Hoyt Corkins opened the pot with a raise in the cutoff and Jason Somerville went all in from the button for an additional 108,000. Corkins thought for about a minute before putting in the chips.
Corkins: 
Somerville: 
The board ran out 
and Somerville's hand held up. He is up to about 280,000 while Corkins slipped to roughly 300,000.
Barry Greenstein has just been eliminated. He was all in preflop for his last bit of chips with the 
. He was up against the 
for Alexander Gruibem. Greenstein was in the small blind and Gruibem in the big blind.
The board ran out 
and that was the end of the line for Greenstein. Gruibem moved up to 365,000 in chips.
Level: 17
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
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We're on the final twenty-minute break of the evening.
Barry Greenstein was just crippled by Frank Kassela in what is so far, the largest pot of the tournament.
Kassela opened for 25,000 from the button. Greenstein raised to 60,000 from the big blind and Kassela called.
The flop came down 
. Greenstein bet 85,000, Kassela moved all-in for 498,000 and Greenstein called.
Kassela 
Greenstein
Kassela was looking for a diamond to make the nut flush and snap off Greenstein's aces. The turn card didn't do it, the falling, but the hit the river and Kassela jumped back in his seat like he'd just been electrocuted. He raked in the 1,145,000 pot, leaving Greenstein with only 42,000.
Dominykas Karmazinas got the last of his chips in with 
against Justin Bonomo's 
. Bonomo, however, spiked the on the river to make a miracle set and KO Karmazinas.
Bonomo is now up to 695,000 in chips.
Beth Shak moved all-in for 31,000 and Brian Hodhod called from the big blind.
Shak
Hodhod 
Shak did not improve on the 
board and made her exit while Hodhod increased his stack to 840,000.
With Shak's elimination, Heather Sue Mercer is the last woman remaining in the tournament.
Scott Seiver opened for 20,000 from under-the-gun and Carlos Mortensen called on the button.
The flop was 
. Seiver checked to Mortensen, who bet 50,000. Seiver raised all-in for 235,000 and Mortensen made the call.
Seiver 
Mortensen 
The turn and river fell the and the , sending Seiver to the rail. Mortensen is up to 800,000.
Brian Hodhod opened for 22,000 in the hijack, Jason Somerville three-bet to 70,000 from the small blind and Hodhod made the call.
The flop was 
. Somerville led out for 120,000, and Hodhod moved all-in for 312,000.
"It would suck if you have aces. I don't have many outs against that. I do have a backdoor flush draw," Somerville said. He made the call.
The situation was even worse than he expected. Hodhod tabled 
for the nut boat and Somerville showed 
.
"I have even less outs against pocket eights," Somerville said.
Less outs indeed-- Somerville's only hope were running deuces to give him quads with an ace kicker or running aces or kings to make him a bigger boat.
The on the turn, however, left him drawing dead. The river was the and Hodhod increased his stack to 770,000 while onetime chip giant Somerville saw his stack reduced to only 170,000.
