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On a board reading 
Gregg Merkow tossed in a bet. Cornel Cimpan raised it and Merkow made the call.
The 
fell on the turn and Merkow check-called Cimpan's bet.
Both players checked the 
river. Merkow took the pot with 
.
Here are some table counts from the eight tables:
Table 308
Mitch Schock - 86,000
Matthew Kelly - 63,000
Terrence Chan - 57,000
Blake Cahail - 46,000
Thomas Taylor - 45,000
David Steicke - 35,000
Table 309
Brian Tate - 140,000
Sebastien Sabic - 90,000
Bahador Ahmadi - 66,000
Marcel Luske - 29,000
Feming Chan - 16,000
Andrew Petersen - 14,200
Table 310
Gabriel Walls - 80,000
Claudio Rinaldi - 73,000
Daniel Idema - 53,000
Chau Giang - 43,000
Robert Kovar - 41,000
Pat Pezzin - 29,000
Jonathan Little - 28,000
Table 311
Brendan Taylor - 110,000
Jonathan Tamayo - 48,000
Russell Cooper - 38,000
John Esposito - 46,000
Dash Dudley - 41,000
Sean Deacon - 40,000
Chris Farmer - 24,000
Table 312
Javier Torresola - 54,000
Ben Yu - 43,000
Jonathan Aguiar - 74,000
Jason Bellamy - 60,000
Tyler Bonkowski - 113,000
Table 313
Theo Tran - 105,000
Timothy Vansant - 72,000
Cameron Kazemi - 71,000
Mike Schneider - 68,000
Steve Stolzmann - 30,000
Steve Vanzadelhoff - 18,000
Table 314
Daniel Didech - 77,000
Sijbrand Maal - 49,000
Bradley Libson - 30,000
Brandon Gerson - 72,000
Brian Aleska - 108,000
Table 315
Robert Beveridge - 140,000
Gregg Merkow - 53,000
Omar Mehmood - 50,000
Cornel Cimpan - 26,500
Jimmy Shultz - 25,000
Joseph McGowan - 20,000
Gabriel Walls raised from the cutoff. Claudio Rinaldi raised it up from the big blind. Walls tossed in one more raise, and Rinaldi made the call.
The flop came down 
. Rinaldi check-called Walls' bet.
The turn brought the and again Rinaldi checked, but this time folded to Walls' bet.
It's time to eat! See you in an hour.
Level: 5
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0
David Steicke made it two bets to go and Thomas Taylor called from the big blind.
The flop came down 
. Taylor check-called Steicke's bet.
The turn brought the 
and Taylor checked to Steicke once more. Steicke through in a bet and Taylor made the call.
Both players checked the 
river.
"King-high," said Taylor. Steicke showed 
or a pair of jacks to take the pot.
On a flop of 
, Javier Torresola, in the small blind, checked. Ben Yu, from the big blind bet, and Tyler Bonkowski made it two bets on the button. Torresola made it three bets and both Yu and Bonkowski called.
The fell on the turn. This time, Torresola bet, and both Yu and Bonkowski called.
When the 
hit the river, Torresola checked to Yu, who tossed in a bet. Bonkowski made the call and Torresola got out of the way.
Yu tabled aces and Bonkowski tossed his cards in the muck.
After just chipping up a bit, David Steicke is now eliminated from Event #53.
We missed the hand in question, but we do know the meat and potatoes about it. Terrence Chan busted him with on a 
X board. Steicke held 
and could not improve.
Steicke will have to settle with $4,135 while Chan has his eyes on a second final table.
The flop came down 
and Matthew Kelly made a bet from the small blind. Terrence Chan, in the big blind, made it two bets, and Kelly followed along to the turn.
The turn was the 
and Kelly check-called Chan's bet.
On the 
turn, Kelly checked to Chan who tossed in a bet. Kelly open-folded . Chan took the pot, but only showed the .
Chan is at 133,000 and Kelly is at 73,000.
