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

Players Remaining: 1 out of 3,289

Notable Eliminations:

3. Kiet Tran — $223,665
2. J.D. McNamara — $310,248

Big Hands:

Kiet Tran Eliminated In Third Place ($223,665)

Kiet Tran limped in from the small blind and the action was on Jeffrey Tebben in the big blind. He raised to 350,000 and Tran moved over the top for the rest of his stack of over 2 million.

Tebben made a quick call and turned over 99. Tran was in trouble as he turned over Q9.

The board ran out 101036J and Tran was eliminated.

Jeffrey Tebben Wins Event No. 24 ($503,389), J.D. McNamara Eliminated In Second Place ($310,248)

J.D. McNamara raised to 280,000 from the small blind and Jeffrey Tebben made the call. The flop came down K108 and both players checked.

The turn was the K and Tebben fired 350,000 out of turn. McNamara made the call and the river was the 7. Tebben checked and McNamara bet 325,000. Tebben countered by moving all in. McNamara made the call and put himself at risk holding JJ.

Tebben turned over K2 for trips and took down the bracelet.

Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante

Players Remaining: 5 out of 3,289

Average Chip Count: 1,973,400

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Kiet Tran – 2,800,000
2. Jeffrey Tebben – 1,900,000
3. J.D. McNamara – 1,875,000
4. Denis Murphy – 1,750,000
5. David Cai – 1,100,000

Notable Eliminations:

7. David Tolbert — $66,513
6. Blake Kelso — $88,654

Note: Players are on a 60-minute dinner break and will return at 7:25 p.m.

Big Hands:

David Tolbert Eliminated In Seventh Place ($66,513)

Denis Murphy moved all in from the cutoff for 495,000. The button folded and action was on David Tolbert in the small blind.

He called with his final 480,000 and turned over JJ. It was no good, however, as Murphy turned over QQ.

The board ran out 5432K and Tolbert was eliminated.

Blake Kelso Eliminated In Sixth Place ($88,654)

Blake Kelso moved in for his last 630,000 from under the gun. J.D. McNamara then reshove to isolate Kelso. The rest of the table mucked and McNamara turned over 1010.

Kelso showed down J10 and needed a lot of help. The flop came down QQ9, giving Kelso an open-ended straight draw.

But the turn and river were bricks, bringing the A and 3 and Kelso was eliminated.

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

Players Remaining: 8 out of 3,289

Average Chip Count:

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Kiet Tran – 2,500,000
2. J.D. McNamara – 2,250,000
3. Jeffrey Tebben – 1,250,000
4. Blake Kelso – 980,000
5. Denis Murphy – 840,000
6. David Tolbert – 700,000
7. David Cai – 680,000
8. Greg Pohler – 660,000

Notable Eliminations:

9. Michael Gross — $38,629

Big Hands:

Michael Gross Eliminated In Ninth Place ($38,629)

Kiet Tran raised to 85,000 preflop and the action folded around to Michael Gross. He moved in for his last 465,000 and Tran made the call.

Gross was in dominating position when he showed A10 to counter Tran’s J10.

But the flop came QJ6, giving Tran the lead. The turn was the 3 and the river was the 6, offering Gross no help and he was the first casualty of the day.