Friend of PokerStars Pierre Neuville open-shoved from middle position with his last 200,000. Mike Fosco called from the small blind and the big blind got out of the way.
Neuville: 
Fosco: 
The flop was 
which all but ended things. The turn and river were the 
and 
which officially eliminated Neuville while allowing Fosco to chip up to 550,000
We are just three eliminations away from moving to the ESPN set with our unofficial final table. Here are the competitors chip stacks as they near that achievement
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,350,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
1,700,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
1,550,000 | |
|
||
|
|
1,250,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
|
|
1,180,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
700,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
||
|
640,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
580,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
440,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
365,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
|
|
350,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
350,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
200,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
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Lauri Varonen moved all in from early position for his final 140,000. Eric Froehlich was on the button and made the call to put Varonen at risk. The blinds folded and the hands were revealed.
Varonen: 
Froehlich: 
The board ran out 
and Varonen hit the rail. Froehlich, on the other hand, is now at 1.55 million.
Level: 25
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
The fifteen minute hand (maybe more) is finally over and it results in Isaac Baron making his exit.
From middle position, Adam Geyer raised to 43,000 and Isaac Baron flatted from the button. The two players aw the 
flop heads up and Geyer led out for 68,000 which Baron called.
The turn was the 
and this time Geyer checked. Baron bet 86,000 and Geyer tried to make it 168,000. That raise was not a full raise though and the dealer made him make it 172,000 for a min-raise. Baron made the call and the river was the 
. Geyer wasted little time announcing he was all in as he slid in a stack of green chips worth 25,000 each.
Baron, who had only 300,000 left hit the tank hard. He spent at least 10 to 15 minutes thinking taking us almost a full nine minutes into the dinner break. Finally and without warning, he said, "call." Geyer tabled 
and Baron mucked.
That gives Geyer the second place stack as we head to dinner with about 1.6 million chips.
We're on our dinner break, and the clock has ticked down by about six minutes. There's still one hand in progress though, a big pot between Adam Geyer and Isaac Baron. Details forthcoming, if this hand ever ends.
We're four levels into the day, and it's dinner time. The players have an hour to chow, and the action will resume around 8:10 P.M.
Ciao!
Dylan Wilkerson got the last of his chips into the middle preflop with {Ag} 
, and he was a slight favorite to double up when Adam Geyer looked him up with .
The dealer had other ideas, though, running out a 
board to give the pot to Geyer. With it comes the elimination of Wilkerson in 16th place, good for $31,679. And a chip increase to 1.15 million.
We caught the action on a board that read 
with what appeared to already be around 500,000 in the pot. Darryl Ranconi was in the small blind position and checked to Lauri Varonen who was on the button. Varonen bet 300,000 and Ranconi made the call. Varonen tabled 
but it was no good. Ranconi had 
which was good enough to ship the 1,000,000-plus pot his way.
He now has 2.25 million chips while Varonen is down to 140,000.
Adam Geyer opened to 42,000, and Mike Fosco reraised to 92,000 out of position. Geyer shoved in for 388,000 total, and Fosco made the call to put his opponent at risk.
Showdown
Geyer:
Fosco:
The board came 
, and Geyer's kicker played to earn him the double. He's suddenly hovering around 800,000, while Fosco drops all the way back to 395,000.
