Players are on a 20-minute break. Play will resume at 12:30 a.m.

Blinds: 40,000-80,000

Players Remaining: 2 of 381

Average Chip Stack: 3,810,000

Chip Counts:

Marty Smyth - 4,855,000
Peter Jetten - 2,730,000

Eliminations:

None

Big Hands and Storylines:

Smyth doubles through Jetten, takes chip lead

Marty Smyth raised to 240,000 and then Peter Jetten reraised to 720,000. Smyth called and the flop came K96. Jetten bet out pot, 1,440,000, and after a minute to think it over Smyth raised all in. Jetten called and the two turned over their hands.

Jetten: AQT4
Smyth: QJT7

Turn/River: T4

On the flop nobody had a pair, but Smyth did have a wrap draw. The turn gave Smyth a straight, and Jetten needed a jack to avoid losing roughly two million chips. He didn't catch it, and Smyth took a significant chip lead.

Blinds: 30,000-60,000

Players Remaining: 3 of 381

Average Chip Stack: 2,540,000

Chip Counts:

Marty Smyth - 3,295,000
Peter Jetten - 2,210,000
Michael Mizrachi - 2,135,000

Eliminations:

Richard Harroch eliminated in 5th place ($214,884)
Billy Argyros eliminated in 4th place ($268,605)

Big Hands and Storylines:

Richard Harroch Eliminated in 5th Place ($214,884)

Marty Smyth raised to 200,000 from the button and Richard Harroch called from the small blind. After a flop of AJ4, Harroch moved all in and Smyth called.

Harroch: AQT5
Smyth: 7644

Turn/River: 54

Harroch was in bad shape against Smyth's set of fours, but the turn gave him additional outs as an ace or five would give him a better full house and a king would give him a straight. But the river gave Smyth quads and a significant chip lead over the remaining three players. Harroch, the author of Poker for Dummies, finished in 5th place and won $214,884.

Billy Argyros Eliminated in 4th Place ($268,605)

Mizrachi limped into the pot under the gun and then Billy Argyros made a pot-sized raise to 270,000. When it folded around to Mizrachi he reraised and Argyros called all in. Earlier in the level Argyros had been crippled in a pot with Mizrachi, and then doubled up against Mizrachi. But he was still short-stacked with only 440,000 entering this hand.

Mizrachi: KQJ7
Argyros: AA66

Board: AK3T8

Argyros flopped a set of aces and had Mizrachi drawing to a gutshot straight draw and backdoor flush draw. Amazingly, he hit the gutshot on the turn, and even made the flush on the river. Argyros headed out in 4th place, and gets $268,605 for his three days of work.

Players are on a 90-minute dinner break. Play will resume at 9:30 p.m.

Blinds: 25,000-50,000

Players Remaining: 5 of 381

Average Chip Stack: 1,525,000

Chip Counts:

Marty Smyth - 2,615,000
Michael Mizrachi - 1,535,000
Billy Argyros - 1,230,000
Peter Jetten - 1,160,000
Richard Harroch - 1,045,000

Eliminations:

Kido Pham Eliminated in 6th Place ($170,117)

Big Hands and Storylines:

Jetten doubles through Pham

Kido Pham called from the small blind and Peter Jetten checked. The two checked the flop and on the turn the board read J1063. Pham bet 80,000 and Jetten called. The river was the 4 and Pham checked. Jetten bet 125,000 and after a minute Pham raised the pot, putting Jetten all in if he called. After taking well over five minutes, Jetten called with Q542. Jetten had a six-high straight, but with three diamonds on the board it was certainly possible he was beat.

Kido Pham Eliminated in 6th Place ($170,117)

After Michael Mizrachi, Billy Argyros and Richard Harroch limp into the pot, Kido Pham makes a raise from the big blind. Mizrachi calls and the others fold. The flop comes Q107, and after Pham checks Mizrachi bets 300,000. The turn is the 6 and again Pham checks. Mizrachi, who has Pham covered, moves all in. Minutes go by before Pham makes his decision to call and put his tournament life at risk.

Pham: AAK5
Mizrachi: 1010K6

River: 6

Pham needed an ace or jack on the river, but instead the board paired and Mizrachi won with a full house. He knocked out Pham, who will take home $170,117, in 6th place.

Smyth doubles through Mizrachi

Marty Smyth raised to 125,000 and Michael Mizrachi called from the big blind. The flop was K72 and both players checked. The turn was the T and Mizrachi bet 200,000. Smyth then raised, and Mizrachi reraised. Smyth called all in.

Mizrachi: 10976
Smyth: KJT8

River: 4

Mizrachi had two pair, a flush draw and straight draw, but Smyth had top two pair. The river didn't help Mizrachi, and Smyth doubled up to 2,580,000 chips and now has the chip lead. 

Blinds: 15,000-30,000

Players Remaining: 8 of 381

Average Chip Stack: 953,000

Chip Counts:

Michael Mizrachi - 1,845,000
Kido Pham - 1,515,000
Peter Jetten - 1,455,000
Marty Smyth - 805,000
Billy Argyros - 555,000
Richard Harroch - 530,000
Brandon Moran - 525,000
Tom Hanlon - 360,000

Eliminations:

None

Big Hands and Storylines:

Level Goes By with Zero Eliminations or Double-Ups

Level 23 was a relatively quiet one, as nobody was ever all in looking to double up or go home. But it was a fantastic level for Peter Jetten. He began the final table with less than 500,000 chips, and has picked about one million chips so far today. It has also become clear that Michael Mizrachi and Kido Pham will be involved in as many pots as possible. They just don't know any other way to play.