Level 16 (6,000/12,000/12,000)

In the last hand before the break, action was picked up on the turn with the board reading . David O'Brien bet 160,000 and Lawrence Lazar called.

The river came the .

O'Brien announced all in. Lazar asked for a count which the the dealer counted out to be 265,000. Lazar called.

O'Brien announced "Straight to the Nine" and turned over the , Lazar mucked, the dealer turned it over briefly in an all in situation before putting the cards into the muck and shipping the huge pot to O'Brien.

Player	Chips	Progress
David O'Brien	1,075,000 785,000	785,000
Lawrence Lazar	810,000 -540,000	-540,000

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Level 15 (5,000/10,000/10,000)

Action was picked up on the turn with a pot of about 240,000 in the middle with the board reading . David O'Brien bet 60,000. Paul Espinoza folded and Lawrence Lazar called.

The river was the . Lazar quickly moved a large stack of chips forward for a bet f 150,000. O'Brien sighed before folding his hand and sending the big pot over to Lazar who added chips to near a million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lawrence Lazar	950,000 280,000	280,000
Paul Espinoza	450,000 90,000	90,000
David O'Brien	270,000 -190,000	-190,000

Dewey Tonko and Mehmet Cetinkaya were eliminated on the same hand on two different tables to bring the field from 14 to 12 without the need for hand for hand play as the remaining twelve players are all in the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dewey Tomko	Busted
Mehmet Cetinkaya	Busted

Players are now on a 15-minute break with 19 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lawrence Lazar	550,000 95,000	95,000
Julio Marrero-Sosa	405,000 405,000	405,000
Paul Espinoza	315,000 -65,000	-65,000
Jason Fitzpatrick	280,000 280,000	280,000
James Burrell	265,000 50,000	50,000
David O'Brien	190,000 155,000	155,000
Mehmet Cetinkaya	155,000 -35,000	-35,000
Badr Imejjane	135,000 35,000	35,000
William Mattison	123,000 123,000	123,000
David Mzareulov	120,000 120,000	120,000
Pom Jun	110,000 110,000	110,000
Eric Crews	90,000 90,000	90,000
Kenneth Po	87,000 7,000	7,000
Demey Tomko	75,000 75,000	75,000
Hector Salgado	67,000 67,000	67,000
Luis Sanchez	30,000 -10,000	-10,000
Joe Castaneda	22,000 -43,000	-43,000
John Clark	15,000 -60,000	-60,000

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