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Greg Mascio had just lost a sizable pot to Vorakboth Eam, so by the time we caught up with him he was down to just 1,500 after he'd paid his ante. It naturally went in on third street; a bet from Owais Ahmed on fourth got rid of Julian Herold who'd also briefly been interested, and they were heads up at a showdown.
Mascio: 
(X) in no particular order
Ahmed: 
, again, in random order
Mascio shrugged dejectedly and wandered off.
Sergey Pomerantsev completed with the 
before Said Elsanafiri raised with the 
showing. The table folded around and Pomerantsev made the call.
On fourth, Elsanafiri checked and called, before check-raising on fifth to put Pomerantsev all in.
Elsanafiri: (
) / 
/ (
)
Pomerantsev: (
) / 
/ (
)
Elsanafiri was ahead the whole way and sealed the deal with set on sixth to eliminate Pomerantsev from the tournament. Elsanafiri is up to 100,000 chips.
We were waiting anxiously for our two chip leaders to clash and we didn't have to wait for long. Sorel Mizzi completed before Pat Pezzin raised. Mizzi made the call and again on fourth, before raising it on fifth. Pezzin called the raise and then called Mizzi down on sixth and seventh streets.
Mizzi: (
) / 
Pezzin: (XXX) / 
A well disguised trip fives for Mizzi and he rakes in the pot to move to outright chip leader with 290,000 and Pezzin drops to 225,000.
Scott Seiver: (XXX) / 
Eric Friedman: /
Scott Seiver called to another player's completion on third street, and then called a raise from Eric Friedman (the completer folded).
Seiver check-called further bets from Friedman down streets four through six, before Friedman checked behind on seventh. Friedman turned over a pair of aces, and Seiver was down to just 16,000.
A few hands later, and Seiver busted out very quietly while no-one was looking. When he got to the payout desk, the TD accidentally issued him with a payout slip for the PLO event that's taking place across the way. We hope he did well...
James Laird: 
/ 
Eric Friedman: 
/ 
James Laird was all in on fourth street with ace-high; Eric Friedman' flush came in on fifth and that was that for Mr. Laird.
Just as we were scribbling down the exit of James Laird, John Regan got up and walked away from the other outer table and towards the payout desk.
Conclusion: Mr, Regan busted in 17th place.
We are now down to two tables.
The players have now re-drawn for the final two tables of play. Here's their new seat assignments and approximate chip counts.
Table 311
Seat 1: Eric Friedman - 130,000
Seat 2: Vorakboth Eam - 120,000
Seat 3: Raymond Walter - 54,000
Seat 4: Christine Pietsch - 55,000
Seat 5: Pat Pezzin - 220,000
Seat 6: Alex Kravchenko - 80,000
Seat 7: Dan Heimiller - 73,000
Seat 8: Brian Johnson - 102,000
Table 313
Seat 1: Richard Ashby - 155,000
Seat 2: Owais Ahmed - 32,000
Seat 3: Steven Albini - 51,000
Seat 4: Jon Turner - 85,000
Seat 5: Sorel Mizzi - 280,000
Seat 6: Darren Shebell - 190,000
Seat 7: Said Elsanafiri - 90,000
Seat 8: Julian Herold - 80,000
Raymond Walter: /
Brian Johnson: (XXX) / 
We caught up with the action on fourth street, and it was very straightforward - Raymond Walter bet out on every street and Brian Johnson called him down the whole way, eventually mucking to Walter's two pair at showdown.
"I needed that hand," said Walter, with feeling - it boosted his stack to 115,000.
Johnson said nothing and was left with 60,000.
It's not often you see a re-raised called on the river in a Stud hand, but Dan Heimiller has just collected a very nice pot with big river action against Raymond Walter.
Walter completed, Pat Pezzin called before Heimiller raised. Both opponents made the call. On fourth, Heimiller had the lead and bet out with both opponents coming along. Fifth street saw Heimiller fire again with Walter making the call, however Pezzin had seen enough as he folded.
Sixth street saw Heimiller bet and Walter call before both players were dealt their river card face down. Heimiller bet but this time Walter raised. Heimiller didn't slow down as he three-bet and Walter made the call.
Walter: (XXX) /
Pezzin: (XX) /
Heimiller: (
) /
Heimiller showed down aces full on the river to take it down as Walter mucked. Heimiller is up to 115,000.
