There were two eliminations over the last ten hands. At one point in the tournament, Antonio Casale was the chipleader, which created a huge buzz in the poker room. Sadly, the local favorite was eliminated on Hand #24 when he ran into Alexander Kostritsyn's pocket Aces.
On Hand #27, Alexander Kostritsyn added more chips to his stack when he took out Nino Marotta. Kostritsyn is closing in on Michael Chrisanthopoulos for the chiplead.