Pantling Pairs Turn, Picks Up Chips
Level 25
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
As the elimination of Mauro Stivoli was taking place and the remaining players were readying for the move over to the main feature table, a big hand developed between Justin Filtz and Wesley Pantling. After Filtz had led the flop and Pantling called, the turn made the board 
. The pair then got the rest of Pantling's chips in the middle, with Pantling holding 
for top pair of aces and Filtz 
for sevens and a flush draw.
The river was the 
, and Pantling ended up carrying a lot more chips over to the feature table than he would have otherwise. He sits with over 1.8 million now, while Filtz still has about 3.5 million.
There will be another pause in play while the players get situated on the main stage for the (not-quite-final) final table.