J.C. Tran opened the action with a raise from early position to 7,500. Brandon Poe three bet Tran in position to 18,500 and Tran called to see a flop heads up.
On a 
board, Chan check-raised Poe's 20,000 chip bet, forcing Poe to decide about the value of his hand with his stack. He folded and Chan raked in the pot. He now sits at 250,000 while Poe has fallen back to just 73,000.
Action folded around to Andy Black who moved all in from the cutoff. Marios Savvides announced the he was also all in from the small blind. Josephy got out of the way in the big blind and the cards were turned up.
Savvides: 
Black: 
The board fell 
and Black doubled up to roughly 40,000, insisting that he only be paid in purples, or 500 value chips.
Steve Watts raised to 7,000 and a second opponent three bet the big stack to 15,500. However, he likely didn't count on David Diaz four betting to 37,000. Both players folded and Diaz has now chipped up to 278,000.
With 25,000 in the pot on an 
board, Getty Mattingsly bet 13,000 into Bradley McFarland who called. The turn was the 
and Mattingsly again bet, this time 27,500. McFarland thought for a bit before deciding to raise the action to 70,000. Mattingsly let go of the hand and will keep his remaining 105,000 chips intact. McFarland has risen all the way to 290,000.
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
From early position J.C. Tran opened for 10,500 and Denis Gnidash called in position. The flop came 
and Tran led out for 7,500 and Gnidash called. The turn brought the 
and Tran bet out 19,500 and Gnidash called again. The river came 
and Tran slowed down and checked. Gnidash also checked and turned over 
for a rivered set. Tran had 
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2001 Main Event Champion Carlos Mortensen has been moved to our featured table after the elimination of Luke Schwartz. This puts many of our remaining notables left in the field at the same table, as Cliff Josephy, Andy Black, and Carlos Mortensen are now squaring off at the featured table table.
Other bracelet winning pros left in the field include Bill Chen and JC Tran.
Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy just took a nice pot when his flush draw and two over cards hit a pair. He is now at 275,000 and sitting at the very difficult, aforementioned, featured table.
On a board reading 
, Nicholas Rampone declared himself all in against Carlos Mortensen, having Mortensen covered. Mortensen announced call and Rampone tabled for two pair and Mortensen tossed his hand into the muck. Eliminating Mortensen brought Rampone up to 320,000 in chips.
Brad McFarland opened for 7,500 and Cyriel Dohmen made it 19,000. McFarland responded by making it 31,000. After a very long tank Dohmen announced all in. McFarland folded quickly and Dohmen threw his cards face up to the dealer, showing 
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McFarland did not look pleased.
