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On one of the last hands before the break, Mikhael Thuritz knocked out short-stacked Todd Ickow. Thuritz's single suited 
made two pair on a board of 
. Ickow was all in with all low cards, 
and didn't make anything better than a pair of eights. He's out.
Players are on the last break of the day.
Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 0
During the last level, Eugene Katchalov was down to a single T1,000 chip. Since then, he has doubled, and tripled, and doubled and doubled some more. He recently tripled up to 68,000 at the expense of Yuegi Zhu and Jean Robert Bellande. Bellande was the only player to make it to showdown with Katchalov. His 
was no match for Katchalov's 
on a board of 
.
Michael Jarmark got his depleted stack in the middle against Jordan Morgan.
"Seven-high any good?" Morgan asked as he tabled 
. Jarmark showed four low cards of ihs own, 
. That proved to be the winning hand when Morgan completely whiffed a board of 
.
Jarmark now has 85,000.
Mikhael Thuritz, Mike Sexton and Tai Nguyen each put in three bets pre-flop. On a flop of , action checked to Sexton who bet. Both players called. The turn paired deuces, 
. Action action checked to Sexton and again he bet. Only Thuritz called. Thuritz check-called one more time on the river. He lost both halves of the pot when Sexton tabled 
for trip deuces and a strong low.
Sexton is up to almost 300,000 in chips.
Michael Jarmark bet the flop of 
before Sergey Altbregin raised. The next player, D'Agostino, called and then Jarmark called and was all in. The turn was the and the two remaining players checked. They also checked the on the river.
Altbregin tabled the 
and both D'Agostino and Jarmark mucked. Jarmark was eliminated on the hand.
There will be no payday tonight for John Kabbaj. He went to the hilt with Jean Robert Bellande after flopping a partial wrap wheel draw with 
on a flop o 
. The draw never filled as the board paired aces on the turn and bricked with the river. Bellande is up to 352,000 and Kabbaj is out.
On the flop of , Eugene Katchalov bet and Jean-Robert Bellande called. The turn brought the and Katchalov bet again. Bellande raised and Katchalov tanked for a little bit before calling all in.
"I've got the nuts with the nut redraw," announced Bellande. Katchlov heard that and smacked his fist on the table in disgust.
Bellande held the 
for a wheel and a six-high straight. He also had the diamond redraw to go along with it. Katchalov held the .
The river was dealt out and the dealer placed the on the felt. Katchlov smacked the felt again, but this time it was in excitement as he nailed a full house to scoop half the pot and stay alive in the tournament.
Sam Farha had Dan Heimiller all in and behind. Farha bet a flop of 
and was called by Heimiller. When Farha also bet the 
turn, Heimiller raised all in. Farha called with two pair, aces and sixes, 
. Heimiller was drawing with only a single pair of aces and a bad low draw, . Heimiller then asked the dealer for a nine on the river... and got it with the 
. That card overcoated Farha's aces and sixes to give each players aces and nines. Heimiller's king kicker was best.
The double-up gives Heimiller 75,000. Farha has 260,000.
