Brett Barber opened pre flop and short stack Steve Lerner moved all in for about 450k and Barber called.
Lerner: A5
Barber: A10
With no help from the board Barber wins the hand and Lerner is eliminated in 12th place for $6,798.
Greg Himmelbrand was just all in pre flop for his final approximately 800k with KQ. Brett Barber made the call with A10. The flop came out Ace high and held for Barber to eliminate Himmelbrand in 13th place for $5,341.
Michael Ciarlante limped in on the button, Leno Thomas moved all in on the small blind for his final 450k, called by Mark-Anthony Gibson in the big blind, and Ciarlante folded.
Gibson: 66
Thomas: K8
Board came A9Q J J for no help to Thomas to eliminate him in 14th place for $5,341.
Despite getting a much needed double up with his A6 vs Steve Lerner’s AK for his final 480k, Tom Long was all in again with AJ this time up against Jeff Gibson with KK. This time the board was no help to Long, and Gibson’s Kings held up to knock Long out in 15th place for $5,341.
Joe Katsineliboygen raised pre, Jeff Gibson re raised, and Katsineliboygen moved all in for his final 1.325M and Gibson called.
Gibson: AA
Katsingeliboygen: JJ
J high flop gives Katsingeliboygen a set to win the hand and double up. A couple hands later he again hits a set of Jacks vs Boris Vaynberg for another million + in chips.
UTG Linglong Yan open shoved all in for his final 670k, Bret Barber carefully asked for a count and made the call, blinds folded.
Barber: AA
Yan: 88
The board ran out clean for Barber’s pocket Aces to hold up and eliminate Yan in 17th Place for $4,208.
Shortly after losing a coin flip and about half his stack to Steve Lerner with AQ vs pocket Jacks, Christopher Basile moved all in on an 8 high flop open ended with pocket 7’s, called by Joe Katsenelinboigen with pocket Q’s who had his final 600k just covered. Board ran out club club giving Katsenlinboigen a flush to eliminate Basile in 18th Place for $4,208.
Mark-Anthony Gibson raised pre-flop to 95k and short stack Jake Dynes re raised all in for his final 300k, and Gibson called.
Gibson: A4cc
Dynes: AQ
Two clubs came on the flop and a 3rd on the turn left Dynes drawing dead to Gibson’s nut flush to eliminate him in 19th place for $3,453.
The remaining 18 players are redrawing for seats at the final 2 tables.
Places 19th-27th below:
| 19 | Jake | Dynes | $3,453 | Elmwood Park, NJ |
| 20 | Kevin | Chapman | $3,453 | Princeton, NJ |
| 21 | Edric | Nicoli | $3,453 | Brooklyn, NY |
| 22 | Aldelsinei | Da Silva | $3,453 | Tacoma, WA |
| 23 | Qiyuan | Zheng | $3,453 | Princeton, NJ |
| 24 | Emily | Sun | $3,453 | San Diego, CA |
| 25 | Tiffany | Wong | $3,453 | New York, NY |
| 26 | Tyler | Wood | $3,453 | Philadelphia, PA |
| 27 | Anthony | Potis | $3,453 | Scranton, PA |
Kevin Chapman left around 700k a few levels back and has just been blinded out for 20th place for $3,453.
With one of the chip leads, Bing Yu jammed all in heads up on a 7d9d6c into Edric Nicoli who quickly called his final approximately 700k with top set (99) Yu flipped over his AdJh and a huge underdog in the hand.
Turn: 3d keeping hope alive for Yu to hit another diamond only to win the hand
River: 4d giving Yu a flush to win the hand and eliminate Nicoli in 21st place for $3,453
Yu currently has just under 5 million in chips and is closing in on the chip lead
