Carlos Mortensen has been eliminated after his 
was not able to hold against his opponent's 
. Mortensen who held a large stack early, did most of the work to clear the way to three handed play. As we got later into the night Mortensen's stack whittled away.
Adam Kagin took a dominating chip lead into his heads-up battle with Ari Engel, and despite doubling the New Yorker up once, he closed the deal.
Kagin opened to 10,000 and called when Engel shoved for 116,000.
Kagin: 
Engel: 
The board ran 
to make him two-pair.
We don't know where the money got in, but what we do know is on a 
board Koon was in for all of his chips and held 
, while his opponent had . With the queen on the river Koon's tournament life was over.
Level: 8
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Layne Flack has beaten Casey Jarzabek to advance to the final 12 players tomorrow.
Jarzabek opened to 6,500 from the button and called all-in for around 90,000 when Lack snap-shoved on him.
Jarzabek: 
Flack: 
The board ran 
to safely see the threes hold.
Melanie Wesiner was just recently eliminated after her 
couldnt hold against her opponent's 
. While that was going on we also noticed the elimination of Davidi Kitai.
Peter Alson battled hard in his heads-up match with Jarred Solomon but he came unstuck.
He moved all-in from the button with 
and Solomon called with 
.
The board ran 
to put a flush on the board. The ensured that Solomon's played and he progresses to the final.
David Chase will be joining the likes of Jeff Madsen and Brandon Steven tomorrow.
Tim Ryan picked a bad spot for a large three-bet shove as he walked into aces.
Adam Kagin opened from the small blind and snapped when Ryan moved in from the big blind.
Ryan:
Kagin: 
The board read 
.
Ryan takes a resounding chip lead into his heads-up battle with Ari Engel.
Layne Flack is heads-up at his table with a healthy chip lead after he eliminated Scot Tolbert.
Flack raised to 8,000 with 
and called when Tolbert moved all-in for 30,000 with queen-jack. Tolbert found no help and busted.
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