Marcin Sobczak opened for 28,000 and it folded round to the big blind Olivier Doremus who moved all in. Sobczak wanted a count before he made a decision, and once he had it he decided to fold.
On the next hand it folded to Kevin Chiem on the button who moved all in and he picked up the blinds and antes.
The next few hands saw the big blind get a walk and then Cameron Tullis surrendered his big blind to a min-raise from Charles Nguyen in the small blind.
Despite being one away from the final table there are a few players who are not afraid to move the chips in and a jovial atmosphere currently prevails amongst the final 10 survivors.
Ultimately it would be Aaron Henderson who ran out of chips. He got the remainder of his stack in with the and Roland Reparejo who had him dominated with the .
"No four please," Reparejo said. After the flop he changed his mind and didn't want to see a three or eight. Neither the turn nor the river saw Henderson improve and we are down to ten players.
During the break the 500 chips will get removed from play and then we move all to one table. Once another player busts, the official final table will be set.
Just before the break, Jay Graunstadt shoved all in from middle position for 53,500 and John Taylor called from the big blind with . Graunstadt needed to hold to stay alive, but the flop proved it is never easy as the gave Taylor an open-ended straight draw.
The turn paired Taylor and now he just needed to fade an ace to eliminate Graunstadt. The on the river completed Taylor's straight and Graunstadt was sent packing.
We have six players below average and in they are all waiting for one of their contenders to make the next move right now. Roland Reparejo won a pot with a 50,000 bet on the flop to get slightly above the danger zone and Cameron Tullis won the blinds and ante with an all in from early position. Break shortly with updated chip counts.
Aaron Henderson raised to 18,000 from under-the-gun and Brian Wong pushed all in right behind him for 57,500. The action folded back around to Henderson, who, after a brief moment of thought, said "let's gamble" and made the call with . Wong turned over the .
The flop was and Henderson found a new card to root for as he was searching for a jack or two runners. The board ran out however and Wong is still alive with the much needed double.
It folded round to Antonio Bonilla in the small who moved all in. Marcin Sobczak in the big blind quickly made the call which certainly seemed to alarm Bonilla who had the smaller stack and flipped over . He had reason to be alarmed as Sobczak had .
The final board read . No ace to the rescue and after a quick first bump with Cameron Tullis, Bonilla went to pick up his winnings.