gould -- 134,000
Eric Cloutier -- 132,000
Chad Brown -- 103,000
Par Hilderbrand -- 82,000
Daniel Negreanu -- 72,000
Interestingly, we made it to 15 players left with just a couple of minutes remaining in Level 16. A twenty-minute break was scheduled to follow the level, but now that break has been postponed since the tourney clock has stopped during hand-for-hand.
Not only does the tourney clock stop, but we will continue playing at the same blinds and antes until the cash bubble bursts. The short stacks -- including Daniel Negreanu -- were especially grateful to be able to continue at the current level.
Meanwhile, several players were anticipating that break, and we are seeing some bathroom dashes between hands, with some instances of players playing hands a bit more slowly than usual in order to allow their competitors a chance to return.
David Baker raised to 13,000 from the button, and got two callers from the blinds -- Anton Allemann (small) and Andy Bloch (big). All three drew a single card.
Allemann then bet 40,000, Bloch folded, then Baker raised to 320,000. Allemann called with his remaining chips (about 100,000), tabling . A good hand, but not as good as Baker's Number Two -- . Allemann is out in 16th, and Baker is up to 650,000.
With 15 players left, the tournament is now being played hand-for hand.
Eric Cloutier raised to 12,000 from under the gun, and it folded around to Vincent Musso who reraised to 37,000 from the small blind. Cloutier called.
Both players stood pat. Musso tabled 
, and Cloutier mucked. Musso is up to 290,000, and Cloutier now has 125,000.
Daniel Negreanu has been nursing a short stack for quite a while now, pushing all in from time to time but not getting callers.
Just now came a hand in which Eric Kesselman opened for 12,000 from the under the gun, and Negreanu reraised all in for about 44,000. It folded back around to Kesselman who thought a bit, then called.
Both players were drawing one, and they each tabled the four they were keeping: for Kesselman, and for Negreanu.
Kesselman turned his new card over first, a , giving him a pair. "Paint!" said Negreanu, and he got his wish, turning over a 
. Negreanu chips back up close to 100,000, while Kesselman now has 152,000.
A severely short-stacked Stephen Chidwick -- down below 25,000 -- was just all in before the draw against Peter Gould. Both drew one.
Gould picked up an ace, but Chidwick paired his and is out. 16 players are left, which means just two more eliminations until the cash.
Erik Seidel raised to 11,000 from the cutoff, and a short-stacked Barry Greenstein reraised all in for 51,000 from the big blind. Seidel called.
Both players stood pat. Seidel tabled . Greenstein had -X-X-X-X, and he's out. Seidel moves up to 218,000.