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Table 316
Seat 1: Michael Smith
Seat 2: Jacobo Fernandez
Seat 3: Harsukhpaul Sangha
Seat 4: Kyle Winter
Seat 5: Jeremy Fendelet
Seat 6: Nicholas Phillips
Seat 7: Tom Dwan
Seat 8: Austin McCormick
Seat 9: Scott Hamilton
Table 310
Seat 1: Venkatesh Gupta
Seat 2: Jason Young
Seat 3: David Randall
Seat 4: Jason Taus
Seat 5: Eric Ladny
Seat 6: Marvin Rettenmaier
Seat 7: Simon Watt
Seat 8: Alex Bolotin
Seat 9: Kyle Julius
With Christopher Gidding's elimination, we are down to our final 18 players, and the field is being redrawn as we speak. We'll be right back with the new table draw and some chip counts for your viewing pleasure.
Jason Taus moved all in for 72,000, and Tom Dwan called to put him at risk for the second time today.
Showdown
Taus: 
Dwan: 
Taus could see that Giddings was all in on the adjacent table, and he wanted to see the result of that hand before his own. "Don't deal!" he ordered the dealer. When the Giddings hand concluded, it was time to see if Taus could win his flip to stay alive.
Board: 
("Yesssss! from Taus) 
That's another double up for Taus, and he's worked his 20,000 chips back to about 160,000 now.
Under the gun, Christopher Giddings open-shoved for 361,000 total. He made it all the way around the table to the big blind, but Jason Young looked down at 
and made the snap-call to put Giddings at risk. He was in bad shape with 
.
The dealer would provide no help for the all-in player, dealing a board of 
. Unable to find an out, Giddings has been eliminated in 19th place.
Jason Taus has taken the first step towards a comeback. He's just quadrupled up with 
against 
on a board of 
.
That shoots him all the way back to 80,000, but there's still a lot of work to be done.
From the hijack seat, Harsukhpaul Sangha made an opening raise to 56,000. Jason Taus moved all in behind him for about 225,000 total. Just to make things interesting, Kyle Winter called all in for just a few chips less, and Sangha ducked out of the way. Cards up, gentlemen:
Taus: 
Winter: 
There was a queen right in the window, but it was not at all good news for Taus as the dealer rolled out 
. The 
on the turn left him drawing live to four chop outs, but the that rivered was the wrong paint.
Winter has notched his double up over 400,000, and Taus has been left with just 20,000 to start his comeback.
David Randall raised to 44,000 from middle position, and Jason Young called from the big blind.
The flop came out 
, and Young check-called a bet of 65,000. Both men checked through the turn, and the landed on fifth street. Young checked a third time, and Randall put out one final bet of 120,000. Young called, but we wouldn't get to see his cards.
Randall tabled 
, and Young slid his cards into the muck.
Randall - 885,000
Young - 565,000
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
David Newcomer has been nursing his short stack admirably since being crippled by that two-outer with aces. Just a moment ago, however, his day was ended in dramatic fashion by Austin McCormick.
McCormick started the action with a raise from the cutoff to 33,000, and Newcomer moved all in for 116,000 in the next seat over. McCormick called.
Showdown
McCormick: 
Newcomer:
The flop was an awesome one, coming out 
to make things quite interesting with two cards to come. The turn was a safe blank for Newcomer, the 
, and he was one card away from his third comeback double up.
He could not fade the on the river, though, and that diamond flush earns McCormick the pot and the knockout.
After a valiant short-stacked battle, David Newcomer is out in 20th place.
Venkatesh Gupta raised to 40,000 from middle position before Scott Hamilton three-bet to 112,000. Not to be outdone, big blind Simon Watt four-bet shoved all in for about 710,000 total. Gupta quickly folded, and Hamilton hemmed and hawed and did the same, sending that easy pot over to Watt without a showdown.
"I can't believe I didn't call," Hamilton said after the hand.
Hamilton - 740,000
Watt - 875,000
