The final ten players are moving to the final table. Stay tuned for exact chip counts, after which the players are going on a one-hour break.
Once play resumes, you can follow the stream on MSPTpoker.com. The entire final table will be streamed with hole cards on a 15-minute delay.
Ryan Perez has had a huge upswing over the last hour. On this hand he opened for 65,000 and Andrew Rubinberg shoved his 450,000 stack all in.
Perez snap called and had pocket aces again, 
. Rubinberg couldn't believe it and turned over 
, thinking he had the better hand.
The board ran out 
and sent Rubinberg home and the remaining players to the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,850,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Gerald Heckathorn and Marius Toderici raced again, and again Toderici came out on top. This time Toderici had 
against Heckathorn's 
.
Toderici hit a ten on the flop and stayed ahead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000
-170,000
|
-170,000 |
|
350,000
178,000
|
178,000 |
Ryan Perez and Joseph Miller got all in preflop with pocket aces versus pocket kings. Perez was the lucky player holding and Miller was the one stuck with 
.
He couldn't catch up and Perez now has 1.2-million, leaving him and the player to his left, John Kurfman, both with over one-million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,250,000
565,000
|
565,000 |
|
|
87,000
-565,000
|
-565,000 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
James Casement and Lee Rzentkowski have been eliminated. John Kurfman was involved with both hands, but only won one of them. He knocked out Lee Rzentkowski.
and is now over 700,000. and Rzentkowski had 
. Kurfman is now at 1.3-million and overtakes Gerald Heckathorn as chip leader. Heckathorn lost some steam after he doubled two players up in a short period.| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,320,000
374,000
|
374,000 |
|
|
720,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Albert Kant (16th), Shawn Quinn (17th), and Shane Thorne (18th) have all been eliminated. Each player made $3,132.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
John Hayes and Gerald Heckathorn just played a big pot. At the end of the hand, Hayes would double up after Heckathorn missed his flush draw.
The board read 
and Hayes led out for 80,000. Heckathorn shoved all in for more than one-million chips and Hayes called. Hayes had top pair, top kicker with and Heckathorn had the nut flush draw with 
. Hayes held and doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
920,000
-280,000
|
-280,000 |
|
702,000
283,000
|
283,000 |
Marius Toderici has been short stacked for a little bit and shoved quite a few times without getting called. This time Gerald Heckathorn decided to oblige.
Heckatahorn called with 
and Toderici had 
. The board ran out 
and Toderici would double off the chip leader Heckathorn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,200,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
|
172,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
