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With that last knockout, we're down to our final nine players. The chip bags have come out, and everyone's headed over to the secondary featured table to play together at one nine-handed table. We'll play for one more knockout before they let us use the words "final table" when we get eight-handed.
We'll be right back with the chip counts and the seating assignments for the last nine players.
Here's how our nine are laid out after this final redraw:
Seat 1: Blake Cahail (540,000)
Seat 2: Hani Awad (520,000)
Seat 3: Chip Jett (125,000)
Seat 4: Andrew Revesz (475,000)
Seat 5: Robert Mizrachi (250,000)
Seat 6: Konstantin Puchkov (480,000)
Seat 7: Al Barbieri (635,000)
Seat 8: Ken Lennaard (250,000)
Seat 9: Dustin Leary (420,000)
It was a quick move, and the cards are already back in the air over here on the secondary stage.
Stud
Jett: (X) (X) / 
/ (X)
Puchkov: (X) (X) / 
/ (X)
On the very first hand at the secondary feature table, a raising war broke out on fourth street between Chip Jett and Konstantin Puchkov. Jett bet and re-raised after Puchkov raised. Puchkov called.
Jett bet fifth street and was called. Puchkov made open sixes on sixth street and checked it, despite the fact that Jett had only 5,000 behind. Jett also checked. Down the river, Puchkov bet. Jett put his last chips on the line, on to be shown 
and a third card in the hole. Puchkov made deuces full of sixes, a hand Jett couldn't beat, and like that Jett is out.
With that elimination, the tournament has been sent on a one-hour dinner break. They'll be back at 8pm.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
635,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
605,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
||
|
540,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
520,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
475,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
420,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
250,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
250,000
-63,000
|
-63,000 |
|
||
The final eight players are back from dinner, introductions have been made, and cards are in the air. 50 minutes are left in Level 22.
Stud
Revesz: (X) (X) / 
/ (X)
Barbieri: (X) (X) / 
/ (X)
Al Barbieri was the player who completed the bring-in on third street, but it was Andrew Revesz that had the best hand all the way down. Barbieri checked and called a bet from Revesz on fourth street; both players checked fifth street. Barbieri still had the lead on sixth and tried one bet. He couldn't shake Revesz, who called to the river. Both players checked, prompting Revesz to open a king in the hole for split kings and the winner.
Stud 8/b
Blake Cahail was the bring-in with the 
, and Hani Awad completed with the . Andrew Revesz called with the 
, and Al Barbieri reraised with the . Cahail folded, and the other two opponents called the extra bet.
Awad: (X) (X) / 
/ (X)
Barbieri: (X) (X) / 
/ (X)
Revesz folded after pulling the on fourth street. Barbieri bet his ace, and Awad called. When Awad paired on fifth, he led out, and Barbieri called the bet. Both players checked sixth and seventh.
Awad had a deuce in his down cards, and two pair was good enough to scoop up the pot.
Stud 8/b
Cahail: (X) (X) / 
FOLD
Puchkov: (X) (X) / 
/ (X)
Barbieri: (X) (X) / / (X)
Blake Cahail, a 23-year-old from Kansas City, got things started by completing the bring-in. He was called by Konstantin Puchkov before chip leader Al Barbieri raised. Cahail and Puchkov both called.
Barbarier kept the lead on fourth street and bet it. Cahail called before Puchkov raised. Each other player called to fifth street, where Cahail grabbed the lead. He checked to Puchkov, then called after Puchkov bet and Barbieri called.
Sixth street gave open eights to Barbieri, restoring him to the lead. He bet and was called only by Puchkov. Barbieri bet seventh street dark. His action drew a long pause from Puchkov, about forty seconds, before Puchkov folded.
Stud 8/b
Hani Awad is back down under 500,000 after an unkind encounter with Dusty Leary. There were five players to fourth street, but only those two made it past fifth street. Awad's board showed 
(X) 
, and he was the aggressor on third street. Leary answered back with .
Awad was the bettor on fourth street as well, but he slowed down and check-called bets on fifth and sixth. Both he and Leary checked seventh street.
Leary exposed another ace and another king for aces up, and that was good enough to take the full pot, moving him up close to 600,000.
Stud 8/b
Awad: (X) (X) / 
(X) / (X)
Revesz: (X) (X) / / (X)
Lennaard: (X) (X) / 
/ (X)
Ken Lennaard is trending upwards and Hani Awad is trending downwards after the final hand of Stud Hi/Lo in the last round. The pot was limped three-ways on third street. On fourth, Andrew Revesz took the lead. His bet was called by Lennaard and Awad. Each player put in another bet on sixth street.
Down the river, Revesz still had the lead and bet one more time. Lennaard then raised, driving Awad out of the pot. Revesz called with three eights, but that couldn't beat Lennaard's heart flush that he made with three hearts in the hole.
