A player from under the gun moved all in for 8,200 chips and two seats over, there was an all in for 22,000. Jesse Kertland in the small blind moved all in as well and the big blind quickly folded. Once the cards were turned over, Kertland held the best hand with and was up against and .
The shortest stack tripled up on the board and Kertland had 600 chips less than the second player involved.
A couple of medium sized pots were traded. One in particular saw Aaron Henderson barrel through a board and bet 20,000 on the river to take down the pot without showdown.
The only elimination within the first ten minutes of the last level however was Johnny Johnson.
On the last hand before the break, Chris Solomon raised to 2,600 from the cutoff and Brian Wong called in the big blind. The flop was and Wong checked. Solomon contemplated, but eventually checked after exclaiming, "I don't know what to do, I don't have very good luck on these hands right before the break." The turn was the and Wong led out for 5,400 and Solomon called.
The fell on the river and this time Wong checked. Solomon cautiously threw out 13,000 and Wong thought for a moment before folding. A relieved Solomon stacked his chips before leaving for the last break of the night.
Wong takes a slight hit, but is sitting with a healthy stack. "I was down to 1,300 at one point," Wong exclaimed. He now has well over average.
Jay Graunstadt is our new chip leader after the end of level ten. He held and flopped the nut flush draw that never materialized. However, he did spike a jack on the river and his opponent was all in for the last 17,000. After the call he got shown pocket threes and raked in yet another big pot.
Jessica "Panda Burr" Lamm was all in for her last 14,300 and got called by Mo Nuwwarah. It was a flip for the tournament life with the for Lamm and the for the PokerNews blogger. The flop was still good for Lamm, but the turn saw her drawing to only two outs.
It wasn't meant to be as the completed the board and "Panda Burr" headed to her rail before exiting to the pay desk.
"Ah so you finally gonna write down a hand now?", Aaron Henderson asked after he just knocked out two short stacks. I nodded "Now I have to," and then we counted together. His pocket jacks made a full house on the river and two short stacks with and had non chance.
Kristi Nguyen raised a limper from the small blind and got a call. The two players saw a flop of . Nguyen checked as did her opponent.
The turn card was the and Nguyen began counting out a bet in several stages. There is no betting line on the felt and one player accused her of making a string bet, a charge she vigorously denied. The dealer asked if he wanted to call the floor but that wasn’t necessary and Nguyen bet 4,500. Her opponent made the call.
The river was the . Nguyen again started counting out some chips before deciding a declaration of all in was her preferred option. This seemed to confuse her opponent, who got a count of 10,900, and took several minutes to think about his options as Nguyen sat back relaxed in her chair.
Eventually he folded and the pot was pushed to Nguyen who took the “Nice hand” congratulations from her neighbour.
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board and Kertland had 600 chips less than the second player involved.
board and bet 20,000 on the river to take down the pot without showdown.
and Wong checked. Solomon contemplated, but eventually checked after exclaiming, "I don't know what to do, I don't have very good luck on these hands right before the break." The turn was the 
fell on the river and this time Wong checked. Solomon cautiously threw out 13,000 and Wong thought for a moment before folding. A relieved Solomon stacked his chips before leaving for the last break of the night.
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and Nguyen began counting out a bet in several stages. There is no betting line on the felt and one player accused her of making a string bet, a charge she vigorously denied. The dealer asked if he wanted to call the floor but that wasn’t necessary and Nguyen bet 4,500. Her opponent made the call.