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Sean Drake called the all in of Howard Dion pre-flop and the players revealed their hands.
Drake: 
Dion: 
The flop of 
put Dion in the lead but gave Drake a flush draw. The 
on the turn changed nothing but the 
on the river gave Drake a set of fours and the win. Dion was sent to the rail just short of the final two tables. 19 players remain in the tournament.
Christopher Ellis got it all in preflop for his tournament life against Alex Alashkar.
Ellis : 
Alashkar: 
.
The flop of 
fell safely for Alshkar. The on the turn was also a safe card, but sheer surprised marked the table when the 
rivered and Ilis had won the hand.
Alashkar is currently sitting with about 45,000 in chips.
After a seemingly friendly limp pot, action broke out that would make Adam Falk the new chip leader.
Edward Marcus called from the cutoff for 4,000, Falk called from the small blind and the big blind checked his option.
The flop came 
and the action went check, check, prompting a 15,000 bet from Marcus. Falk made the call and the big blind folded.
The 
fell on the turn and Falk checked again. This time Marcus fired out 60,000 and Falk immediately raised all in for 157,000. Marcus made the call and was a monster favorite with for a flopped set against Falk's 
for top and bottom pair.
The fateful river came 
, sending the table in an uproar and crippling Marcus, who was left with just 33,000. Falk is our new chip leader with about 350,000.
Edward Marcus went all in pre-flop for his last 25,500 after Florenece Mclaurin raised to 18,000. Mclaurin made the call
Marcus: 
Mclaurin:
Marcus had a great flop when 
showed up. Marcus survived the turn , and the river 
. He now sits with over 50,000 in front of him.
Michael Barela raised to 25,000 under the gun and it folded around to Adam Ellis who pushed his entire stack of over 40,000 into the middle. Barela announced call and we were off to see the board.
Barela: 
Ellis: 
The board ran out 
and Adam Ellis' tournament life was no more. Barela is up to around 250,000.
Just as the dealers were told to stop dealing so we could redraw for the final two tables, a hand was brewing over on the featured table between Anthony Nicholson and Claudio Falcaro.
With the board already reading 
, Falcaro bet out 13,000 and Nicholson called. The river brought the and Falcaro bet out again, this time for 20,000. Nicholson then pushed all in for 66,000 and Falcaro pondered for a minute before making the call. Falcaro flipped over his for a flopped set of fours and Nicholson mucked his cards. Nicholson finished in 18th place.
After a redraw of seats, we have 17 players still vying for the bracelet and they will be going on a 1 hour dinner break at the end of the current level.
| Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Gullickson | 185,000 | 1 | 1 |
| Jason Baker | 165,000 | 1 | 2 |
| Adam Falk | 350,000 | 1 | 3 |
| Jordan Dhooghe | 104,000 | 1 | 4 |
| Richard Kozlowski | 110,000 | 1 | 5 |
| Romeo Samblero | 36,000 | 1 | 6 |
| Joseph Zeman | 142,000 | 1 | 7 |
| John Podobnik | 54,000 | 1 | 8 |
| Sean Drake | 185,000 | 1 | 9 |
| --empty-- | -- | 2 | 1 |
| Christopher Perez | 167,000 | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Barela | 251,000 | 2 | 3 |
| Daniel Quach | 132,000 | 2 | 4 |
| Stefan Martin | 225,000 | 2 | 5 |
| Alex Alashkar | 73,000 | 2 | 6 |
| Claudio Falcaro | 218,000 | 2 | 7 |
| Edward Marcus | 60,000 | 2 | 8 |
| Florence Mclaurin | 37,000 | 2 | 9 |
Michael Barela knocked out Alex Alashkar who was once the chip leader. Action started when Alashkar raised to 15,000. Christopher Perez called and Barela re-raised to 60,000. Alashkar quickly moved all in for his remaining 84,000 chips. Perez folded and Barela called the additional 24,000.
Alashkar:
Barela: 
The board ran out 
and Barela's pocket pair held up to score the knockout.
Michael Barela raised to 16,000 from the cutoff and Daniel Quach called from the button. The small and big blind folded and the two players took a flop, which came . Barela pushed all in and Quach quickly called for his remaining 114,000.
Barela: 
Quach: 
Quach's flopped straight held up as the meaningless and hit the turn and river. Barela is currently sitting just above 200,000.
Jordan Dhooghe raised to 12,000 from the button and Romeo Samblero announced that he was all in for 26,000. "Romeo must die!" exclaimed Samblero while laughing. Dhooghe threw in the remaining 14,000 and made the call.
Dhooghe:
Samblero: 
Dhooghe took the lead when they flop came and held it all the way through the of the turn and the on the river. Dhooghe's is at roughly 135,000.
