Neri Sanchez is short stacked and all in from the button with 
, up against the 
of Zach Zaffos.
The board comes 
, and Sanchez wins the pot with ace high to stay alive and double up in chips.
Neri Sanchez – 715,000 (14 bb)
Zach Zaffos – 2,975,000 (59 bb)
Lue Huang is all in preflop from the big blind for about 350,000 with 
, and he’ll need to improve to stay alive against Cong Pham’s 
on the button.
The board comes 
, and the pocket eights hold up for Pham to win the pot and eliminate Huang in 29th place.
Cong Pham – 2,250,000 (45 bb)
Lue Huang – Out in 29th Place ($46,540)
Krystal Seiling is all in preflop from the button with A-A against the A-K offsuit of Samuel Guilabert. The board comes 
, and the pocket aces hold up for Seiling to win the pot and double up in chips.
Krystal Seiling – 2,800,000 (56 bb)
Samuel Guilabert – 1,200,000 (24 bb)
With the blinds at 25,000-50,000 and a 5,000 ante, here’s a look at the official chipleaders from the break:
1. Mukul Pahuja – 6,680,000 (133 bb)
2. Blair Hinkle – 5,045,000 (100 bb)
3. Amir Lehavot – 4,680,000 (93 bb)
4. Derrick Cutler – 4,455,000 (89 bb)
5. Jeremy Kottler – 4,350,000 (87 bb)
6. Larry Klur – 4,080,000 (81 bb)
Click here for the full list of chip counts for the remaining players, along with today’s eliminations.
The players return from break to begin Level 28, with increased blinds of 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante. This will be the final level of the night, so action should end around 8:30 pm.
With 30 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2.4 million (48 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $46,540, and the next pay jump is for 27th place ($58,175).
Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 200 ante
Players: 11 of 16
NOTE: The field is now on dinner break and play will resume at 8 p.m. ET.
The bustouts are starting to take off at the World Poker Tour Alpha8 super high roller event at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open during Level 6. The fallen include Isaac Haxton, Jason Koon, and Daniel Perper. Registration has been extended to 8 p.m. ET and we might get a few more late arrivals during that time.
Jason Koon was crippled when his pocket kings ran into the pocket aces of JC Tran on a board that ran out 
. After Tran doubled through Koon it was then Koon who got the last of his chips into the middle with 
. JC held 
and the board was dealt 
.
Daniel Perper met his end when his pocket fours lost to the of Bill Perkins on a board reading 
.
Haxton was the last player to fall in the level and he met a cruel end. He shoved on a flop reading with 
in the hole for a flopped straight. Mercier held pocket nines for a flopped set but the turn and river fell to improve his hand to a full house, eliminating Haxton.
Heading into the dinner break with the chip lead is Jason Mercier with 343,000 and he is joined at the top by JC Tran (246,000).
Table 89
Seat 1: JC Tran – 246,000 (205 bb)
Seat 2: Jason Koon – Eliminated
Seat 3: Matt Glantz – 51,500 (42 bb)
Seat 3: Jeff Gross – 126,000 (105 bb)
Seat 4: Daniel Perper – Eliminated
Seat 5: Bill Perkins – 158,000 (131 bb)
Seat 6: Jason Mercier – 343,000 (285 bb)
Seat 7: Andrew Lichtenberger – Eliminated
Table 90
Seat 1: Tom Hall – 40,000 (33 bb)
Seat 2: Brandon Stevens – 71,000 (59 bb)
Seat 3: Isaac Haxton – Eliminated
Seat 4: Dan Shak – 110,000 (91 bb)
Seat 5: Daniel Alaei – Eliminated
Seat 6: Joseph Cheong – 43,500 (36 bb)
Seat 7: Erik Seidel – 205,000 (155 bb)
Seat 8: Steve Silverman – 191,000 (159 bb)
Blair Hinkle min-raises from the hijack to 80,000, David Sands reraises from the button to 190,000, and Cong Pham moves all in from the small blind for 615,000.
Hinkle folds, and Sands tanks for a while before he calls with . Pham turns over , and he’s a big favorite to double up here.
The board comes 
, and Sands makes two pair, but Pham wins the pot with a set of aces to double up in chips.
Cong Pham – 1,390,000 (34 bb)
David “Doc” Sands – 1,600,000 (40 bb)
Adam Levy raises under the gun to 90,000, and Justin Bonomo calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Bonomo checks, Levy bets 110,000, and Bonomo calls.
The turn is the 
, Bonomo checks, Levy bets 235,000, and Bonomo moves all in. Levy calls all in for a little more than 1 million with (pair of tens), but Bonomo turns over for two pair, tens and sixes.
The river is the , and Bonomo wins the pot with a full house, tens full of sixes, to eliminate Adam Levy in 31st place.
Justin Bonomo – 3,220,000 (80 bb)
Adam “Roothlus” Levy – Out in 31st Place ($46,540)
31st. Bet/called A10o against @JustinBonomo on the 1043cc6 board. Was getting 3:1 on a call with 17bigs back if I folded. He had 106o.
— Adam Levy (@Roothlus) August 26, 2013
Carter Kessler is all in preflop for about 400,000 with , but he’ll need to improve to survive against Griffin Benger’s 
.
The board blanks out for Kessler, and Benger wins the pot with his pocket pair to eliminate Kessler in 32nd place.
Griffin Benger – 3,900,000 (97 bb)
Carter Kessler – Out in 32nd Place ($46,540)