Level: 17
Blinds: /
Ante:
Level: 17
Blinds: /
Ante:
The players are now on a 20-minute break.
Limit Hold'em
Brent Wheeler bet out on the 

flop and Samuel Golbuff made the call.
The turn was the
and Wheeler bet out again. Golbuff raised and Wheeler folded, dropped back to about 50,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
234,000
101,500
|
101,500 |
|
|
52,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
|
|
||
Limit Hold'em
Action folded around the table to eight-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Phil Ivey in the small blind and he completed the bet. John MacDonald checked and the flop rolled out 

.
On the flop, Ivey checked and MacDonald checked behind. The turn was the
and Ivey bet. MacDonald made the call. The river was the
and Ivey bet again. MacDonald called all in for 4,000.
Ivey showed the 
for trip eights and MacDonald showed the 
for two pair. Ivey won the hand and MacDonald was eliminated, which brings the field down to 13 players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
203,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Limit Hold'em
From middle position, Chris Tryba raised. Anton Kunikeyev called from the small blind and Phil Ivey folded from the big blind. The flop came down 

and both players checked.
They also checked the
that paired the board on the turn before the dealer placed the
out on the river. Kunikeyev checked and Tryba fired a bet. Kunikeyev folded and Tryba won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
51,500
26,000
|
26,000 |
No-Limit Hold'em
Andre Akkari was all in preflop with the 
for 78,000 against the 
for Erik Cajelais.
Akkari flopped a gutshot straight draw to go with his pair on the 

flop, but the
on the turn and
on the river left him second best. He was eliminated in 15th place and took home $10,219 for his effort.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
390,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
No-Limit Hold'em
From under the gun, Joep van den Bijgaart raised to 8,500. Michael Gathy, who won Event 21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em, reraised to 20,500. Shannon Shorr was on the button and reraised all in for 113,000 after play folded to him. Van den Bijgaart gave it up, but Gathy made the call.
Gathy turned up the 
to have a strangle hold on the 
of Shorr.
The flop was a dry 

as far as Shorr was concerned. That was followed by the
on fourth street and the
on fifth street. Shorr couldn't come from behind and was eliminated in 16th place. Gathy took the bounty, the pot and moved himself into the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
472,000
184,000
|
184,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
330,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
295,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
288,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
285,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
|
260,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
190,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
187,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
168,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
168,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
135,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
|
133,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
132,500
160,500
|
160,500 |
|
|
122,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
120,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
116,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
77,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0