Blinds: 80,000-150,000
Stakes: 150,000-300,000

Players Remaining: 2 out of 212

Average Chip Count: 3,180,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Sammy Farha — 3,800,000
2. James Dempsey — 2,600,000

Eliminations:

None

Big Hands:

None

Left in the Deck:

There hasn’t been a double up from either player in almost two levels.

Blinds: 40,000-80,000
Stakes: 80,000-160,000

Players Remaining: 2 out of 212

Average Chip Count: 3,180,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Sammy Farha — 4,900,000
2. James Dempsey — 1,500,000

Eliminations:

None

Big Hands:

Yueqi Zhu Doubles Up

On a flop of AK2 Yueqi Zhu was all in with the AK64 for top two and a low draw. Dempsey tabled the A986 for top pair, a flush draw and an inferior low draw. The K on the turn gave Zhu a full house and the 6 on the river gave Zhu the scoop and doubled him to 900,000.

Yueqi Zhu Eliminated in 3rd Place ($225,326)

Zhu was all in pre-flop against James Dempsey.

Their hands:

Dempsey: AK54
Zhu: 451010

The board ran out 8423J and ended Zhu was eliminated.

Blinds: 25,000-50,000
Stakes: 50,000-100,000

Players Remaining: 4 out of 212

Average Chip Count: 1,590,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Yueqi Zhu — 2,650,000
2. Sammy Farha — 2,400,000
3. Sergey Altbregin — 775,000
4. James Dempsey — 330,000

Eliminations:

5. Tony Merksick — $128,097

Big Hands:

Tony Merksick Eliminated in 5th Place ($128,097)

Sergey Altbregin bet, James Dempsey raised, Yueqi Zhu called and Tony Merksick reraised. Altbregin called and Dempsey threw in the fifth bet. Zhu, Merksick and Altbregin called. The flop came K107 and Zhu bet. All three of his opponents called and the 6 pealed off the deck. Zhu bet again, Merksick called all in for his tournament life, Altbregin called and Dempsey called. The 6 on the river prompted another bet from Zhu. Altbregin folded. Dempsey called. Zhu tabled the KKJJ for kings full. Dempsey mucked his inferior hand and Merksick exposed the A653 for his elimination.

Blinds: 15,000-30,000
Stakes: 30,000-60,000

Players Remaining: 7 out of 212

Average Chip Count: 908,571

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. James Dempsey — 1,640,000
2. Yueqi Zhu — 1,200,000
3. Michael Chow — 1,000,000
4. Tony Merksick — 970,000
5. Sergey Altbregin — 665,000
6. Sammy Farha — 505,000
7. Eugene Katchalov — 305,000

Eliminations:

8. Abe Mosseri — $57,552

Big Hands:

Sergey Altbregin Triples Up

Sergey Altbregin bet on a flop of K104. James Dempsey raised and Rich Zhu called. Altbregin called and bet his remaining chip stack on a 10 turn card. Both Dempsey and Zhu called to put him at risk. The 3 fell on the river and action went check-check. Altbregin exposed the AKJ4 for two pair. Both his opponents mucked and Altbregin tripled to 665,000.

Eugene Katchalov Doubles Up

Eugene katchalov got the last of his 120,000 chips in preflop. Abe Mosseri made the call and exposed the QQ43. Katchalov exposed the AA95 and was ahead. The board ran out 10739K and Katchalov doubled to 285,000.

Abe Mosseri Eliminated in 8th Place ($57,552)

Abe Mosseri was all in after a flop of A94 versus Richard Zhu. Zhu tabled the AQ62 and was behind the AKJ5 of Mosseri. The 9 fell on the turn. Zhu picked up a flush draw to go along with his low draw. The Q on the river gave Zhu a higher two pair and eliminated Mosseri.

Blinds: 10,000-20,000
Stakes: 20,000-40,000

Players Remaining: 9 out of 212

Average Chip Count: 636,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Abe Mosseri — 1,100,000
2. Yueqi Zhu — 1,070,000
3. James Dempsey — 1,039,000
4. Sergey Altbregin — 735,000
5. Tony Merksick — 675,000
6. Michael Chow — 460,000
7. Steve Wong — 402,000
8. Sammy Farha — 350,000
9. Eugene Katchalov — 320,000

Eliminations:

13. Mikael Thuritz — $27,401
12. Oleg Shamardin — $34,814
11. Eric Baldwin — $34,814
10. Mike Sexton — $34,814

Big Hands:

Mikael Thuritz Eliminated in 13th Place ($27,401)

Mikael Thuritz was all in on a flop of AQ5 against James Dempsey. Thuritz tabled the JJ62 while Dempsey exposed the AK83.

The A fell on the turn and the river the brought the A giving Dempsey quads. Thuritz was eliminated in 13th place.

Eric Baldwin Eliminated in 11th Place ($34,814))

Eric Baldwin opened from the button and Abe Mosseri called from the big blind. The flop came 1082. Mosseri checked to Baldwin. Baldwin bet and Mosseri called. Mosseri bet on the turn, which was enough to put Baldwin all in for 38,000. Baldwin made the call and exposed the AQ92. Mosseri tabled the AK54. The K on the river gave Mosseri the scoop.

Mike Sexton Eliminated in 10th Place ($34,814)

On a flop of AA8 Mike Sexton checked to Sammy Farha. Farha bet and Sexton raised. Farha called. The 3 fell on the turn and Sexton bet. Farha raised. Sexton called all in for his tournament life. Sexton tabled the AQ97 for three aces. Farha exposed the A543 for a full boat. The 2 hit the felt and Sexton was eliminated.