Todd Brunson and Jamie Pickering got into it preflop, and the raising war ended with all of Brunson's ~13,000 chips in the middle. Pickering had him just barely covered, and the cards were on their backs:
Brunson: 
Pickering: 
The board frowned on Brunson as it ran out 
That's no good for Todd, and he has been sent to the rail. Pickering nearly doubles with those chips, and he's up to 28,000.
We haven't seen any of these players in quite a while, and we presume them to be out:
Brian Rast
Praz Bansi
Dan "djk123" Kelly
Daniel Alaei
Nick Schulman
Mike Sowers
Erik Cajelais
J.P. Kelly
John Juanda
Hasan Habib
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 0
Jeff "yellowsub86" Williams scored a double-up after getting his stack in with 
against 
. Although his opponent flopped top pair, WIlliams turned a set and rivered eights full of sevens to increase his stack to 22,000.
Across the room, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi also doubled up when he flopped a set and rivered a boat, taking him back up to 26,000.
A player in early position raised to 1,500, and Tom Marchese reraised to 4,600. That brought the action to Steve O'Dwyer, and he was having trouble with the math. "Okay, so what's the maximum I could raise it should I be interested in doing that?" he asked carefully. When he learned the number, he settled on a reraise to 14,600 straight. That folded the monkey in the middle, but Marchese announced an all-in reraise right back over the top. O'Dwyer shrugged, and he said, "Did I run into aces again? I think I did..." as he pushed his remaining chips into the pot. Both men had about 80,000 chips to start the hand, so there was a chip-leading put up for grabs.
Showdown
Marchese: 
O'Dwyer: 
It wasn't quite as bad as aces for O'Dwyer, but he was still drawing dangerously slim for his survival.
The flop was a little sweat for Marchese, but the board of 
held his overpair to earn him that big pile of chips in the middle of the table. When the stacks were counted down, O'Dwyer was covered, and he wished his table luck as he headed out the door shaking his head.
Marchese is now the chip leader with 158,000.
John Kabbaj opened to 1,125 on the button, and Andrew Feldman three-bet with a pot-sized reraise from the big blind. Kabbaj called.
The flop came out 
with two hearts, and Feldman pushed out a bet of 6,850. Kabbaj called, committing about a third of his remaining stack. That brought them to the turn 
, and Feldman moved all in for Kabbaj's 15,000 effective chips. Kabbaj called it off with 
no hearts, and Feldman was poised for the knockout with 
.
The river 
further improved Feldman to the straight, eliminating Kabbaj from the field. Feldman is sitting in the former seat of the 2008 champion of this event, Nenad Medic, and now he's knocked off the 2009 champion. "Maybe it's good luck," he said with a shrug.
He is up to 49,000 courtesy of that pot.
A series of bets and raises ended with Allen Kessler calling his opponent's all-in on a 
flop. Kessler held pocket fours for bottom set and was up against . The turn was the , the river was the and Kessler doubled up to 58,000.
With four and a half hours already ticked off the tournament clock, Phil Hellmuth has at last made his entrance. His stack is still in pretty good shape, having been only blinded down to 25,700.
David Bach's tableside massage has come to an abrupt end. He ran his 
into , putting the rest of his chips in on the turn on an 
board.
With the board reading 
on the turn, Chad Batista faced a bet of 5,400. He raised to 23,700, his opponent re-potted all-in and Batista called.
Batista needed a nine, a spade, or a jack on the river to improve, his up against . The river, however, was the 
and Batista's stack plummeted to 5,000.
