Event #66: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Hand #84: Jayaram Kovoorchathoth raised to 125,000 from the under-the-gun position and was called by Longsheng Tan in the big blind. The flop came    , Tan check-called Kovoorchathoth's bet of 105,000. The turn brought them the   on which they both checked to the   on the river. They both checked. Tan tabled    for the flopped pair of treys and took down the pot.

Hand #85: Trey Brabham raised to 140,000 from the under-the-gun position and Lanny Levine shoved for 890,000 from the button. Brabham asked for a count and then calculated the difference. Brabham ended up folding.

Hand #86: Levine shoved for 1,150,000 from under the gun and got no action.

Hand #87: Longsheng Tan raised to 140,000 from under the gun and got no callers.

Hand #88: Kovoorchathoth raised to 135,000 from the under-the-gun position to pick up the blinds and antes.

Longsheng Tan	5,700,000	255,000
Jayaram Kovoorchathoth	2,000,000	-200,000
Trey Brabham	1,200,000	-260,000
Lanny Levine	1,200,000	260,000

The five remaining players have been sent for a 15-minute break. When they return around 4:35, they'll play with a small blind of 30,000, big blind of 60,000 and running ante of 10,000.

Longsheng Tan	5,445,000	345,000
Jayaram Kovoorchathoth	2,200,000	-300,000
Trey Brabham	1,460,000	160,000
Lanny Levine	940,000	-260,000

Hand #73: Longsheng Tan raised to 125,000 from the button and got no action.

Hand #74: Tan raised to 125,000 from the cutoff and Trey Brabham called in the big blind. The flop came     and Brabham check-folded to Tan's 100,000 bet.

Hand #75: Tan raised to 125,000 from the cutoff and got no callers.

Hand #76: Lanny Levine raised to 125,000 from the small blind and Tan called. The flop came     on which they both checked. The turn brought them the   and Tan bet 125,00 after Levine checked to take the pot.

Hand #77: Tan raised to 125,000 from the small blind and Jayaram Kovoorchathoth called in the big blind. The flop came    , Tan check-raised the 100,000 bet of Kovoorchathoth to 300,000. The turn brought them the   on which they both checked through to the   on the river. Tan checked. Kovoorchathoth bet 175,000 and Tan insta-folded.

Longsheng Tan	5,100,000	-200,000
Jayaram Kovoorchathoth	2,500,000	400,000
Trey Brabham	1,300,000	0
Lanny Levine	1,200,000	-200,000

Hand #69: Adam Laskey raised to 115,000 on the button and Trey Brabham defended his big blind. The flop came     and Brabham checked. Laskey bet 125,000 and Brabham let it go.

Hand #70: Longsheng Tan raised to 125,000 under the gun and won the blinds and antes.

Hand #71: Brabham raised to 115,000 on the button and Tan made it 315,000 in the big blind. Brabham folded and Tan won the pot.

Hand #59: Longsheng Tan raised to 125,000 in middle position, Trey Brabham moved all in from the big blind, and Tan folded his hand.

Hand #60: Tan raised to 125,000 under the gun, Adam Laskey called in the cutoff and Lanny Levine came along from the big blind. They saw a flop of     and Levine checked.

Tan bet 175,000, Laskey folded and Levine called. On the   turn, Levine moved all in for 715,000 and Tan let his hand go.

Hand #61: Brabham raised to 115,000 on the button, Levine folded and Tan called. The flop was     and Tan checked. Brabham bet 75,000 and Tan called.

The   turn checked through and the river was the  . Tan led 175,000 and Brabham called. Tan showed    and Brabham won the pot with   .

Hand #62: Laskey got a walk in the big blind.

Hand #63: Brabham raised to 115,000 under the gun and Jayaram Kovoorchathoth called in the big blind. The flop came     and both players checked.

On the   turn, Kovoorchathoth bet 115,000 and Brabham let it go.

Longsheng Tan	2,300,000	-800,000
Adam Laskey	2,300,000	-100,000
Jayaram Kovoorchathoth	2,300,000	100,000
Trey Brabham	1,700,000	400,000
Lanny Levine	1,500,000	500,000

Hand #49: Bierman shoved again from the button. Kovoorchathoth asked for a count and the dealer confirmed it was for 345,000. Kovoorchathoth called from the small blind. Trey Brabham folded his big blind.

Stephen Bierman:   
Jayaram Kovoorchathoth:   

The board ran out       to give Bierman outs on the turn to chop the pot but the ace on the river sealed his fate and he was eliminated in 6th place for $55,892.

Jayaram Kovoorchathoth	2,300,000	400,000
Stephen Bierman	0	-285,000

Hand #38: Trey Brabham shoved from the small blind and Lanny Levine folded his big blind.

Hand #39: Jayaram Kovoorchathoth raised to 100,000 from the cutoff and Longsheng Tan three-bet to 310,000 from the big blind. Kovoorchathoth went through the options in his head and decided to four-bet to 875,000. Tan looked at Kovoorchathoth and folded.

Hand #40: Tan completed his small blind and Adam Laskey opted to check in the big blind. The flop came    , Tan bet 50,000 and Laskey folded.

Hand #41: Kovoorchathoth raised to 100,000 from under the gun and only Laskey called from the small blind. The flop brought them the    , Laskey check-folded to the 150,000 continuation-bet of Kovoorchathoth.

Hand #42: Brabham raised to 95,000 from under the gun and Levine shoved for 210,000 from the hijack. Action folded back to Brabham who called.

Lanny Levine:   
Trey Brabham:   

The flop came     to give Levine a flush draw and Brabham the straight draw.

The turn brought them the   to give Levine the flush indeed. He just needed to avoid another spade to not split the pot.

The river completed the board with the   to give the board the straight flush for a split pot.

Hand #33: Action folded to Trey Brabham on the button and he moved in for 695,000. Lanny Levine re-shoved from the small blind and Longsheng Tan got out of the way.

Brabham:   
Levine:   

Brabham was in poor shape and announced to his rail that he was going to need his "one time." The flop came     to give Brabham a pair and a sweat.

The   turn shot Brabham into the lead with trips and he held up on the   river to double through and leave Levine short.

Hand #34: Adam Laskey got a walk in the big blind.

Hand #35: Laskey moved all in from the small blind and Stephen Bierman folded.

Hand #36: Levine moved all in for 210,000 in middle position and took the blinds and antes.

Hand #37: Tan raised to 100,000 in middle position and got folds.

Longsheng Tan	4,100,000	0
Adam Laskey	2,300,000	100,000
Jayaram Kovoorchathoth	1,500,000	-100,000
Trey Brabham	1,400,000	700,000
Stephen Bierman	435,000	-85,000
Lanny Levine	250,000	-675,000

Hand #23: Adam Laskey completed in the small blind and Stephen Bierman checked. Both players checked the     flop and the turn was the  . Laskey led 50,000, Bierman raised to 100,000 and Laskey let it go.

Hand #24: Longsheng Tan raised to 100,000 from the cutoff and Jay Kovoorchathoth defended his big blind. The flop came     and Kovoorchathoth check-folded to Tan's continuation bet of 90,000.

Hand #25: Laskey raised to 100,000 from the cutoff, Trey Brabham moved all in for 575,000 from the big blind and Laskey let it go.

Hand #26: Tan raised to 100,000 under the gun and Bierman three-bet to 160,000 from the cutoff. Tan called and they saw a flop of    . Tan checked, Bierman bet 150,000 and Tan called.

The turn was the  . Tan checked and Bierman bet 300,000. Tan thought for a long while and called. On the   river, Tan moved all in, putting Bierman to a decision for the rest of his stack. Bierman thought for a couple minutes and decided to send his hand to the muck.

Hand #27: Brabham moved all in from the button and got folds from the blinds.

Longsheng Tan	4,000,000	740,000
Adam Laskey	2,100,000	-245,000
Jayaram Kovoorchathoth	1,500,000	-160,000
Lanny Levine	1,100,000	-75,000
Trey Brabham	780,000	190,000
Stephen Bierman	500,000	-535,000