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We missed the action, but at the end of the hand Cliff Josephy had doubled with 
through Davin Costa, who held 
.
Josephy is up to 88,000 while Costa drops to 121,000.
George Karatzas and Jared Michelizzi both checked to the turn on a 
board. Karatzas checked the turn and Michelizzi bet 8,000. Karatzas raised to 28,000, only to have Michelizzi go all in. Karatzas only had 65,000 remaining and was covered.
Karatzas made the call and showed 
for both straight and flush draws. Michelizzi had flopped a set with 
and needed to dodge an arsenal of outs.
The 
hit on the river eliminating Karatzas while Michelizzi jumped up to 345,ooo.
Card are back in the air after a 20 minute break. Tables are quickly breaking and combining.
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
Here is a little snapshot from our view.
We are now on another 20-minute break instead of the regularly scheduled dinner break. The 60-minute break has been pushed back to the end of the next level.
We heard a floorman yell, "Winner at Table 373," which was accompanied by a round of applause. When we got over there, it was discovered that Jean-Robert Bellande had lost all of his chips when he pushed with 
and ran into pocket kings.
Unfortunately for Jean-Robert, a former contestant on Survivor-China, he couldn't find help and will not be the sole survivor of Event #8.
Pascal Lefrancois checked a 
board, and Sam Trickett bet 16,000. Lefrancois then check-shoved for 99,8000, and Trickett called with 
for trip threes. But Lefrancois was in the lead with 
for the turned flush. The river was the , and Lefrancois doubled to 240,000. Trickett dropped to 90,000.
Aaron Kanter busted from the same table on the very next hand.
Agop Rustemoglu opened to 10,000 and Mike Ngo shoved for 75,000. Jordan Rich moved in for a total of 93,750 and Agop made the call.
Ngo:
Agop:
Rich:
The flop put Ngo ahead when it came . The 
changed nothing but the 
on the river sent gasps throughout the room. Agop, who had the best hand preflop, took down a massive pot and is now over 300,000.
Ngo and Rich were both eliminated on the hand.
