We missed the hand, but we saw David Sklansky heading for the rail. There was nothing but empty felt in front of where he was sitting so we have to assume the renowned gambling and poker author was eliminated.
The players have returned from their dinner break, and cards are back in the air. Four more hours of play and then the players will bag up their chips.
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
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The players have finished level 8, and they now have 90 minutes to grab a kit kat, or something more substantial, for dinner. Cards will be back in the air around 8:30.
On a flop of 
, all the money got in between Jason Lester and Amit Makhija, both of who were short stacked.
Showdown
Makhija: 
Lester: 
Both players had flopped a set of queens, but Makhija's kicker had him out in front. Neither the 
turn nor 
river changed a thing and Lester was eliminated right before the dinner break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Carlos Mortensen has been up and down all day but maintaining a well above-average stack in the process.
In this hand, a late position player raised it up to 2,200, Mortensen re-raised to 5,100, and the big blind re-raised all in for 15,700. The late position player folded and Mortensen made the call with 
The all in player showed 
and the board came down 
The pair of aces was enough for the all in player to double up and Mortensen went back to violently stacking his chips as he fell under 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
From the Blue section of the Amazon Room
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
320,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
240,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
225,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
204,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
175,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
170,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
163,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
162,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
150,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
|
146,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
133,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
|
132,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
125,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
120,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
87,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
85,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
|
75,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
50,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
|
28,000 | |
|
26,500
19,500
|
19,500 |
|
|
||
|
26,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
24,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
23,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
14,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
11,500
1,400
|
1,400 |
Patrik Antonius raised to 2,200 from late position and was immediately three-bet by the player in the hijack who made it 6,000 to go. Action folded back around to Antonius and he made the call.
The flop fell 
and Antonius checked to his opponent who continued out with a bet of 10,000. Antonius slowly and deliberately counted out chips before making a raise to 24,000. His opponent called and the turn came .
Antonius pushed out a bet of 30,000 and his opponent tanked for a while before eventually mucking his hand. Antonius is now sitting on a stack of 266,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
266,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
||
A player in middle position made it 2,2000 action folded around to Vanessa Rousso on the button ended up being only one willing to pay the toll to see a flop. The dealer then spread out a 
flop. It was here that the middle position player bet out 3,5000. Rousso thought about it for a moment or two before ultimately making the call.
A on the turn brought a check from the player in middle position who seemed to be slowing down. Rousso jumped on this chance and bet out 6,000. The player in middle position then raised and made it 20,000. Rousso went into the tank deciding what would be best for her. She even grabbed enough chips to put her opponent all in toying with the idea, before ultimately throwing her cards away.
Rousso's opponent then let out a huge sigh of relief and showed the table for air.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
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