Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
When players returned from dinner break, one player's seat was empty, and the roughly 630,000 in chips he previously had in front of him were gone, as well. It turns out that this player had been banned from all Caesars properties and thus barred from entering World Series of Poker tournaments.
The player had knowingly bypassed security, going to great lengths to hide his real identity when registering for this tournament. When tournament organizers found out, his stack was terminated, and the chips were removed from the tournament. He left the premises without incident. His tournament buy-in remains in the prize pool, so the payout is not affected by this incident.
. The player at risk showed 
for second pair, and the river blanked to see Ormsby rake in yet another pot.
, Andrey Pateychuk bet 20,000 after the big blind checked to him. After a little consideration, the big blind check-raised to 100,000, and Pateychuk called. Both players checked the 
on the turn. The river was the 
, and the big blind checked once again before Pateychuk moved all in for roughly 220,000. Pateychuk's opponent considered his options for close to two minutes before eventually opting to fold.
, pairing the board. 
, flipping with Obara's 
.
, and Obara's queens held, putting him at just shy of a million chips.
into his pocket aces to also join the big stacks.
. Johns checked again, and Altman thought for a while before sliding in a bet of 135,000. Johns folded immediately.
