Hand #24 - Jon Friedberg has the button in seat 7, Traniello raises from the cutoff to 50,000, Smith reraises from the big blind to 158,000, Traniello moves all in, and Smith asks for a chip count. It's an additional 111,000 to Smith (a total bet of 269,000), and he makes the call with . Traniello shows , and he'll need to improve to stay alive in this race situation.
The flop comes , and Smith retains the lead with his pocket pair. The turn card is the , and Traniello needs an ace or a king to survive.
The river card is the , and Smith takes the pot with his pocket jacks.
Marco Traniello is eliminated in ninth place, earning $14,925. The next player eliminated will receive $20,255.
Hand #21 - Mike Spegal has the button in seat 4, Savitsky raises from the cutoff to 40,000, Spegal reraises from the button to 80,000, and Savitsky folds. Spegal takes the pot.
Hand #20 - Thomas Savitsky has the button in seat 3, Langdon raises to 40,000, Lynch reraises to 140,000, and Langdon thinks for about 30 seconds before he folds. Lynch takes the pot.
Hand #17 - Gavin Smith has the button in seat 9, Traniello limps for 16,000, Smith raises from the button to 58,000, and Traniello folds. Smith takes the pot.