On a flop, Dan O'Brien led out for 24,500. Cliff Josephy called, and then both players checked the turn, and then checked again on the river. O'Brien showed for king high, and Josephy showed for top pair.
Josephy has taken a commanding lead at this table and has O'Brien severely outchipped.
It's time for the dinner break. However, tournament staff have give players the option of playing through the break if everyone at the table agrees.
At this point, there are four tables remaining, all of which are heads-up. Chris Klodnicki and Ezra Udoff will take their scheduled dinner break, as will Mandeep Sarang and Simeon Naydenov. Dan O'Brien and Cliff Josephy, however, have agreed to continue playing, as have Cherish Andrews and Max Steinberg.
Those tables who are playing through break are now playing with 3,000/6,000 blinds with a 1,000 ante.
On a board that read , Cherish Andrews moved all-in. Max Steinberg thought for a minute, then called. Andrews showed Queen-high, and Steinberg showed for top pair. Steinberg has doubled up, and Cherish Andrews now has less than 100,000.
On a flop of , Cherish Andrews bet 13,000 and Max Steinberg called. They both checked when the fell on the turn, and then Steinberg led out for 32,000 on the river. After thinking for a minute, Andrews cut out chips to call and pushed them forward. Steinberg turned over for a full house.
Andrews had started mounting a comeback, but after this setback is back down to about 90,000 in chips.
Max Steinberg has eliminated Cherish Andrews. On the final hand, Andrews raised with a suited King-Queen, and Steinberg raised all-in with . The board failed to improve Andrews's hand, and Max Steinberg advances to the final table and will try to earn his second WSOP bracelet tomorrow.
Those players who broke for dinner are now resuming play. There are only two tables left in this tournament. Mandeep Sarang is heads-up against Simeon Naydenov and Chris Klodnicki is heads-up against Ezra Udoff.
Mandeep Narang has been eliminated from the tournament. He raised pre-flop to 16,000, and Simeon Naydenov called. Then the real action started. The dealer spread a flop, and Naydenov checked. Narang then bet 23,000. Naydenov reached for his chips and started to push forward a stack with each hand. The dealer started to announce "all-in," but Naydenov stopped him and said he was raising to 60,000. The dealer may have been prescient, though, as Narang announced all-in almost immediately, and then Naydenov quickly called. Narang showed for top pair, but Naydenov had for a flopped straight. The turn was the , giving Narang a flush draw, but the river was a harmless . Naydenov won the pot and the table, and will advance to the the final table tomorrow.
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For the second day in a row, Ezra Udoff was involved in the final heads up match of the day, but this time he did not come out on top.
On the last hand of the night, Chris Klodnicki raised to 12,000 on the button. Udoff made a reraise to 32,000 from the big blind. Klodnicki then moved all in and Udoff quickly called, turning over his
"It's a flip," Klodnicki said turning over his .
The board ran out giving Klodnicki two pair and the winning hand. Klodnicki will return tomorrow as the last member of the final table.
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flop, Dan O'Brien led out for 24,500. Cliff Josephy called, and then both players checked the 
turn, and then checked again on the 
river. O'Brien showed 
for king high, and Josephy showed 
for top pair.
, Cherish Andrews moved all-in. Max Steinberg thought for a minute, then called. Andrews showed Queen-high, and Steinberg showed 
, Cherish Andrews bet 13,000 and Max Steinberg called. They both checked when the 
fell on the turn, and then Steinberg led out for 32,000 on the 
for a full house.
and Josephy bet out 8,000. O'Brien made a reraise to 22,000 and Josephy moved all in.
for top pair, but Naydenov had 
for a flopped straight. The turn was the 
.
giving Klodnicki two pair and the winning hand. Klodnicki will return tomorrow as the last member of the final table.
