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Sebastian Gohr opened to 80,000 from under the gun and Maxx Coleman, Jason Mann, Steve Gee and Age Spets all called from a variety of positions.
The dealer dropped a 
flop and Coleman bet out 185,000 to force a quick succession of folds to see him pushed the pot to move to roughly 1.6 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,585,000 | -5,000 |
There has been a flurry of action on the feature table since the players returned from break, as there has been an elimination or double up on three straight hands. On the second hand back from break, Jonathan Jaffe raised to 95,000 on the button. Annette Obrestad moved all in for 810,000, and Michiel Brummelhuis cold called the bet from the big blind. Jaffe got out of the way, and Obrestad was in big trouble.
Brummelhuis: 
Obrestad: 
Obrestad said "Now it's time to use my one time in America," when she saw the cards, and the flop brought all low cards, coming 
. Obrestad could now win with a five or a three, and the turn was another low card, but not the one she wanted, 
. Obrestad was down to her last card, and that river was the 
.
Brummelhuis jumped up to 3.275 million after that hand, while Obrestad adds a top 100 finish to her win in the 2007 WSOP Europe Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,280,000 | 895,000 |
|
Busted |
Keanu Tabali opened to 85,000 from under the gun plus one, and was called by Jan Nakladal from the blinds.
The flop came down 
, and Nakladal checked. Tabali bet out another 80,000, before he was met with a raise to 200,000. He thought about his decision for a moment, before making the call.
The 
fell on the turn, and Nakladal reached for his chips. He then pushed in a bet of 300,000, which was good enough for the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,715,000 | -295,000 |
|
1,410,000 | 350,000 |
Just before the last break, Jackie Glazier and Yevgeniy Timoshenko were involved in a big hand that saw about 700,000 find its way into the middle by the river with the board showing 
.
When we arrived it appeared Timoshenko had fired a bet of 475,000, then Glazier had shoved all in, forcing Timoshenko into a long study lasting a few minutes into the break. Finally Timoshenko let his hand go, and with that one Glazier returns for Level 25 to a stack of more than 2 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,160,000 | |
|
2,051,000 |
Most of the field at the start of Level 25:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,450,000 | -250,000 |
|
5,870,000 | 970,000 |
|
5,800,000 | 3,450,000 |
|
4,760,000 | 760,000 |
|
4,565,000 | -735,000 |
|
4,415,000 | -285,000 |
|
3,800,000 | 1,805,000 |
|
3,600,000 | -140,000 |
|
3,520,000 | -420,000 |
|
3,420,000 | 320,000 |
|
3,355,000 | -110,000 |
|
3,235,000 | 235,000 |
|
3,160,000 | 1,302,000 |
|
|
3,160,000 | -315,000 |
|
3,130,000 | 80,000 |
|
|
3,010,000 | -140,000 |
|
2,995,000 | -5,000 |
|
2,930,000 | 930,000 |
|
2,890,000 | 240,000 |
|
2,855,000 | 280,000 |
|
2,855,000 | 628,000 |
|
2,785,000 | -195,000 |
|
2,695,000 | -125,000 |
|
2,625,000 | -855,000 |
|
2,620,000 | -60,000 |
These players earned $59,708 for their Main Event finish. For exact-place finishes, please check the payouts page.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Four levels are complete, with one more still to be played on Day 5 on the Main Event. During this past level, the tournament crossed a major milestone, as the “Players Left” section on the official tournament clock finally dropped to double digits. There are now 89 players left, all of whom are guaranteed a minimum payout of $71,053.
Sami Rustom is now the chip leader. Rustom was briefly atop the leader board before the dinner break, and regained that position during the last level when he won an all-in flip against Jonathan Depa. He then extended his lead by winning a big pot with a straight, putting his stack at almost 7.5 million. At the time, it was almost two million more than his closest competitor. He's since dropped to 6.7 million, but still holds a substantial chip lead.
Former Main Event champion Carlos Mortensen continued his hot streak from before dinner. He busted two players in a row, including Marvin Rettenmaier, bringing his stack up to almost three million.
There are now three women left in the field: Jackie Glazier, Annette Obrestad, and Beverly Lange. A fourth, Kima Kimura, was eliminated in 100th place. Glazier, Obrestad, and Lange still have a long way to go to match the performance of Gaelle Baumann and Elisabeth Hille from a year ago, but each of them surely have their sights set on even bigger prizes, like the final table and the bracelet.
Play resumes in 20 minutes. We’ll be back with chip counts and live updates from the last level once players return to their tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,430,000 | |
|
2,900,000 | 240,000 |
|
|
2,385,000 | |
|
1,370,000 | |
|
1,310,000 | |
|
|
875,000 | |
|
645,000 | -60,000 |
|
625,000 |
Brandon Steven had been all in multiple times over the last hour or so with his stack of less than 1 million, surviving each instance. Alas for Steven, in one of the final hands of Level 24 his Main Event run has come to an end, with a combination of community cards producing a gut-wrenching send-off.
The hand started with Steven open-shipping his last 675,000 from early position. It folded to Keanu Tabali who asked for a count, then receiving it promptly dropped down the requisite chips to call. It folded back around, Steven showed 
, and Tabali turned over 
. The pair bumped fists, then turned to watch the board.
The 
flop seemed unremarkable, but when the 
fell on the turn many uttered the word "sweat" as Tabali had hit a set of nines, but Steven had flush outs to survive.
Then came the river… the 
! Steven initially pumped his fist at the sight of the third spade on board then an instant later it registered with him that the card had paired the board to give Tabali the winning full house, and Steven's head sunk with the realization.
Another great Main Event run for Brandon Steven thus concludes with a top 100 finish. Steven finished 10th in 2010, just missing that year's November Nine.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,150,000 | 750,000 |
|
|
Busted |