Andrey Zaichenko opened to 12,000 and Amnon Filippi made the call from the button. Both players checked the 
flop before Zaichenko bet out 16,000 when the turn landed the 
.
Filippi called, and when the river landed the 
he was now faced with a 24,000-chip bet.
Filippi deliberated for a few moments before eventually folding his hand to relinquish the pot to the Russian.
Mark Gregorich and Michael Schwartz were eliminated shortly after the collapsing into three tables. Here are chip counts for the final 25 players:
Tan #362
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Raymond Davis |
| 2 | Michael Schwartz |
| 3 | Mark Gregorich |
| 4 | Mel Judah |
| 5 | Stephen Chidwick |
| 6 | Bryan Andrews |
| 7 | Ashly Butler |
| 8 | Dylan Linde |
| 9 | John Cernuto |
Tan #356
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Zhen Cai |
| 2 | Ari Engel |
| 3 | Joshua Weiland |
| 4 | Romik Vartzar |
| 5 | John O'Shea |
| 6 | Alexey Makarov |
| 7 | Michael Sanders |
| 8 | Tyler Nelson |
| 9 | Allyn Jaffrey Shulman |
Tan #350
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Lansdon |
| 2 | Vladimir Shchmelev |
| 3 | Robert Price |
| 4 | Amnon Filippi |
| 5 | Eddie Blumenthal |
| 6 | Joe Hachem |
| 7 | Michel Abecassis |
| 8 | Brian Hacker |
| 9 | Andrey Zaichenko |
The following players all collected $6,899 from the cashier's cage.
We didn't catch the action but we know that John DeCruz couldn't best John O'Shea in a recent pot and DeCruz was eliminated from the tournament.
As he was leaving the table, DeCruz told the table that this was his first tournament ever and that he read his first poker book on the way over during his plane ride.
He wished everyone the best of luck and went to the payout desk to collect his winnings.
Zhen Cai opened to 10,500 and both Dylan Linde and Joe Hachem called from the button and big blind.
The flop of 
saw Cai continue for 18,500, and once Linde folded, Hachem made the call as the fell on the turn. Hachem checked, and after nearly two minutes, Cai pushed out a stack of chips amounting to 46,000 to put Hachem all in.
Hachem went deep into the tank for nearly three minutes before eventually laying his hand down.
"Have anything?"
"A pair and a draw!" responded Cai as he collected the pot to move to 315,000 in chips.
Nível: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante:
The remaining 30 players are heading on their last 20-minute break of the evening.
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