Jeffrey Lavelle is now down to less than 1.6 million after doubling up Isaac Kirchner.
The action folded around to Lavelle who raised to 60,000 from the hijack position. The others got out of the way before Kirchner reraised from the small blind, making it another 82,000 to go. Lavelle called, but then open-shoved after Kirchner checked his option on the flop of . Lavelle snap-called.
Kirchner:
Lavelle:
The turn and river ran out , , filling Kirchner up and doubling his stack to 810,000.
Tristan Wade and Matthew Davis built a 300,000 pot before going to the flop. The board rolled and Wade bet out 152,000 and Davis moved all in after a brief thought. Wade insta-called and tabled while Davis stood up and reluctantly turned over .
The board finished and Davis' headed to the payout line. Wade is up to 1.65 million.
Isaac Kirchner put up a brave fight, but has just been taken out by Foster Hays in cruel fashion to finish in 12th place ($42,534).
We picked up the action on a flop that read , but it was pretty quick - Kirchner led out for 72,000, Hays snap-shoved and Kirchner insta-called all-in, tabling against Hays, who was gambling with the up-and-down straight draw holding .
The turn of the was of no help, but Kirchner grimaced when the spiked on the river, giving Hays the straight. Kirchner is no more, while Hays is up to more than 1.9 million.
Jordan Young opened on the button and Tristan Wade raised 79,000 on top. Young called and the flop came . Wade bet out 85,000 and Young called to see the turn. Both players checked and the river came . Wade bet out 250,000 and after a short while Young called.
Wade tabled for trips and Young looked sick while he counted out the call.
The remaining 11 players have completed another two levels and are going on their one hour dinner break. Cards will be back in the air at 8:00 p.m. PST.
The field has been trimmed to ten following Bruce Antman's elimination. The remaining players are at the unofficial final table and are seated as such:
1. Foster Hays
2. Tristan Wade
3. Jeffrey Lavelle
4. Jordan Young
5. Robert Koss
6. Philippe Vert
7. Stanley Tavanese
8. Casey Kelton
9. Andrea Vezzani
10. Allan Le