Blinds: 50,000-100,000 with a 10,000 ante

Players Remaining: 2 out of 2,715

Chip Counts:

1. Brandon Cantu — 6,995,000
2. Ray Foley — 5,210,000

Average Chip Count: 6,108,750

Notable Eliminations:

4. Alex Jacob – $190,857
3. Wei Mu – $269,609

Elimination Hands:

Alex Jacob Eliminated in Fourth Place ($190,857)

Alex Jacob moved all in for 310,000 preflop from the small blind after he was nearly crippled doubling up Brandon Cantu. Ray Foley called from the big blind. Their cards:

Jacob: J9
Foley: A4

Board: K6472

Jacob was eliminated in fourth place.

Wei Mu Eliminated in Third Place ($269,609)

Brandon Cantu raised to 275,000 from the cutoff and Wei Mu made the call. The flop fell K43 and Cantu bet 350,000. Mu raised all in and Cantu made the call. Their cards:

Cantu: K10
Mu: K9

Turn and River: 65

Cantu won the hand to grow his stack to almost 7 million. Mu was eliminated in third place.

Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 5,000 ante

Players Remaining: 6 out of 2,715

Chip Counts:

1. Brandon Cantu — 4,100,000
2. Tyler Spaulding — 1,985,000
3. Ray Foley — 1,835,000
4. Alex Jacob — 1,800,000
5. Wei Mu — 750,000
6. Jonathan Markham — 420,000

Average Chip Count: 1,527,187

Notable Eliminations:

8. Richard Lutes – $85,608
7. Chairud Vangchailued – $96,355

Elimination Hands:

Richard Lutes Eliminated in Eighth Place ($85,608)

Brandon Cantu checked a flop of A74 and Richard Lutes shoved all in for 500,000. Cantu made the call and they flipped up their cards:

Lutes: K10
Cantu: J10

Turn: 2

Cantu made an ace-high flush on the river and Lutes was drawing dead. Lutes was eliminated in eighth place and Cantu grew his stack to over 4 million.

Chairud Vangchailued Eliminated in Seventh Place ($96,355)

Chairud Vangchailued rasied to 120,000 and Tyler Spalding made the call. Alex Jacob moved all in for 800,000 and Vangchailued made the all-in call. Spalding mucked and the two players turned up their cards:

Vangchailued: QJ
Jacob: JJ

Board: KQJ85

Vangchailued was eliminated in seventh place and Jacob grew his stack to 1.8 million.

NOTE: The final table went on a 60-minute dinner break and they will return at 9:20 p.m. PDT.

Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante

Players Remaining: 8 out of 2,715

Chip Counts:

1. Ray Foley — 2,860,000
2. Brandon Cantu — 1,700,000
3. Alex Jacob — 1,600,000
4. Tyler Spaulding — 1,485,000
5. Wei Mu — 1,370,000
6. Richard Lutes — 1,300,000
7. Chairud Vangchailued — 875,000
8. Jonathan Markham — 800,000

Average Chip Count: 1,527,187

Notable Eliminations:

9. Patrick O’Connor – $80,049

Elimination Hands:

Patrick O’Connor Eliminated in Ninth Place ($80,049)

Patrick O’Connor moved all in preflop for 500,000 from the small blind and Brandon Cantu made the call from the big blind. Their cards:

Cantu: 33
O’Connor: A4

Board: Q8297

O’Connor was eliminated in ninth place on the hand and Cantu grew his stack to 1.7 million.

NOTE: CardPlayer.com was experiencing technical difficulties this afternoon for a few hours, which has set back our coverage. We will be providing level-by-level chip updates and elimination hands until there is one champion for the rest of the night.

Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante

Players Remaining: 11 out of 2,715

Chip Counts:

1. Brandon Cantu — 2,150,000
2. Tyler Spaulding — 1,850,000
3. Alex Jacob — 1,700,000
4. Ray Foley — 1,575,000
5. Matt Livingston — 1,200,000
6. Kelvin Crawford — 880,000
9. Chairud Vangchailued — 700,000
8. Jonathan Markham — 660,000
9. Richard Lutes — 500,000
10. Patrick O’Connor — 300,000
10. Wei Mu — 300,000

Average Chip Count: 1,110,681

Notable Eliminations:

23. Nam Le – $19,234
20. Joe Bartholdi – $19,234
13. Raymond Davis – $39,246