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DJ Buckley open shoved his last 205,000 and Saad Ghanem made the call on the button.
The blinds folded and Buckley was in with 
versus Ghanem's 
. The 
flop was enough to send Buckley out tenth and the 
run out meant nothing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
Busted |
After 15 minutes without a flop, including open shoves from both Carl Carodenuto and Rich Alsup, Ryan Tyler raised to 105,000 and Vladimir Revniaga three-bet, making it 215,000.
It folded back to Tyler and he called to send them heads-up to the final table's first flop. They both checked the 
flop, but Tyler opened for 250,000 on the 
turn and took it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,310,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
|
1,155,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
Play resumes with 30 minutes left in Level 26.
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rich Alsup | 335,000 |
| 2 | Carl Carodenuto | 480,000 |
| 3 | Kirby Rogers | 1,480,000 |
| 4 | Dan Favreau | 580,000 |
| 5 | DJ Buckley | 315,000 |
| 6 | Ryan Tyler | 930,000 |
| 7 | Vladimir Revniaga | 1,405,000 |
| 8 | Willie Olson | 1,555,000 |
| 9 | Saad Ghanem | 1,050,000 |
| 10 | Brian Berthiaume | 1,245,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,555,000
1,280,000
|
1,280,000 |
|
1,480,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
|
1,405,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
|
1,245,000
725,000
|
725,000 |
|
|
1,050,000
-550,000
|
-550,000 |
|
|
930,000
790,000
|
790,000 |
|
580,000
-170,000
|
-170,000 |
|
480,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
335,000
-365,000
|
-365,000 |
|
||
|
|
315,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
Kirby Rogers open shoved 423,000 and DJ Buckley looked him up in the big blind with the 
.
Rogers was in trouble with the 
, but the 
board made him a jack-high straight.
A hand later, Rogers called Dennis Stevermer's 400,000-chip shove with 
and made Broadway to crack his pocket queens.
With ten players left the final table is set and the players will get a few instructions before being sent off on a dinner break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,200,000
560,000
|
560,000 |
|
|
330,000
-470,000
|
-470,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Sami Saad El-Dein shoved for less than 200,000 with the 
and Brian Berthiaume looked him up with the dominating 
in the big blind.
The board ran out 
taking El-Dein with it.
Down to 11 now, the final table of ten will be set with just one more elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
520,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
Busted |
Carl Carodenuto open shoved 309,000 and Kirby Rogers looked him up with the .
Carodenuto was in bad shape with the 
, but got what he needed from the 
board to survive and cut Rogers down drastically.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
640,000
-660,000
|
-660,000 |
|
|
620,000
520,000
|
520,000 |
Dan Favreau and Brian Berthiaume got in 75,000 a piece before the flop, then another 300,000 each once they had both flopped a set.
Favreau's aces were better than Berthiaume's fours and he doubled through, leaving Berthiaume under ten big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
750,000
625,000
|
625,000 |
|
|
230,000
-190,000
|
-190,000 |
