We saw Team PokerStars pro Eugene Katchalov nursing a short stack of 1,500 earlier in the level, and when we made our last round at the tables, we saw that his seat was empty. The Ukrainian has been eliminated from today's play.
Level: 6b
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
We missed the betting action, but we saw that Nick Schulman and a shorter stacked player had all the money in on a 
flop. Schulman figured to be in decent shape with 
, but he was nearly drawing dead to his opponent's 
, good enough for middle set. The board brought no miracles for Schulman, coming 
and 
, and Schulman was knocked down to 2,100.
We caught up to find Andrew Lichtenberger and an opponent looking down at a flop of 
. Lichtenberger checked and his opponent fired what looked like 3,600. Lichtenberger raised to an unknown amount and his opponent called all in for 6,925. Lichtenberger showed 
for nines and fours but was behind his opponent's 
.
The board finished with the 
and the 
and Lichtenberger moved chips on over to his opponent. He's now sittign on about 2,500.
We wouldn't have believed it if we hadn't seen it ourselves, but Matt Weber has just doubled up through Kenny Tran after overshoving the river and getting called. Action started with Weber raising to 400 in early position, and Tran was the lone caller. The flop came down 
, and Weber fired out 425. Tran made the call, and the 
hit the turn.
This time Weber led out for 625, and again, Tran made the call. The river brought the 
, and this time, Weber shoved for his last 3,600. This was a bit more then the pot, and was a tough decision for Tran. After about two minutes or so in the tank, Weber called for the clock. Tran continued to tank until the ten second countdown, and ended up calling with five seconds left. Weber tabled 
for a flopped straight, and Tran mucked his hand.
Despite the hit, Tran is still sitting on 6,800, while Weber now has 9,800.
The last break was the last chance that players had to register for this event, so we were expecting to see a few notable names make their late arrivals. This list included Bryn Kenney, David "Bakes" Baker, and none other then Phil Ivey.
The players are back in their seats, and the cards are in the air again.
Level: 5b
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Round's over. Players are now on a 20 minute break.
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