Jake Balsiger has been eliminated from the tournament. According to Dan Murariu, Balsiger open-shoved for rest of his chips with 
, and Murariu called with 
. The board came 
, and Murariu took the chips, sending Balsiger to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Brian Friefeld was all in from early position, and action folded to Thiago Nishijima in the small blind. Nishijima, who has been quiet since his huge double, moved all in. The big blind folded.
Nishijima: 
Friefeld: 
The flop was grim for Friefeld: 
, cutting his outs in half. A 
and 
completed the board, and Nishijima added to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
314,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
The players are on their dinner break. Play will resume in 60 minutes.
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
The dinner break is over, and players have returned to their tables to begin Level 18.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
||
|
260,000
132,000
|
132,000 |
|
180,000
162,800
|
162,800 |
|
155,000
118,300
|
118,300 |
|
150,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
144,000
57,700
|
57,700 |
|
135,000
104,300
|
104,300 |
|
115,000
94,400
|
94,400 |
|
85,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
We found Chris DeMaci and Jonathan Bennett heads up with the board reading 
.
DeMaci checked, and Bennett bet 58,000, nearly half of his stack. DeMaci called quickly, and Bennett showed 
for a full house. DeMaci muttered to himself as he exposed before tossing it in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
308,000
188,000
|
188,000 |
|
218,000
187,000
|
187,000 |
Jeff Forrest pushed all in preflop, and Mike Germanos called. The players turned up their cards:
Forrest: 
Germanos: 
The board came 
, offering Germanos no help. He was eliminated, and Forrest is up to 105,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
105,000
86,600
|
86,600 |
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000
318,900
|
318,900 |
|
290,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
|
|
260,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
180,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
150,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
120,000
79,800
|
79,800 |
|
95,000
62,500
|
62,500 |
|
|
75,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
Denis Gnidash opened for a raise on the button, and Mark Jun reraised to 32,000 from the small blind. Balint Pusztai, in the big blind, woke with a cold four-bet all in for 116,500 more. Gnidash folded, and Jun went into the tank.
"Wow, that's a lot of chips," he said. "I don't understand why you would do that."
He got out of his seat and paced for a bit, thinking it over. Finally, after about two minutes, he folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
287,000
217,000
|
217,000 |
|
187,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
