Eddie Blumenthal raised to 44,000. David Vamplew called from the cutoff seat and the flop came down 
. Blumenthal continued with a bet of 52,000 and won the pot right there.
Action folded to Eddie Blumenthal on the button. He put in a min-raise to 40,000. George Jalkotzy reraised all in for 350,000 from the small blind and David Vamplew folded in the big blind. Blumenthal quickly made the call and revealed the 
. Jalkotzy was crushed with the 
.
The board ran out a rather sweat-less 
and Jalkotzy was out the door in seventh place. He earned nearly $50,000 for his finish. The remaining six players are now at the official World Series of Poker final table for this event.
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The action folded to Anthony Spinella who raised to 50,000 preflop; Jeffrey Papola called from the big blind to go heads-up to the first flop of the evening, which read 
.
Papola check-called Spinella's bet of 45,000 after the flop, then check-called both of Spinella's bet of 105,000 after the turn of the 
and the bet of 240,000 on the river of the 
. Spinella tabled 
for two pair and Papola mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000 | 425,000 |
|
1,105,000 | -495,000 |
After the introduction of the final table contenders by the tournament supervisor, the cards are now in the air!
The first hand saw Jeffrey Papola raise to 40,000 from under the gun before Eddie Blumenthal reraise to 107,000 from middle position. Papola quickly gave up his hand, but a short time later he came in with another raise to 40,000, only to fold again Geffrey Klein reraised to 225,000.
| Seat | Name | Chip Count |
| 1 | Bryan Colin | 820,000 |
| 2 | Jeffrey Papola | 1,600,000 |
| 3 | Eddie Blumenthal | 1,450,000 |
| 4 | George Jalkotzy | 390,000 |
| 5 | David Vamplew | 2,450,000 |
| 6 | Geffrey Klein | 650,000 |
| 7 | Anthony Spinella | 1,275,000 |
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
The clock has been paused while the remaining seven players transfer their stacks over to the secondary feature table area. We'll have the seating assignments and chip counts coming for you in just a little bit once they get settled.
Action folded to Anthony Spinella in the small blind. He has been picking on Ravi Raghavan a good amount lately and stayed with that trend by raising Raghavan's big blind to 52,000. Raghavan made it 145,000 to go from the big blind to counter. Spinella thought and then moved all in. Raghavan called.
Spinella: 
Raghavan:
As you can see, Raghavan was severely dominated by Spinella and needed help. The flop came down 
and made things look even more bleek for Raghavan. After the turn brought the 
, he was drawing dead. The river completed the board with the 
.
Raghavan was eliminated in eighth place for $47,174. The remaining seven players will now redraw to one table and move to the secondary feature table area to ride this train to the end.
Both Bryan Colin and Jeff Papola checked the 
flop with Colin acting first. The turn brought the 
and Colin checked to Papola. He bet 50,000 and Colin made the call.
The river was the and Colin checked. Papola increased his bet sizing to 125,000 and Colin folded, dropping back to 790,000.
After George Jalkotzy raised from the button to 53,000, Bryan Colin made it 115,000 from the small blind. Everyone folded and Colin scooped the pot.
On the next hand, Colin min-raised to 40,000 from the button and everyone folded. He showed the 
, but looked upset he didn't get any action.
