Anthony Gregg and Brendon Rubie played a pot heads up with Gregg on the button. The board showed 
, Rubie bet 39,000 and Gregg raised to 125,000. Rubie called and the river came 
.
Both players checked and Rubie tabled 
. Gregg mucked and Rubie overtook Gregg as the chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
980,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
750,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
With average stack having over ninety big blinds, these final three tables have a lot of room for play. That being said, action as slowed a bit as the players are taking advantage of being able to relax a bit due to their deep stacks.
The final 12 players have redrawn seats and moved to tables with automatic shuffle machines. Here are their seats and chip counts:
Table 439
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mickey Petersen | 260,000 |
| 2 | Torrey Reily | 350,000 |
| 3 | Greg Merson | 370,000 |
| 4 | Toan Trinh | 320,000 |
Table 440
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brendon Rubie | 850,000 |
| 2 | Anthony Gregg | 920,000 |
| 3 | Timothy Adams | 430,000 |
| 4 | Mohsin Charania | 410,000 |
Table 441
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Schaaf | 610,000 |
| 2 | Andrey Gulyy | 380,000 |
| 3 | Jason Koon | 360,000 |
| 4 | Josh Gattesman | 200,000 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
We're taking a quick pause in the action to do a complete table redraw now that we're down to the final 12 players.
Ronit Chamani got the rest of her stack all in preflop against Josh Gattesman. The two were about even in chips with Gattesman only having Chamani covered by 2,000 with his 97,000 to her 95,000.
Chamani: 
Gattesman: 
The flop was pairing Gattesman but giving Chamani clubs or an ace as outs. The 
on the turned paired Chamani, giving her the two remaining sevens as outs as well going to fifth.
The 
bricked out for her on the river, however, and she was sent to the rail in 13th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
Busted |
Jason Koon got in a preflop raising war with Griffin Benger. Koon opened for 11,000, Griffin made it 26,500, Koon made it 46,000, Griffin made it 67,000 and Koon called.
The flop came 
and both players checked. The turn came 
, Koon bet 26,000, Benger shoved and Koon called.
Koon:
Benger: 
The board finished and Benger was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Anthony Gregg opened for 8,000 and Eric Froehlich raised to 22,000. Gregg put him all in and Froehlich called.
Gregg: 
Froehlich: 
Gregg hit a king on the flop and Froehlich never improved.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
||
Eric Froehlich raised to 8,000 from the button and Anthony Gregg three-bet to 19,000. Sam Stein tanked in the big blind before calling. Froehlich took quite some time to ponder but ended up pushing out a call as well.
The flop came 
and Gregg continued out with 24,000. Stein pushed out a raise to 51,000 and Froehlich quickly got out of the way. Gregg announced that he was all in and Stein called.
Gregg: 
Stein: 
Stein was looking for another heart but found a pair on the 
turn. The 
came on fifth street but it was of no help to Stein and he was sent to the rail in 16th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
750,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
Busted |
We caught up to see Tom Bravand all in with his tournament life at risk. Bravand held 
against James Schaaf's 
. The flop brought two pair for Schaaf, coming 
. The turn brought two pair for bravand with the 
but it was no good. The completed the board and he was sent to the rail in 17th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
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