Shawn Weintraub became the 17th place finisher in the Casino Employee's event after he was eliminated immediately after the 18th place finisher elimination and just like that the field was shrunk to just sixteen players.
Travis Williams raised pre-flop and called off his stack when Leo Abbe moved all in.
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Williams needed help but didn't get it as the board ran out . He was knocked out in 14th place, falling just five places short of making his second consecutive appearance at the final table.
Abbe, meanwhile, moved up to 1,150,000 on the hand.
Marco Starnoni had a great chance to eliminate Bobby Schmidt in a preflop all in, holding pocket rockets, vs the of Schmidt.
But the flop hit Schmidt as it came the to send the aces into a sudden spiral against the two-pair. The turn was the and the river came the to leave Starnoni with crumbs and give Schmidt a healthy stack.
Although Starnoni would hang around a while afterwards by winning two all ins, he would eventually succumb to Rico Cuevas when his could not chase down the in a preflop all in to end his tournament in thirteenth place.
James Scott moved all in from under the gun. It folded around to Justin Steinman in the small blind who called.
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The flop came the . The turn gave a few more outs to Scott as the came off but the river ended his hope as the came down to finish his run in twelfth place.
Andrew Bart was swiftly taken out of the tournament as he held the set on a board that had already been run out and read . It was no good as Bobby Schmidt held the for a straight, as he continued his surge before the final table.
Bobby Schmidt raised to 85,000 from early position and Justin Steinman three-bet to 215,000 two seats over.
Schmidt made the call and they went heads-up to a flop of . Schmidt checked and Steinman continued for 225,000. Schmidt then raised all in for 800,000 more, putting Steinman to the test. Steinman looked pained by the decision, rechecking his cards and letting out a loud sigh.
"Sorry guys," he said to the table.
Steinman eventually called after three minutes and showed . Schmidt turned over for top pair and needed to hold for a huge double up.
The board ran out and Schmidt took over the chip lead with 1,900,000. "Let's go," he yelled as he ran toward the rail.
Steinman, who began the unofficial final table as the chip leader, dropped down to 410,000.
James Barnett raised to 115,000 and Justin Steinman re-raised all in for around 400,000. Barnett made the call with , while Steinman showed a dominated .
There would be no help for Steinman this time, as the board came , pairing Barnett's queen and sending the one-time chip leader to the rail one off the official final table.
Barnett moves to around two million to begin the final table with that knockout.
Ronald Baltazar moved his short stack of 160,000 into the middle from early position. It folded to James Barnett who re-shoved his big stack and got everyone else out of the pot.
Baltazar held the , Barnett had the .
The board would run out the to end Baltazar's run in ninth place.
"The title of best dressed at the table is now back up for grabs!" said one of the players with a smile, as Baltazar and his multi-color shirt departed.