The remaining players were to redraw seats and combine to two tables after Dalton Dawkin's elimination; however, there was still one hand that needed to be completed before that could happen.
After action had foled around, David Hong moved all in from the button and was called by Nicholas Heather. Hong showed and was ahead of Heather's .
That all changed when the flop came . Suddenly Hong was behind and needed help. The turn was the and Hong was needed an king on the river to stay alive. It was not meant to be as the came on the river.
Hong was eliminated in 18th place for a $16,919 as the remaining players will now combine down to two table.
Mats Gavatin opened to 135,000 from middle position and with the action on Jeremy Defrande in the big blind, he pushed all in with Gavatin making the call.
Defrande:
Gavatin:
The board ran out a rather undramatic to see Defrande elimianted in 16th place while Gavatin climbs to 1,165,000 in chips.
Kyung Han opened to 58,000 only to have Christopher Brammer move all in for over 430,000. Han double-fist-pump-snap called for his last 304,000 and we were off to a showdown.
Han:
Brammer:
The board ran out to see Brammer slip to just 120,000 while Han climbs to 828,000 in chips.