Chan Pelton opened the pot under the gun with a 35,000-chip raise and saw Steve Chanthabouasy put him all in with a 75,000-chip reraise. Pelton called.
Showdown
Pelton: 
Chanthabouasy: 
Board: 
and Pelton is out of the tournament.
Chanthabouasy is now up to 297,000 chips.
Melissa Hayden got the rest of her short stack into the pot with 
, in as good a shape as she could hope for against James Dempsey's 
.
Things weren't in good shape for long. The flop came 
, ending the hand right there. The and 
filled out the board as Hayden was gathering her belongings, and she has been knocked off in 13th place. Her table all wished her well and engaged her in some brief chatter about how much they'd enjoyed playing with her, but it was seemingly little consolation to a disappointed Hayden.
She's off to the payout desk to collect more than $9,000, but her run at a bracelet has come to an end earlier than she'd hoped.
Joe Serock raised to 35,000 from the hijack seat, and Armen Kara reraised all in for 144,000 total. Serock made the call for his own tournament life, though he didn't seem to like it. He'd like it even less when the cards were turned up:
Serock: 
Kara: 
Serock flopped a gutterball, but there wasn't much else to help his chances as the board rolled out 
. Unable to get over the hump, Serock has been sent packing in 12th place. He'll earn a small pay bump, for what it's worth.
Kara was the shortest stack with 24,000 at the start of the previous level, but he now finds himself as the proud owner of about 250,000.
James Lewis got his chips in with 
against , all in and trailing.
The 
on the flop was not good news for the all-in player, and the board of 
has given us our 11th-place finisher, James Lewis.
The clock has been paused briefly while the remaining ten players are brought to the featured table over here in the Red section. We'll be back in just a moment with the seat draw.
The cards are flying again, so here's the seat redraw for the final ten contenders:
Seat 1: Armen Kara (299,000)
Seat 2: Gregg Wilkerson (340,000)
Seat 3: Mark Babekov (216,000)
Seat 4: JJ Liu (441,000)
Seat 5: Edward Brogdon (74,000)
Seat 6: Scott Haraden (214,000)
Seat 7: Steve Chanthabouasy (300,000)
Seat 8: Joseph Williams (335,000)
Seat 9: James Dempsey (625,000)
Seat 10: Julie Farkas (158,000)
Steve Chanthabouasy opened the pot with a 25,000-chip raise on the button and James Dempsey called in the big blind.
The flop came out 
and both players checked.
Turn: and Dempsey fired a 37,000-chip bet. Chanthabouasy called.
River:
Dempsey fired a 58,000-chip bet and Chanthabouasy tanked for a while. He eventually called and tabled 
picking up the pot. Dempsey mucked his .
Chanthabouasy is now up to 120,000 and Dempsey slipped to 500,000.
With ten players left in the field we're going to a twenty-minute break.
Be back shortly.
Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 0
On the second hand back from break, fireworks!
Steve Chanthabouasy opened the pot to 37,000, and Julie Farkas potted it to leave just a few thousand chips in her corner. Chanthabouasy put her all in, and Farkas committed her final 123,000 to the pot. Cards up, boys and girls:
Chanthabouasy: 
Farkas: 
"That was a bad time to do that," Farkas said after seeing her opponent's cards. Indeed it was, and the dealer would provide her no assistance on a board of . A frustrated Farkas shoved her chair back under the table and headed straight out the side door.
She's out in tenth place, and her exits sets the final table for tomorrow.
