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Joe Hachem opened to 2,500 second to act, and Ben Vinson three-bet to 8,700 across the table. Hachem called the extra, and it was heads-up to the flop.
The dealer fanned out 
, and Hachem checked. When Vinson bet 10,000, though, Hachem check-raised with a big stack of chips. Vinson's cards quickly hit the muck, and Hachem has moved back up to about 78,000 with that pot.
Under the gun, Joe Hachem made his usual raise to 2,000. The table folded around to the blinds where both Grant Trask and Mike Shklover came along to a three-handed flop.
It brought 
, and Trask checked. "Pot," Shklover announced, and Hachem could not call the 7,500. Trask elected not to call either, rather check-raising enough to put Shklover all in for 17,900 total.
Showdown
Trask: 
Shklover: 
Both men flopped top and bottom pair, and Shklover politely asked the dealer for a jack.
Turn: . Ding! The river 
sealed the double for Shklover's superior two pair, moving him back into contention with 43,300.
Erica Schoenberg has been grinding her stack all day long, but is now past 30,000 in chips after winning a hand against Casey Kastle.
On a flop that read 
, Schoenberg checked to Kastle who opened for 2,500. Schoenberg flat-called and both players checked the turn of the .
Schoenberg then led out for 3,500 on the river of the 
; Kastle paused momentarily, then thought better of it and decided to throw his hand into the muck.
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 0
Mike Shklover has moved up to 55,000 in chips after taking down a pot against Ben Vinson, who's now down to 25,500 in chips.
The action folded to Grant Trask who min-raised from the cutoff; Shklover called from the button and Joe Hachem and Vinson called from the small and big blinds respectively to go four-handed into a flop that read 
, which was checked all around.
Hachem then checked the turn of the 
; Vinson opened for 4,000, Trask folded and Shklover called. Hachem folded, making it heads-up to the river of 
, where both players checked again.
Shklover turned up 
for the straight and Vinson sent his hand straight into the muck.
Under the gun, Jon Swick limped into the pot, and both Erica Schoenberg and Joe Kushner called from the small and big blinds, respectively.
Three-handed to the flop, the dealer spread out 
, and Schoenberg led out for 2,600. Kushner raised, and Schoenberg put him all in for the 18,000 he had left.
Showdown
Swick: 
(straight and flush draws)
Schoenberg: 
(pair of queens and straight draw)
The turn was just what Swick was looking for as the left Schoenberg drawing dead to the river. When the chips were counted down, she was left with just 600.
Those 600 went into the next pot with 
against Carlos Mortensen's 
. Mortensen flopped a set of tens, but Schoenberg turned Broadway to keep her in the game for now.
Erica Schoenberg folded all the way around to the big blind for what would be her final hand of the day. Michael Greco limped in, Carlos Mortensen completed from the small blind, and Schoenberg knocked the table for a free flop.
It came 
, and Schoenberg's last 1,200 went into the middle. Greco quickly called with 
, and the lady's 
had her in a good spot to double up again.
Those hopes were dashed by the 
turn and river, though, and Schoenberg has been thusly flushed out of the tournament.
We're now down to 15 players in today's $5,300 Pot Limit Omaha event after Ben Vinson was eliminated shortly before table 50 was broken down. Here's how they line up on the final two tables:
Table 14
| Seat | Name | Chip Count |
| 1 | Sean Rafael | 28,400 |
| 2 | Mike Shklover | 41,700 |
| 3 | William Thorson | 87,300 |
| 4 | David Ewing | 35,200 |
| 5 | Grant Trask | 86,600 |
| 6 | Joe Hachem | 83,000 |
| 7 | Graeme Putt | 29,200 |
| 8 | Christopher Chau | 12,800 |
Table 10
| Seat | Name | Chip Count |
| 1 | Carlos Mortenson | 40,000 |
| 2 | --empty-- | 0 |
| 3 | Joe Kushner | 31,300 |
| 4 | Jon Swick | 21,100 |
| 5 | Michael Zowie | 94,700 |
| 6 | Michael Greco | 51,500 |
| 7 | Casey Kastle | 42,200 |
| 8 | Sammy Youssef | 50,500 |
We missed when the money went into the pot, scrambling over as we saw Joe Kushner standing up to sweat his all in. He was working with 
against Michael Zowie's .
Board: 
That makes Zowie the winning flush, sending Kushner to the exit a few places shy of the money.
During the scramble, Christopher Chau was also eliminated at the adjacent table, and we're down to 13 players.
Sammy Youssef has been eliminated at the hands of Full Tilt Red Pro Carlos Mortensen and as a result, we're down to just 12 players.
Mortensen raised from under the gun and the action folded around to Youssef who called from the big blind to see a flop of 
.
Youssef led out, but Mortensen quickly repotted all-in. "You got aces?" Youssef asked as he committed the rest of his chips. Mortensen tabled 
for two pair and Youssef sighed as he rolled up 
.
The turn of the 
kept Mortensen ahead and the river sealed Youssef's fate. Mortensen is now up to 93,000 in chips.
