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We missed the brutal details, but Harold Kizzire was the first player eliminated from our final two tables, after John Holley rivered a flush to crack his 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
With the board reading 
, and over 475,000 already in the pot, Barry Bashist moved all in to put James Miller to a test for a ton of chips.
Miller went into the tank for several minutes, before finally convincing himself to call with 
in the hope that Bashist was only on a draw.
With 
, however, Bashist's hand was made, and it held up through the turn (
) and river (
}. This double pushed Bashist over the million chip mark, while Miller dropped to just over 700,000 with the misread.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,350,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
|
715,000
-885,000
|
-885,000 |
We lost 16 players in our first two hours of play, let's see what the next two levels will bring. Buckle up! Cards are in the air.
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,600,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
1,480,000
988,000
|
988,000 |
|
1,295,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
||
|
1,100,000
624,000
|
624,000 |
|
1,080,000
465,000
|
465,000 |
|
1,050,000
770,000
|
770,000 |
|
|
910,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
875,000
694,000
|
694,000 |
|
840,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
820,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
||
|
793,000
318,000
|
318,000 |
|
675,000
474,000
|
474,000 |
|
390,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
375,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
225,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
220,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
165,000
-157,000
|
-157,000 |
| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 452 | 1 | Michel Bouskila |
| 452 | 2 | George Wright |
| 452 | 3 | Steven Albini |
| 452 | 4 | Barry Bashist |
| 452 | 5 | Stephen Lutz |
| 452 | 6 | Harold Kizzire |
| 452 | 7 | Jim Downend |
| 452 | 8 | James Miller |
| 452 | 9 | John Holley |
| 453 | 1 | Jack Ward |
| 453 | 2 | Randolph Spain |
| 453 | 3 | Dana Ott |
| 453 | 4 | Jerry Jackson |
| 453 | 5 | Kimberly Kilroy |
| 453 | 6 | Michael Thorpe |
| 453 | 7 | James McClendon |
| 453 | 8 | Kenneth Lind |
| 453 | 9 | Fernando Halac |
The tournament has reached the final 18 players and a seat draw is in process followed by the first 20-minute break of the day. We will get you a new seat draw and chip counts as soon as we can. Be back with you shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
We came in on the action with Kenneth Lind calling the all in of Jo Ianello with a flop of 
on the board. Lind had 
for top pair and a flush draw and Ianello tabled 
for two pair.
Ianello survived the 
turn but the 
river completed Lind's draw, eliminating Ianello in 20th place. Lind told us he was in the hand by mistake because he thought he was the big blind when he put his initial call into the pot. Lucky for Lind he didn't give up once the mistake was made.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,180,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
After making it 100,000 to play with 
, Barry Bashist heard the words he wanted to hear.
"I'm all-in," declared Tim McCarthy, moving his last 310,000 forward for the all in bet.
When the original raiser got out of the way, Bashist snap-called, telling McCarthy and the dealer "don't do it to me again" as McCarthy had recently cracked a previous pair of aces with ace-nine suited, flopping the flush.
McCarthy turned over his 
and hoped to crack the aces for a second time, but no miracles arrived on the 
board, sending home on the second-best hand in Hold'em.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
775,000
384,000
|
384,000 |
|
|
Busted |
