From the small blind, Stefan Martin open-raised and before we could see the amount, Richard Kozlowski announced his was all in from the big blind for 123,000. Martin made the call.
Martin: 
Kozlowski: 
The board came out 
, giving Kozlowski quads and the pot worth approximately 250,000.
Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
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Stefan Martin seems to be finding his groove after his recent double up. Martin raised pre-flop and was called by Daniel Quach. Both players checked on the flop of 
and again after the 
fell on the turn. When the river brought the , Quach checked and Martin bet 35,000 which Quach quickly called. Martin flipped over the 
and Quach mucked his hand.
After the hand Martin's stack was up to around 360,000.
Once near the chip lead, Michael Barela has steadily bled chips until finally stacking off with ace high.
Barela raised to 24,000 from the button found a customer in Stefan Martin, who called from the big blind.
The flop showed 
and Martin quickly checked. Just as quickly, Barela announced his was all in for his last 80,000. Martin snap-called and showed 
for top pair. Barela tabled 
for ace high and needed help to avoid elimination. The turn and 
river were no help to Barella, who exited in 12th place and pocketed $4,865 for his efforts.
Martin, meanwhile, is standing strong at 320,000.
It seems that Michael Barela has been one of the more active players left in this tournament and he got involved in another big pot recently. He raised from under the gun to 18,000. Action folded around to Daniel Quach in the hijack who called. Stefan Martin then shoved all in from the cutoff for 94,500. When action folded back to Barela he made the call and Quach got out of the way.
Barela: 
Martin: 
The board ran out 
making Martin's eights the best hand and boosting his stack to 219,000. After the hand Barela was down to 149,000.
In a blind vs. blind situation, Michael Barela raised to 18,000 from the small and Quach called from the big.
The flop came 
and both players checked.
The turn brought the and Barela would check no more, instead betting 25,000. Quach made the call.
The river came 
and Barela announced another 25,000 bet. Quach quickly called and Barela said, "Eight high." Quach showed 
for two pair and took the pot, chipping up to approximately 380,000.
John Podobnik got all his chips in with the 
against Sean Drake's 
. The flop came 
putting Drake in the lead. The turn and river brought the 
and which weren't of any help to Podobnik, and he was eliminated in 13th place. He will take home $3,924 for his efforts.
Stefan Martin opened up the action with a 22,000 raise. Players folded around to Christopher Perez when he immediately went all in for 77,000. Martin called and flipped up 
. Perez showed 
.
The flop wasn't helpful for Perez when it came out 
, but the turn put Perez ahead when the hit. The came up on the river and Perez increased his chip stack to a healthy 154,000.
The action folded around to Jason Baker who made it 20,000 to go. Adam Falk folded and Jordan Dhooghe announced that he was all in for 108,000. The blinds folded back to Baker who made the call.
Dhooghe:
Baker: 
The board fell 
and Jordan Dhooghe, the chip leader at the start of the day, was sent home.
Edward Marcus' stack is moving in the right direction after a recent hand against Christopher Perez.
Marcus shoved all in under the gun for 54,000; Perez was next to act and re-raised all in over the top. All the other players folded and the hands were revealed.
Marcus: 
Perez:
The board ran out 
giving Marcus four of a kind and the win. After the hand Marcus had around 120,000 and Perez was down to 77,000.
