Ren Ho Zhang raised to 72,000 from middle position and Jason Bigelow, who was next to act, moved all in. Action folded back to Zhang who called putting his tournament life at risk.
Zhang: 
Bigelow: 
The board ran out 
and Zhang doubled to 980,000 while Bigelow was left with only 105,000.
Harald Olsen has just secured a crucial double up, all in with 
on a 
flop against Stanislav Alekhin's 
. The board came 
then 
making boats for both, but Olsen's was bigger and secured him a now average chip stack.
We're sure after the fireworks that ensued before the dinner break that the players appreciated a little time to recoup. Now that dinner has finished they are all back and cards are in the air. This tournament is scheduled to play through tomorrow, but we've heard conflicting stories as to whether play will cease for the day when we hit the final table or whether we'll be playing out the full ten levels today no matter what. Whenever we find out for sure we will let you know!
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
Our remaining players have now headed off on a 60-minute dinner break.
Wow, what a difference a few minutes makes.
Matthew Leecy was over the two million mark and cruising and Max Lykov had most of his stack in with nines against jacks. Two hands later and Leecy is out and the Russian has three million.
Lykov opened the cutoff to 40,000 and Leecy made it 100,000 in the big blind, Lykov then four-bet to 240,000 and Leecy made the call.
The flop was 
and Leecy led for 150,000 then called all in when Lykov pushed.
Leecy: 
Lykov:
The 
turn and 
were blanks and Leecy went out in 16th place,
Unfortunately we missed the circumstances of the hand as a result of the big hand going on at the other table, but we can confirm that after being crippled in the hand we reported about recently, Jeffrey Manza has now been eliminated in 17th place.
Matthew Leecy raised to 50,000 from early position and Max Lykov made it 136,000 in the small blind, Leecy made the call.
The flop was and Lykov bet 138,000, Leecy moved all in and Lykov made a quick call with 
dominating Leecy's 
. The 
turn and didn't change anything and Lykov looks to be our new chip leader as head onto the dinner break.
Terrance Eischens and Jeffrey Manza got all the chips in the middle preflop.
Eischens:
Manza: 
The board ran out 
and Eischen's jacks held allowing him to double up to 800,000 while Manza was left with only 51,000 in his stack.
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