Jon Lane raised to 21,000 in the hijack seat, two-time WSOP bracelet winner Josh Arieh three-bet to 58,000 out of the small blind, and Lane responded with a four-bet to 146,000.
Arieh quickly folded, and Lane picked up the pot.
Steven Loube opened to 32,000 and Dimitar Danchev called from the cutoff to see a 
flop fall.
Loube continued for 40,000 and Danchev called before both players checked down the 
and 
.
Loube tabled his 
, but it would Danchev's 
that would see him pushed the pot.
Jon Lane raised to 21,000 in middle position, Dimitar Danchev called on the button, and the flop fell 
. Lane led out for 28,000, Danchev called, and the turn was the 
.
Lane fired out another 42,000, Danchev called, and both players knuckled on the river (
). Lane showed 
, but his wired nines were no good against Danchev's 
for a pair of aces.
David Trager opened to 26,000 and Dimitar Danchev defended his big blind.
The flop fell 
and Danchev checked to Trager who tossed in four green 25,000-denomination chips. Danchev quickly mucked and Trager tabled his as he scooped in the pot.
The first few hands of the unofficial final table haven't been too exciting as yet.
However short stacks Maxx Coleman and Shawn Busse are doing their best to accumulate some chips after both players recently moved all in.
Coleman three-bet jammed over a David Trager open and picked up the blinds, antes and Trager's raise while Busse open-jammed from middle position and found a table of folds.
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dimitar Danchev | 625,000 |
| 2 | Shawn Busse | 125,000 |
| 3 | Colin York | 240,000 |
| 4 | Douglas Foster | 510,000 |
| 5 | David Trager | 425,000 |
| 6 | Maxx Coleman | 160,000 |
| 7 | Jon Lane | 700,000 |
| 8 | Steven Loube | 510,000 |
| 9 | Alex Bolotin | 590,000 |
| 10 | Josh Arieh | 380,000 |
The final 10 players are taking a short break before moving to the secondary feature table.
David Trager opened to 19,000 only to have Steven Geralis three-bet the button to 46,000. With the action on Jon Lane in the small blind, he four-bet to 94,000 to force Trager's cards into the muck before Geralis moved all in for roughly 260,000. Lane snap-called and the cards were tabled.
Lane: 
Geralis: 
The board ran out 
to see Geralis hit the rail in 11th place for a $14,615 payday.
On a flop of 
Alex Bolotin bet out 25,000 only to have Shawn Busse check-raise him to 58,000. Bolotin responded by moving all in for 272,000 and Busse made the call.
Bolotin: 
Busse:
With Busse in the lead but needing to fade any ace, king or diamond, the dealer would deliver the 
on the turn to give Bolotin the advantage. The 
completed the board on the river and Bolotin doubled to 555,000 as Busse slipped to 110,000 in chips.
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