$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 28: 50,000/100,000/10,000 Ante

Under the gun, Scott Wyler moves all in for 470,000. Stuart Greenbaum calls all in for 450,000 two seats over, and action folds to Michael Ortiz’s big blind.

“All right,” he says, taking a sip of his wine. “I’m getting too good of math not to.” He calls with the covering stack, and both opponents are at risk.

Wyler:
Greenbaum:
Ortiz:

The board runs out , and Ortiz wins the pot with jacks up. He eliminates two players, with Greenbaum taking seventh place and Wyler sixth.

Michael Ortiz – 3,275,000 (33 bb)
Scott Wyler – Eliminated in 6th Place ($10,098)
Stuart Greenbaum – Eliminated in 7th Place ($7,722)

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 27: 40,000/80,000/10,000 Ante

Albert Efremoff moves all in for 115,000 from middle position, and Scott Wyler isolates with a reraise to 250,000. When the rest of the table folds, the cards are turned up.

Eframoff:
Wyler:

“Well, at least I’m live,” Efeamoff looks for the silver lining. He takes the lead on the flop, but the turn puts him one card from the exit. The river is the , and Efremoff is eliminated in eighth place.

Scott Wyler – 1,600,000 (20 bb)
Scott Efremoff – Eliminated in 8th Place ($5,643)

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 27: 40,000/80,000/10,000 Ante

John Depersio opens the button to 160,000, and Bienvenido Santiago calls in the hijack. Albert Eframoff three-bets to 320,000 in the cutoff, and David MacDonald four-bets to 700,000 on the button. Depersio and Santiago fold. Eframoff calls, though, and it’s heads up to the flop.

It comes , and Eframoff bets 1,100,000. MacDonald moves all in for 2,400,000 total, and Eframoff calls, having his opponent slightly covered.

Eframoff:
MacDonald:

The turn and river complete the board, securing MacDonald’s double. He’s now the commanding chip leader, while Eframoff is left with less than two big blinds.

David MacDonald – 6,720,000 (84 bb)
Albert Eframoff – 145,000 (2 bb)

$500 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000 Limits

Cory Zeidman and George Fountoulakis discuss the numbers, and they reach a mutually agreeable deal. Zeidman gives up $800, and the match is called early.

Fountoulakis seems pleased enough with the result. “Second to Cory Zeidman. Not so bad,” he says aloud. It is a fine finish for the teacher from Palm City, locking up the largest cash of his career and nearly doubling his total previous live earnings. This runner-up effort is worth $5,175.

Zeidman, on the other hand, is a professional poker player from nearby Coral Springs, FL, and he has earned more than $600,000 in live tournaments. Although he spends a fair amount of time playing at Seminole Coconut Creek, this is his first cash in this building. It’s worth $7,425, and it comes with a $2,500 seat to the Coco Poker Open Championship Event, to be held on October 1.

Howard Mash won his quarterfinal match against Corey Dodd, and Kyle Taddei defeated November Niner Joshua Beckley to punch his ticket to the the semifinals. The final four is now set, and the two matches have begun.

For this round, players start with 50,000 chips, and the blinds begin at 500/1,000. Levels are increased to 20 minutes apiece.

Here is the updated bracket:

$500 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000 Limits

Stud:

George Fountoulakis completes with the , and Peter Walsworth raises with the . Fountoulakis makes it 9,000 total, and Walsworth moves all in for 11,500 total. Fountoulakis calls, putting Walsworth at risk.

Fountoulakis: //
Walsworth: //

Walsworth’s pair of sixes is not enough. Fountoulakis wins the pot with queens up, sending Walsworth to the rail in third place.

Peter Walsworth – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($2,975)

$500 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em
Level 8: 1,000/2,000

Zack Fish and Agop Bagdasari have both won their quarterfinal matches, and they are through to the final four on opposite sides of the bracket.

Fish awaits the winner of the Cory Dodd vs. Howard Mash match, while Bagdasari will face either Kyle Taddei or Joshua Beckley in the semifinals.

$500 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000 Limits

Richard Levy is eliminated during one of the first hands of Omaha.

Richard Levy – Eliminated in 4th Place ($1,925)

$500 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em
Level 1: 400/800

The third round matches are complete, and the quarterfinals are underway. For this fourth round, players begin with 40,000 chips, and the blinds start at 400/800. Everyone left is guaranteed at least $1,000.

Here’s how the bracket looks with eight players remaining:

$500 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 2,500/5,000 Limits

Stud Hi/Lo:

Mike Chang is all in with his short stack, looking to triple up through Cory Zeidman and George Fountoulakis. When the cards are run out, Fountoulakis can only make a pair of sixes, and Chang rivers a pair of kings to take the lead. Zeidman pairs his ace on seventh street though, scooping the pot with aces up and sending Chang to the rail on the  direct bubble.

The final four players are now all in the money.

Mike Chang – Eliminated