From the button, Brian Aleksa raised it up. Sijbrand Maal made the call.
The flop rolled out 
. Maal slid out a bet only to have Aleksa put in a raise. Mall reraised and Aleksa made the call. The turn brought the 
. Maal bet and Aleksa called.
On the 
river Maal check-called Aleksa's bet. Maal turned over 
to take the pot.
Brian Aleksa is dangerously short in his heads up match against Dutchman Sijbrand Maal.
We reached the table after the dealer had flopped 
and Aleksa check-called a bet from Maal.
Both players checked the on the turn and the river brought the 
. Aleksa checked to Maal who bet forcing Aleksa to fold.
Aleksa did double the next hand with 
against 
on a 
board, but is still very low with just 18,000 chips.
It was all in preflop for Brian Aleksa with 
versus Sijbrand Maal's 
. Aleksa was the player at risk.
The flop came down 
. Aleksa was still ahead with his pair and now a straight draw, but Maal was also looking at a straight draw. The 
hit the turn, however, pairing Maal's queen and the 
that fell on the river was no help to Aleksa who saw his hopes for a gold bracelet dashed.
Johnathan Tamayo and Brendan Taylor put all the chips in the middle preflop. Tamayo was the player at risk, for his remaining 15,000.
Tamayo: 
Taylor: 
The board rolled out 
and Taylor's two pair bested Tamayo's rivered two pair to see one player headed to tomorrow and another one headed to the rail.
Jonathan "FatalError" Aguiar got his last few bets in against Ben Yu preflop and the hands were tabled:
Showdown
Aguiar: 
Yu:
The 
flop kept Aguiar in the lead and even though an 
turned, Aguiar was still a favorite heading to the river.
A big fat 
rivered though, giving Yu a straight and a seat at tomorrow's final table. With the beat, Aguiar will have to settle with $4,135.
On a flop of 
, Mike Schneider bet, Theo Tran made it two bets, and Timothy Vansant folded. In answer to Tran's raise, Schneider made it three bets and Tran just called.
The turn brought the 
. Schneider bet and Tran called.
On the river, Schneider bet again and Tran made the call, only to see flipped over by Schneider. Tran tossed his cards into the muck.
Tran has dropped to 28,000 and Schneider is at 275,000.
Just four tables remain, and only one of them is three-handed:
Table 308
Terrence Chan - 185,000
Matthew Kelly - 175,000
Table 309
Feming Chan - 303,000
Brian Tate - 57,000
Table 310
Jonathan Little - 280,000
Claudio Rinaldi - 80,000
Table 313
Mike Schnieder - 150,000
Theo Tran - 140,000
Timothy Vansant - 70,000
We caught up with the action on the turn and the board read 
. Timothy Vansant bet, Mike Schneider raised, Vansant re-raised all in and Schneider called.
Showdown
Vinsant:
Schneider: 
Vinsant could not find another six on the river, and was sent to the rail. Schneider is now heads up with Theo Tran and has a commanding chip lead with 315,000.
With the board reading 
, Theo Tran got his last few bets in against Mike Schneider and the hands were opened:
Showdown
Tran: 
Schneider: 
Schneider was behind but had club outs, and the 
on the turn completed his flush. A meaningless on the river completed the hand and Tran hit the rail.
Schneider won his table and advances to his first ever WSOP final table!
On the button, Jonathan Little raised it up. Claudio Rinaldi reraised. Little bumped it up one more time, and Rinaldi made the call.
The flop came down . Rinaldi checked to Little who bet. Rinaldi raised, only to see Little reraise. Rinaldi made the call and the two were on to the turn.
The turn brought the . Rinaldi bet and little made it two bets. Rinaldi called all in.
Rinaldi: 
Little: 
The river brought the 
and Rinaldi doubled with his pair of eights.
