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Josh Norris has been sent to the rail in rather unfortunate fashion after getting his last chips in with the best hand. In fact, Norris' 
were looking good for the double up against Mike Gross' 
preflop, however the board fell 
to spike a set for Gross and disaster for Norris.
He's eliminated as Gross is up to 235,000.
Edgar de la Torre took advantage of the button to raise, and Scott Pfeffer moved all in for around 250,000 from the big blind. De la Torre called with 
, not a hand Pfeffer wanted to see with 
. The cards came out 
, busting Pfeffer and boosting de la Torre to 540,000.
John Tolbert raised under the gun to 30,000, and Conrad Monica called one seat to his left. Jean-Francois Lauzon called as well for his last 13,000. Tolbert and Monica checked down a 
board. Tolbert turned over for three pair, Monica's unimproved 
was no good, and Lauzon's was even less helpful. Lauzon made his exit while Tolbert scooped the pot, moving up to 440,000. Monica has 230,00 left in his stack.
Joel Casper has been eliminated after pushing his short stack with but running into the 
of Gordon Johnson.
The board fell 
to give Johnson the queen-high straight and the pot. He's up to 210,000 as Casper heads to the exit.
Robert Perkins is the latest player to hit the rail after committing his chip preflop with 
, however Jonas Mackoff woke up with 
.
The board fell 
and without an ace to save himself, Perkins was eliminated from the tournament. Meanwhile Mackoff is now up to 390,000 chips.
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Adam Coats made his move under the gun, risking his last 87,000. The next player to act, Scott Pfeffer, flatted. Then Dennis Murphy reshoved from middle position, covering both players. Pfeffer opted to fold, and Coats' didn't look so hot up against Murphy's 
. The cards fell 
, sending Coats home. Murphy is now approaching chip-leader Greg Pohler with 725,000.
Our two tournament chip leaders have swapped positions after Jaymes Rosenthal and Greg Pohler played out a recent pot.
Catching the action on the turn on a board of , Rosenthal fired out 26,000 with Pohler making the call before the 
hit the river. Rosenthal released another 81,000 with Pohler tossing out calling chips.
Rosenthal showed but was outkicked by the of Pohler.
Pohler is up to 810,000 with Rosenthal back to 595,000.
Action folded to Brian Kennish in the small blind, and he moved all in. Big blind David Wells (no, not Boomer), called all in from the big blind. Kennish's 
was dominated by Wells' , but when has that ever mattered in poker? The board fell 
, giving Kennish the runner-runner nut flush to knock out Wells. Kennish built up to 275,000 with the hand.
Yordan Mitrentsov has sent David James to the rail in a classic preflop clash of pair versus overcards.
It was James' with the slight advantage over Mitrentsov's but a king on the flop of 
was enough to send the pot to Mitrentsov and send James to the cashier.
