There was one elimination prior to the dinner break. Eric Cloutier was all in with his short stack with 
against Manuel Bevand's 
, and when the board came 
Bevand's two-pair hand was best and Cloutier was out in 42nd place for a $9,306 cash.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000
137,000
|
137,000 |
|
Busted |
The dinner bell has rung and players now have one hour to get something to eat before play resumes.
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 0
Players are back in their seats and cards are in the air. The plan is to play four more one-hour levels tonight.
Dan Smith just doubled to survive versus Alex Manzano. All of the chips went in on a 
flop, with Smith holding top set with 
versus Manzano's flush draw with 
. The turn was the 
and river the 
, and Smith is back up over 110,000.
Meanwhile, Manzano is still in good shape following that hit as he currently occupies a spot near the top of the counts with 39 left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
303,000
-31,000
|
-31,000 |
|
114,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
||
Two more players have been knocked out to receive minimum cashes, with Uzair Mulla going out in 41st and Warwick Mirzikinian in 40th.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Chad Brown entered the day second in chips of the final 117, but as he held even with his chip stack the field gradually caught up and passed him. By the time the dinner break arrive, Brown found himself having slipped back to below average status.
Soon after they returned he went with 
, risking his stack versus Lee Goldman's 
. Brown's hand was still good through the 
flop and turn, but the fell on fifth street to give Goldman trip queens and Brown headed to the cashier with his 39th-place ticket.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
174,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
There were just three bustouts occurring almost simultaneously.
The first was Dan Smith going out in 38th place at the hands of Sorel Mizzi. After a Mizzi open to 6,000 from the button, Smith reraised to 18,500 from the big blind, Mizzi reraised the pot, and Smith called all in.
Smith had 
and needed to improve versus Mizzi's 
. But the board came 
, meaning Smith turned two pair but was counterfeited on the river to be eliminated.
Just as Smith was being knocked out, Tony Cousineau went out in 37th followed shortly thereafter by Juha Helppi in 36th.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
345,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Shaun Deeb and Rickie Vedhara saw a flop come 
at which point Deeb bet 10,500, Vedhara raised all in for 59,000, and Deeb called.
Deeb had 
while Vedhara had . The turn was the and river the , improving Deeb to a full house and knocking Vedhara out in 35th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0
