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Steven Gross has also just been eliminated in 20th place ($15,552), having moved all in for the last of his chips with 
preflop; Ragi Raghavan called and showed down 
.
The board of 
, giving X two pair and ending Gross' day. Raghavan is now up to 425,000 in chips.
Marvin Rettenmaier has been sent to the rail in 20th place ($15,552).
Rettenmaier moved his last 120,000 all-in with 
before the flop, only to run into Anthony Spinella's 
, which paired up on the board of 
. And that's all she wrote.
Joseph Ebanks' brain fade has cost him dearly, having lost his tournament life to Eddie Blumenthal.
On a board that read 
; Ebanks shipped the rest of his stack into the middle after the river; Blumenthal looked puzzled, but called anyway.
Turns out Ebanks had 
for only two pair, and by the way he reacted, he genuinely hadn't seen the straight draw out there. Blumenthal did - and in fact had it - with , thus Ebanks was sent off to collect $15,552 for his 22nd place finish.
With the board reading 
, Mauro Stivoli and Bryan Colin got all the chips in the middle and their hands were revealed.
Stivoli: 
Colin:
Stivoli was ahead with a pair of kings but the turn gave Colin more outs when it brought the 
. The 
on the river completed a flush for Colin and sent Stivoli to the rail.
Stivoli's 23rd place finish nets him a $15,552 payday.
Keith Donovan lost most of his stack holding 
against Joshua Mullen's on a board reading 
. After the hand Donovan was down to 78,500 while Mullen's stack grew to 539,000.
On the next hand Donovan put his remaining chips in the pot with the 
and was called by George Jalkotzy who held the . The board ran out 
giving both players two pair, but Jalkotzy the win.
Donovan will recieve $15,552 for his efforts.
After a series of back and forth raises Gregory Dyer and Alexander Wice got all the chips in the middle.
Dyer:
Wice: 
Dyer's entire body slumped when the flop came 
leaving him drawing slim to a chop. The turn and river brought the and which were of no help and Dyer was eliminated in 25th place.
After all the chips were stacked and counted, Wice's stack totaled 1,075,000 making him the first place to eclipse the 1,000,000 chip mark.
We're now down to 24 players and the final four tables of the tournament.
On a flop of 
Sean Grover bet 40,000, Bradley Craig moved all in for 200,000 and Grover made the call. Grover has 
and Grover had
The turn came and Grover took it down.
At a different table, Shankar Pillai was all in preflop with 
versus the 
of Ryan Welch. A hit the turn and that was enough to send Pillai to the rail
Livello: 19
Bui: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
The remaining 27 players have really stepped on the brakes now as we approach the penultimate level of the night, and as a result we've been scraping the bottom of the barrel to find any action. Here's the best of a bad bunch.
On a board of 
with a 35,000 pot in the middle, Ryan Welch led out for 25,000 from the small blind and Joshua Mullen called from the button before Welch opened for 55,000 on the river of the . Mullen mucked, but Welch was quick to open up his .
A similar thing happened on the secondary feature table; Efren Garcia raised to 13,000 under the gun and the action folded around to Steven Gross who reraised to 31,000. Ravi Raghavan then four-bet-shoved for 170,000 from the big blind, forcing both Garci out of the way, and after some time in the tank, Gross open-folded !
Jeffrey Papola is continuing to motor along as the field dwindles down.
Papola raised to 12,000 preflop, Anders Taylor re-raised to 30,000, Papola re-raised to 60,000, and Taylor re-raised again, this time to 95,000. Papola decided that the fun and games were over as he declared "all in" and Taylor called.
Papola: 
Taylor:
Taylor is no stranger to high pressure situations as he came in 3rd place in last years $1,500 PLO8 WSOP tournament.
Through the turn Taylor was set to double up as the board read 
but then a devastating hit on the river giving Papola a set and the win. Taylor was visibly crushed and Papola amassed a mountain of chips.
Papola, the "king of six-max" now is sitting pretty as our chip leader with 875,000.
