We're not sure how it happened as we were preoccupied constructing the new table draw, but we can confirm that Octaviano Duran was eliminated shortly after the players combined down to three tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Table 439
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Noomis Jones |
| 2 | Michael Cooper |
| 3 | Jonathan Hart |
| 4 | Paul Taylor |
| 5 | Francis Lincoln |
| 6 | Vojtech Ruzicka |
| 7 | Stephen Hesse |
| 8 | Matt Livingston |
| 9 | Timothy Finne |
Table 440
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Charalampos Lappas |
| 2 | Lee Watkinson |
| 3 | Sonu Sharma |
| 4 | Cameron McKinley |
| 5 | Vlatcheslav Ortynskiy |
| 6 | Tony Kendall |
| 7 | Roch Cousineau |
| 8 | Octaviano Duran |
| 9 | Elie Payan |
Table 441
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Wood |
| 2 | Steven Loube |
| 3 | Andrew Barber |
| 4 | Lawrence Berg |
| 5 | Paul Ewen |
| 6 | Dario Alioto |
| 7 | Kyle Carlston |
| 8 | Dan Heimiller |
| 9 | Mikhail Semin |
We just witnessed a doozie of a pot over at Table 429, one that determined the chip lead. It began when action folded to Charalampos Lappas on the button and he raised to 18,000. Charles Kassin was in the big blind and potted to around 60,000, which Lappas called.
When the flop fell 
, Kassin led out for 120,000 and Lappas instantly moved all in. Kassin only had around 30,000 behind and simply shrugged before calling off.
Showdown
Lappas: 
Kassin: 
Kassin was ahead with aces as the dealer ran out the 
and 
on the turn and river respectively. For a moment everyone seemed to think Kassin had won the massive pot, but then someone uttered, "Flush." Indeed, Lappas had hit runner-runner hearts to make a flush and scoop the pot.
With Kassin's elimination in 28th place, the remaining players are redrawing seats and will combine down to the final three tables.
Meanwhile, James Hong had been eliminated in 28th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
520,000
208,000
|
208,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
"Payout! 430!"
So said Adam Kornuth announcing with a grin his own bust for the dealer as he stood by the table. In his final hand, Kornuth had been all in and at risk with 
versus Matt Livingston's 
. The board came 
— a set of kings for Livingston versus two pair for Kornuth — and we are down to 29.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
346,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
Busted |
Roch Cousineau has assumed the chip lead with 30 players remaining after knocking out Michael Gross.
Cousineau, Gross, and Lawrence Berg were all still around to see a 
flop, at which point Berg bowed out. Gross was already all in, and so he and Cousineau tabled their hands — 
for Cousineau, and 
for Gross.
The turn was the and river the , which meant the nut low for Cousineau for the low and a better two pair for the high, thus sending Gross out in 31st.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
386,000
239,000
|
239,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 0
Dan Heimiller raised to 15,000 from the button only to have Francis Lincoln pot all-in from the small blind. Heimiller made the call and the cards were turned up:
Showdown
Lincoln: 
Heimiller: 
At that point, Lincoln said something in his heavy British accent and Heimiller was confused. "Run it Twice?" Hemiller asked a bit confused. "What'd you say?" It turned out Lincoln was simply telling him how much he had, which is a good thing considering there is no running it twice in tournament poker.
In this instance, Heimiller no doubt wishes he could have had another shot at it as the board ran out 
and Lincoln was pushed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
73,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
||
The short stacks continue to fall, with Barry Greenstein the latest victim in 32nd.
Greenstein was just all in before the flop with against the 
of Lawrence Berg. The flop came 
. "That's not good for me," said Greenstein. The turn was the 
and river the , giving Berg Broadway and sending Greenstein to the rail.
"Good game," said Berg to Greenstein. Then, as an afterthought: "Hey, where's my book?"
"No more books," said Greenstein as he stood by the table sending a tweet to report his elimination. After giving away copies of his Ace on the River for years to those who oust him from tourneys, Greenstein stopped doing so some time back.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
178,000
123,000
|
123,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
On a flop of 
, Travis Frandsen got his stack all in holding 
and was at risk against Sonu Sharma, who held 
. The 
turn gave Frandsen two pair and the lead, but the 
on the river gave Sharma a straight and the knock out.
Meanwhile, Christopher George preceded Frandsen out the door in 34th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
325,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Adam Kornuth was just all in with for about 27,000 and calling for high cards versus Mikhail Semin's .
The flop came and the table reacted to how neatly it fitted with Kornuth's hand. The on the turn brought further comments. Then the fell on the river.
"You missed that three entirely," quipped Tony Kendall to Kornuth. "You're nowhere near it."
Kornuth survives, not minding the stray trey.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
61,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
|
|
55,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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