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JJ Liu opened the pot with a 9,000-chip bet in middle position and was called by Joe Gotlieb on the big blind.
The flop came out 
and Gotlieb check-called a 11,000-chip bet from Liu.
A 
felt on the turn and both players checked.
River: 
Gotlieb check-folded to a 16,000-chip bet from Liu.
Liu is now up to 155,000 chips and Gotlieb slipped to 190,000.
One hand after getting himself completely crippled, Frank Rusnak has been eliminated in 27th place.
We picked up the action on the flop in what turned into a huge three-way pot. The board read 
when we walked up to the table, and there was about 35,000 already in the pot. First to speak was Frank Rusnak, and he fired out 19,500. Joe Gotlieb made the smooth call, but Brandon Holmes wanted to play for more. He reraised the pot, making it 97,500 straight and leaving himself with just a couple thousand chips behind. Rusnak raised again, folding Gotleib quickly and getting the rest of Holmes' remainder into the pot to put him at risk.
Rusnak turned over 
for top pair, but he would soon find out that he had some kicker problems. Holmes proudly opened up his , in great shape to scoop the massive pot.
The turn opened up some chop possibilities, but the 
on fifth street locked up the pot and the more-than-double up for Holmes.
After the largest pot of the tournament thus far, Rusnak was left with just 2,000 chips, while Holmes soared into the chip lead with 275,000.
The clock was paused briefly for a redraw, and the final 27 players are now gathered around three tables of nine, and they're back in action. In just a moment, the new seating chart will appear like magic right here:
Table 367
Seat 1: James Dempsey
Seat 2: Mark Babekov
Seat 3: Joe Serock
Seat 4: Melissa Hayden
Seat 5: Steve Chanthabouasy
Seat 6: Bryan Pardoe
Seat 7: Julie Farkas
Seat 8: Stephen O'Dwyer
Seat 9: Steve Yea
Table 372
Seat 1: Armen Kara
Seat 2: Christian Harder
Seat 3: John Kranyack
Seat 4: Chan Pelton
Seat 5: Clark Hamagami
Seat 6: Stephen Simm
Seat 7: Jason Alvarez
Seat 8: Joseph Williams
Seat 9: Edward Brogdon
Table 371
Seat 1: Chris Moore
Seat 2: Scott Haraden
Seat 3: Bob Slezak
Seat 4: Frank Rusnak
Seat 5: Kenneth Krouner
Seat 6: Jared Jaffee
Seat 7: Daniel Burke
Seat 8: Brandon Holmes
Seat 9: JJ Liu
From the cutoff seat, Melissa Hayden raised to 10,000, and Scott Montgomery three-bet her to 25,000 straight. Hayden reraised the pot, and Montgomery put his last 85,000 total chips into the middle to put himself at risk of elimination as Hayden had him covered by just a few chips.
Showdown
Hayden: 
Montgomery: 
There would be no help for Montgomery on board. The dealer ran it out 
, and that's going to be the end of his day, eliminated in 28th place.
We somehow had our backs turned when Luke Tavis was just knocked out of the event. We've got no more details than that, apologies to the Tavis fans out there.
Under the gun, Scott Montgomery raised to 9,500, and the bet came onto Edward Brogdon. He announced a reraise to 27,000 straight, leaving himself just 9,000 chips behind. The table folded back around to Montgomery, and a big smirk crossed his face. He'd tank for a minute or two, mumbling barely audible conversation in Brogdon's direction.
Finally, he said, "It's such a bad amount. Half my stack. Just the amount I don't want to play for." After another few seconds, he uncapped his cards and sent them back to the dealer one at a time. Brogdon simply stacked his 15,500 new chips quietly.
"All right, two and four thousand. Shuffle up and deal."
Those were the words from Tournament Director Chris, and just like that the cards are in the air once again and we're all set for some after-dinner pokering.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0
With 29 players left in the field, we're going on a sixty-minute dinner break.
See you fine folks at about 7:55 p.m. local time.
