WPT Championship third-place finisher John Roveto drew the last card to end the night, a six, which meant that the players would only have to play six more hands before bagging and tagging for the night.

The surviving players will have to wait two more days before being able to return to their stacks on Monday.

Stay tuned for a recap of today's events.

Last year's champion, Kevin Saul will not be repeating. He has been eliminated from the tournament.

With only 45 minutes remaining, we are just half of a level until we are done for the night. There are about 75 players still in the hunt.

Both Beth Shak and Clonie Gowen have been eliminated from the tournament. A quick head count of the room shows that nearly two tables have busted, bringing the field to about 85 players.

The players have returned from the break to increased blinds of 300-600 with a 75 ante. This will be the final level of the night.

The players are now on their last 15-minute break of the evening.

A quick glance at the featured table has confirmed that Will Failla has been eliminated from the tournament. According to his table, the particularly fit version of Failla got it in with pocket kings against Cody Slaubaugh's pocket aces.

Click Here to see a video interview with Slaubaugh and his housemates Shannon Shorr, Adam Geyer, Michael Katz and Eric Baldwin.

Luke "IWEARGOGGLES" Staudenmaire just took the chip lead after eliminating Michael Mizrachi in a monster pot.

We picked up the action on the river with the board reading K10622 and roughly 42,000 in the pot.

All of the bets had been put in the pot, but Staudenmaire was all in for about 77,000 and it was up to Mizrachi to call off his last 55,000. "Do you have a full house?" said Mizrachi. "I can beat K-10." Clearly frustrated with being put through the mental grinder, Mizrachi finally put the last of his chips in the middle. Theo Tran, seated across the table, instantly sighed in disappointment, sensing that his friend's hand was no good.

Mizrachi showed AA, but Staudenmaire revealed 66 for a full house. Mizrachi was eliminated, and the young online pro chipped up to roughly 175,000 in chips.

Card Player TV caught up with a few of today's players during the first break to talk about the Bellagio Cup.

Card Player's own Lizzy Harrison spoke with defending champion Kevin Saul and recent preliminary event winner Clonie Gowen.

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