Scott Clements limped in from early position, Grzegorz Derkowski called behind him, as did Kevin Iacofano, Danny Hannawa, Elie Payan, Andrey Pateychuk, and the player in the big blind.
The flop fell 
, and the action checked to Iacofano, who fired out 21,000. Payan raised to 54,000, the action folded back to Iacofano, and he went all in. Payan called.
Iacofano: 
Payan: 
The turn and river came 
, 
respectively, and Iacofano was eliminated.
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 0
The big board is showing 45 players are left to go to the dinner break. Play resumes in one hour.
Scott Clements has been steadily accumulating throughout the day and presently sits with more than 300,000 as we approach the dinner break.
Just now we saw Clements collecting another pot from Jason Rosenberg who is sitting on Clements's left.
The board showed 
and Clements was showing 
for a six-high straight. Rosenberg spent a few seconds muttering aloud, showing two of his cards — 
(making a five-high straight) — and noting how he was glad he resisted betting the turn.
Steve Landfish and John Holley have both hit the rail along with Tom West as Level 14 nears its end.
Jan-Peter Jachtmann was all in and at risk preflop with 
agains the 
of Scott Clements.
Clements made a winning two pair when the board rolled out 
, and Jachtmann was eliminated.
Clements now has 325,000 chips.
Magnus Martin was all in and at risk preflop with against the 
of Ashton Griffin. The board rolled out 
, and Griffin won the pot with a pair of queens.
Martin hit the rail, while Griffin is up to 235,000 chips.
Jamie Pickering — who memorably finished second to Vanessa Selbst in the $1,500 PLO event back in a 2008 — has been eliminated just shy of the final 50 here today.
Pickering's final hand began with a raise from the Aussie to 7,400, a reraise from Douglas Corning to 25,800 from a seat over, then a call by Pickering. The flop came and Pickering pushed his last chips all in, and Corning called.
Pickering: 
Corning: 
Pickering had the mechagodzilla wrap draw to make a straight to improve against Corning's aces, but alas for Pickering the turn was the and river the and he was eliminated.
| Place | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Negreanu | 459.28 |
| 2 | Tom Schneider | 427.88 |
| 3 | Daniel Kelly | 344.70 |
| 4 | Matt Waxman | 300.00 |
| 5 | Benny Chen | 300.00 |
| 6 | Mark Radoja | 292.50 |
| 7 | Matthew Ashton | 289.75 |
| 8 | Mike Matusow | 268.75 |
| 9 | Charles Sylvestre | 260.00 |
| 10 | Jason Duval | 256.25 |
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