Timothy Finne's Main Event run has come to an end at the start of Level 18 after taking his 
and the last of his chips up against Yi Fang's 
.
When the board ran out 
, Fang cried "I love ladies" a few times — referring to his pocket queens having held — and Finne wasn't too amused.
These players earned $24,480 for their Main Event finish. Keep an eye on the payouts tab for exact-place finishes.
From the hijack seat, Joseph Curcio raised to 16,000. Joshua Smith reraised to 33,000, and action folded back to Curcio. He called, and the dealer ran out the 
flop. Both players checked.
The turn was the 
, completing a possible flush draw. Curcio checked, Smith bet 38,000, and Curcio made the call.
The river completed the board with the . After Curcio checked with approximately 150,000 behind. Smith announced that he was all in, putting Curcio to the test as he had him covered. Curcio tanked for about a minute, then folded, and Smith won the pot.
Carter Gill raised to 16,000 from early position, and action folded around to Marcel Luske in the big blind. Luske called, and the flop came 
. Both players checked, and the dealer turned the 
. Luske bet out for 17,000, and Gill called. The river was the 
, and Luske immediately pushed forward a bet of 35,000. Gill called almost as quickly, and Luske turned over 
for a flush. Gill mucked, and Luske took the pot.
Nicholas E. Blumenthal raised in early position, [Removed:532] three-bet to 42,000 in the cutoff, and the action folded back to Blumenthal, who four-bet to 84,000. [Removed:550] returned to the tank.
"One thirty-five," he finally announced, pushing forward a stack of orange T5,000 chips.
It was Blumenthal's turn to tank, and after 90 seconds or so he decided to call, risking a third of his stack. The flop fell 
, Blumenthal checked, and [Removed:550] fired out 105,000. Blumenthal moved all in for 276,000, and [Removed:550] called.
Blumenthal: 
[Removed:550]: 
There was a break in the action to allow the ESPN cameras to get in position, and when they were ready, the dealer burned and turned the 
. Blumenthal shot back in his chair and threw his hands on his head, but he was far from drawing dead - any seven, six, three, or eight would keep him alive.
The 
completed the board, giving Blumenthal a straight, and once again he threw his hands on his head.
"Jeeeeeeeeeeeez," he groaned at the dealer.
Blumenthal doubled to 850,000 chips, while [Removed:550] fell to 805,000.
The hand started with Grant Hinkle opening to 16,000 from under the gun, and finding a call from the opponent to his left. The rest of the table folded, as the two saw the flop come 
.
Hinkle then threw out a continuation bet of 10,000, before being met with an immediate raise to 35,000. He called, as the fell on the turn. A check was met with a bet of 50,000, as Hinkle went into the tank. He finally made the call, and stared down his opponent as the completed the board.
He then looked at the board, before checking once more. His opponent then moved all in, which was enough to send Hinkle’s cards into the muck.
Tim Ulrich raised to 16,000 in early position and Sergei Stazhkov called from the hijack. Doyle Brunson three-bet to 86,000 on the button, forcing folds from the blinds and from Ulrich. After a few moments Stazhkov re-raised all in, resulting in Brunson calling all in for 204,000.
Stazhkov: 
Brunson: 
The flop was no help to Brunson, nor was the turn. With only three outs, the two-time Main Event champion and 10-time bracelet winner was unable to catch a king as the river ended Brunson's impressive run.
Brunson received not one, but two rousing ovations from the entire Amazon Room as he graciously made his exit.
Ronnie Bardah is now up to 650,000 in chips after busting Muhammad Abdel Rahim, then taking a three-way pot that involved Kevin Allen and Amir Lehavot.
On the hand where Bardah busted Abdel Rahim, the two were in action on a flop of 
. Abdel Rahim fired a bet of 31,000, and Bardah raised to 61,000. Abdel Rahim reraised all in for around 160,000, and Bardah snapped it off.
Bardah showed the for top two pair against Abdel Rahim's 
. The turn was the , leaving Abdel Rahim drawing dead, then the river completed the board with the .
On the next hand, Bardah saw a flop of 
with Allen and Lehavot. Bardah was acting first and bet 28,000. Allen folded, but Lehavot called.
The turn was the , placing a four-card straight on the board. Bardah led for 39,000, and Lehavot gave it up.
After unknown preflop action, Paul Lackey was all in and at risk for around 200,000 holding . His opponent, David Stephens, had him crushed with , and held as the board rolled out 
.
Lackey was off to the cage to collect his cash, while Stephens is up to 820,000 chips.
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