After being left with just 4,500, Bill Chen found himself all in and up against Huu Vinh. We're not sure of the exact order of the cards, but we do know Chen lost.
Chen: 
Vinh: 
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Bill Chen's elimination means there are just 17 players left in the field, which brings us to the money bubble. We're currently hand for hand and the plan is to burst the bubble before calling it a night.
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Lee Goldman completed with the up, and he found calls from both Ray Dehkharghani's 
and Freddie Ellis' 
.
Goldman: (x-x) / 
/ (x)
Dehkharghani: (x-x) / 
/ (x)
Ellis: (x-x) / 
muck
Goldman bet fourth and fifth streets, and both opponents called the first bullet. Ellis ducked out on fifth, though, and the two live players checked through sixth. On seventh, Dehkharghani got one more bet in, and Ellis tank-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
129,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
|
59,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
We've reached the scheduled ten levels, but we're on the bubble and we need to keep going. The players have been sent off for a 10-minute break, and we'll be back to play one more level in a few minutes.
In the last hand before the break, Bryn Kenney brought it in with the 
and Lee Goldman completed. Freddie Ellis made the call while Kenney opted to get out of the way. The turn saw Ellis check-call a bet before Goldman took the lead on fifth. A bet and call followed with the same action happening on sixth. Seventh saw both players check and Goldman's nines proved enough to beat Ellis' sevens.
Ellis: 
/ 
/
Goldman: 
/ 
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
75,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
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Hand-for-hand play is still in progress, and the plan is to play one more hour. It will still remaining Level 18, and if we lose a player action will come to a halt for the night. If we fail to lose anyone in an hour's time then the night will come to an end with 17 players and resume tomorrow with more hand-for-hand play.
Freddie Ellis brought it in with the 
, and Bryn Kenney called with the . Jeff Lisandro completed showing the 
, and both Ellis and Kenney put in the extra 3,000 to proceed.
Ellis: (x-x) / 
/ (x)
Kenney: (x-x) / muck
Lisandro: (x-x) /
Ellis did the betting on fourth, fifth, and sixth streets, and both men checked on seventh.
"Two pair," Ellis announced, turning up / .
Lisandro waited to make sure it wasn't aces up before showing his superior / . That's three pair, but he only needed two of them, and kings up earn Lisandro that pot.
Ellis is down under 50,000 now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
245,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
||
|
|
45,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
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After both Raymond Dehkharghani and Freddie Ellis checked the turn, the former bet fifth street and was called by the latter. Ellis proceeded to check-call a bet after taking the lead on sixth, but then check-folded on seventh. He was left with just 16,000.
Ellis: (x-x) / / (x)
Dehkharghani: (x-x) / 
/ (x)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
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Ray Dehkharghani began with a king showing, and he completed the bet on third street. Bryn Kenney called, and he drew the on fourth street. Dehkharghani pulled another king and bet it, and his first motion was enough to chase Kenney out.
"You got it," he said as he mucked.
"You sure?" Dehkharghani asked, rolling over his first four cards: 
.
How very apocalyptic.
Freddie Ellis received a double from Jeff Lisandro after making a straight on seventh street, but his newfound stack of 26,000 would be short lived as he became the bubble boy on the very next hand.
It happened when Bryn Kenney brought it in with the and Lee Goldman completed. Ellis came along for the ride, as did Kenney, and it was three-handed action to the turn. Goldman put out another bet, which was again called by both his opponents, before firing for a third time on fifth street. This time Kenney got out of the way while Ellis made the call and left himself just 7,000 behind.
The rest went in on sixth street and Ellis discovered he'd run his pair of tens into kings up. The 2009 champ needed a ten on the river, but it wasn't in the cards as he received the .
Ellis: / 
/
Goldman: / /
Kenney: (x-x) / fold
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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