Ante: 20,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000

Players Remaining: 2 out of 164

Chip Counts:

1. Farzad Rouhani —- 2,860,000
2. Jeff Lisandro — 2,150,000

Average Chip Count: 2,460,000

Notable Eliminations:

3. Mike Wattel — $176,605

Big Hands:

Mike Wattel Eliminated in Third Place ($176,605)

Farzad Rouhani brought it in with a trey and Jeffrey Lisandro completed. Mike Wattel called and Rouhani got out of the way.

Wattel: (A7)7JKX(X)
Lisandro: (45)87105x(4x)

Wattel check-raised all in on fourth street and Lisandro called. On seventh, Lisandro made fives up and Wattel bricked on his pair of sevens and low draw to bust from the tournament.

Ante: 10,000
Low Card: 10,000
Completion: 40,000
Limits: 40,000-80,000

Players Remaining: 4 out of 164

Chip Counts:

1. Farzad Rouhani —- 2,138,000
2. Jeff Lisandro — 1,010,000
3. Frank Mariani — 841,000
4. Mike Wattel — 833,000

Average Chip Count: 1,230,000

Notable Eliminations:

6. Abe Mosseri — $74,258
5. Yan Chen — $93,513

Big Hands:

Abe Mosseri Eliminated in Sixth Place ($74,258)

Mike Wattel brought it in with a four and Frank Mariani completed. Abe Mosseri raised Wattel out and Mariani called.

On fourth street, Mariani called another bet from Mosseri and they both got it in during a raising war on sixth.

Frank Mariani — (9x-7x)9679(X)
Abe Mosseri — (Qx-7x)Q528(8x)

Mariani filled up his nines on sixth street and Mosseri failed to make a low with his queens to bust in sixth place.

Yan Chen Eliminated in Fifth Place ($93,513)

Yan Chen brought it in for his last 19,000 and Farzad Rouhani made the call.

Yan Chen — (A-2)7KJ2(10)
Frank Mariani — (65)A6103(X)

Rouhani could only make a pair of sixes but that was enough to bust Chen who could only show a pair of deuces and a busted spade flush draw.

Ante: 5,000
Low Card: 7,000
Completion: 25,000
Limits: 25,000-50,000

Players Remaining: 6 out of 164

NOTE: The players went on a 60-minute dinner break after Doyle Brunson was eliminated and they will return at 7:10 p.m.

Chip Counts:

1. Abe Mosseri — 1,414,000
2. Farzad Rouhani — 1,066,000
3. Jeffrey Lisandro — 967,000
4. Yan Chen — 544,000
5. Frank Mariani — 492,000
6. Mike Wattel — 466,000

Average Chip Count: 820,000

Notable Eliminations:

7. Doyle Brunson – $62,234

Big Hands:

Doyle Brunson Eliminated in Seventh Place ($62,234)

Doyle Brunson committed his final 13,000 to the bring-in on third street and Farzad Rouhani completed. Yan Chen made the call. Rouhani bet out on fourth street and Chen mucked. Brunson and Rouhani then flipped up their hands:

Brunson: (K-Q)2497(X)
Rouhani: (A-4)441010(X)

Rouhani made a full house and Brunson was eliminated in seventh place. He received a large round of applause from the audience as he made his exit.

Ante: 5,000
Low Card: 5,000
Completion: 20,000
Limits: 20,000-40,000

Players Remaining: 8 out of 164

Chip Counts:

1. Abe Mosseri — 1,167,000
2. Jeffrey Lisandro — 983,000
3. Farzad Rouhani — 859,000
4. Yan Chen — 775,000
5. Frank Mariani — 449,000
6. Doyle Brunson — 284,000
7. Justin Smith — 261,000
8. Mike Wattel — 154,000

Average Chip Count: 447,272

Notable Eliminations:

None

Big Hands:

Mike Wattel Doubles Up

Justin Smith raised on third street and Mike Wattel reraised. Yan Chen made it four bets to go and Smith mucked. Wattel reraised all in and Chen called. Their cards:

Wattel: (J-J)2324(J)
Chen: (Q-Q)6A9K(X)

Wattel drew a third jack on seventh street to make a full house and scoop the pot to double up.

Ante: 5,000
Low Card: 5,000
Completion: 20,000
Limits: 20,000-40,000

Players Remaining: 9 out of 164

Chip Counts:

1. Jeff Lisandro – 970,000
2. Abe Mosseri – 935,000
3. Farzad Rouhani – 750,000
4. Anthony Rivera – 460,000
5. Yan Chen – 435,000
6. Mike Wattel – 280,000
7. Justin Smith – 220,000
8. Doyle Brunson – 210,000
9. Frank Mariani – 195,000

Average Chip Count: 447,272

Notable Eliminations:

12. Lyle Berman – $33,668
11. Scotty Nguyen – $33,668
10. Perry Friedman – $41,885

Big Hands:

Lyle Berman Eliminated in 12th Place ($33,668)

Anthony Rivera completed on third street and Yan Chen made the call. Lyle Berman raised and both opponents called. Rivera bet first on fourth street and Chen mucked. Berman made the call and Rivera then led out on fifth street. Berman made the call again and the same sequence of events repeated itself on sixth street. Rivera led out on seventh street as well and Berman mucked, leaving himself with only 60,000. Their cards:

Berman: (X-X)8K107(X)
Rivera: (X-X)4AJ5(X)

Berman was forced to move all in on the next hand and he was eliminated from the tournament in 12th place.

Scotty Nguyen Eliminated in 11th Place ($33,668)

Perry Friedman brought it in with X-X-3 and Scotty Nguyen completed with X-X-4. Jeffrey Lisandro raised with X-X-5. Friedman mucked and Nguyen made the all-in call. Lisandro made trip eights and Nguyen failed to qualify low. Lisandro scooped the pot and Nguyen was eliminated in 11th place.

Perry Friedman Eliminated in 10th Place ($41,885)

Perry Friedman was all in for his final 13,000 on third street and both Jeffrey Lisandro and Justin Smith joined him in the pot. Lisandro check-called a bet from Smith on fourth street and then both players checked on fifth and sixth streets. Lisandro checked on seventh street and Smith broke the routine by betting. Lisandro mucked. Their cards before the showdown:

Smith: (X-X)3637(X)
Friedman: (X-X)A96Q(X)

Smith made trip threes to beat the pair of Queens held by Friedman, and Smith scooped the pot thanks to the fact that neither player qualified low. Friedman was eliminated in 10th place.