On the last hand before the dinner break, Dean Bui opened to 8,000 from early position and Tom McCormick potted to 30,000, leaving him with just about 20,000 behind. Bui made the call and the flop was .
Bui threw out enough chips to put McCormick all in and McCormick snap-called, tabling . Bui turned over and needed to find two runners to eliminate McCormick.
The board ran out though, and McCormick received the much needed double up.
Phil Collins raised to 8,000 from under the gun and found one customer in the shape of Raymond Matthaei in the big blind. The pair of bracelet hopefuls watched on as the dealer put the first three community cards into view: .
Matthaei led out for 10,500 and Collins folded his hand.
A couple of hands later, Gregory Kolo opened the betting with an early position raise to 8,000. Collins called from the big blind then checked when the flop fell . Kolo continued his aggression with a continuation bet of 12,000 but quickly ducked out of the way when Collins responded with a check-raise to 25,000.
Carlos Loving got the last of his chips all in preflop against the of Dan Goldman. Loving needed some returned affection, as he was way behind with the .
Alejandro Chongwong opened to 11,000 from early position and Ryan Schoonbaert raised to 25,000 from the small blind. Chongwong quickly pushed all in and Schoonbaert just as quickly called with . Chongwong needed big help as he tabled , but the flop of all but sealed it.
The board ran out and Chongwong headed to the payout desk.
With the elimination of the U.K.'s Dominic Rossookh, only 18 players remain and they have redrawn for their seats as the final table approaches. Here's how they line up:
Dominic Rossookh got the last of his chips in with versus the of Kazu Oshima. The board ran out and Oshima paired his jack to send Rossookh out in 19th place. We are now down to two tables.
Brian Horwitz opened to 8,000 from the cutoff and then called when Smirnov three-bet from the button to 17,500. The flop came down and Horwitz check-called a 15,500 bet from Smirnov.
That was the end of the betting, as both players checked the turn and river.
"Payout Table 445," was the cry from the dealer. We rapidly made our way over to the table in question to discover Jared Koppel collecting his belongings and heading to the cashier desk.
Koppel's had fallen foul of Kazu Oshima's dominating when the board ran out .
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. Bui turned over 
and needed to find two runners to eliminate McCormick.
though, and McCormick received the much needed double up.
of Dan Goldman. Loving needed some returned affection, as he was way behind with the 
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however, and Loving is gone.
versus the 
and Oshima paired his jack to send Rossookh out in 19th place. We are now down to two tables.
and Horwitz check-called a 15,500 bet from Smirnov.
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