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Anthony Falco got relatively short and got it all in with the 
running smack into Matt Marcinkiewicz' monster 
.
The board rolled out 
taking Falco out eighth.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 0
Fireworks flew on a 
when Dave Piano checked and Thomas Keeper made a pot-sized 48,000-chip bet.
John Stempien shoved in for 140,000 and Piano moved in over the top having them both covered. Keeper folded and Stempien was behind with the 
flush draw against Piano's 
made two pair and a smaller flush draw.
Piano held to bust Kid Karma after two bricks. A hand later, Keeper ran aces in the hole into Piano's flopped two pair with a club redraw. The clubs came and Keeper bubbled, leaving the remaining eight players in the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
570,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 0
They are coloring up the 500-denomination chips, taking a ten minute break and will return ten-handed with the bubble in sight.
Mark Roberts put Blake Napierala to the test for all his chips preflop while holding queens and fives double-suited.
Napierala called with jack high wrap possibilities and flopped a queen-high straight. However, the board paired on the turn giving Roberts the boat and sinking Napierala eleventh.
With that they are now seated at the ten-handed final table that looks like this:
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chad Martin | 35,000 |
| 2 | Anthony Falco | 61,000 |
| 3 | Jeff Salhab | 220,000 |
| 4 | Matt Marcinkiewicz | 250,000 |
| 5 | Thomas Keeper | 110,000 |
| 6 | John Stempien | 150,000 |
| 7 | Mark Roberts | 150000 |
| 8 | Dave Piano | 260,000 |
| 9 | Varun Palackan | 100,000 |
| 10 | Matt Shanahan | 170,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
260,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
|
250,000 | |
|
220,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
170,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
150,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
150,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
|
110,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
100,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
61,000
-123,000
|
-123,000 |
|
35,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
Busted |
Details are sketchy with this one, but there's been a shift at the top of the counts with Matt Marcinkiewicz on the right side of things.
He's claiming quad aces, Thomas Keeper says he was drawing to a Royal Flush at one point, and John Stempien apparently had rags and big ambitions. In the end, Stempien slipped under 200,000, Keeper was left in the danger zone and Marcinkiewicz brought his stack up to 250,000 without showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000 | |
|
|
180,000 | |
|
|
70,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 0
Dave Piano has now crested the 300,000-chip mark busting Bob Judd in the process.
Piano flopped a set of fours to sink Judd and take the last of what appeared to be a dwindling stack over the last level and a half.
With 11 players left they need just one more elimination to reach the 10-handed final table. Only the top eight get paid.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
320,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Sometimes it's more about the big laydowns you make than the big pots you win.
John Stempien just proved that. He's been steadily climbing the counts and had built a big stack before narrowly avoiding disaster when he flopped trip fours on a 
board moments ago.
He led and then folded to an almost pot-sized bet from Anthony Falco. When Kid Karma showed, Falco showed him he was right, turning over two fives.
