Since Ling's elimination on Hand #70, Chrisanthopoulos opened up a comfortable lead over Kostritsyn until Hand #80. Seidel was in trouble as the shortstack but he managed to avoid elimination and double up with pocket deuces in a race situation. Chrisanthopoulos outflopped him, but Seidel spiked a set on the river to double up. Kostritsyn is back in the chiplead.