Peter Rosenblum was moved to one of the other tables to balance them out but after the tournament reached 54 remaining players, one table would be broken up. Somehow Rosenblum made his way back to the same spot he started in about an hour-and-a-half ago.
"I did the real marathon." he said with a smile while taking his seat.
Scotty Nguyen raised to 28,000 from the under-the-gun position and was called by Sameer Aljanedi in the hijack. Martin Jacobson three-bet to 116,000 from the small blind and both Nguyen and Aljanedi folded.
In another hand, Jacobson raised to 26,000 from the cutoff and Martin Staszko called in the big blind.
The flop came 
, then Staszko check-folded when Jacobson put a bet in.
All the money got in preflop between Joe Elpayaa and Zu Zhou. Elpayaa was the player at risk with his stack of about 250,000.
Joe Elpayaa: 
Zu Zhou: 
The flop came down 
ending matters quickly for Elpayaa as Zhou flopped quads. The board completed with the 
and the and that meant that Elpayaa was sent to the payout desk in 57th place to collect $9,616 for his run.
Immediately after Elpayaa's elimination, Jiandong Xu was also taken down at the same table, sent home in 56th place.
Peter Rosenblum raised on the button, Javier Zarco three-bet to 75,000 from the small blind and Sameer Aljanedi shoved all in for 317,000 in total from the big blind. Rosenblum quickly folded. Action was back on Zarco who looked pained while considering his options.
"So close!" Zarco exclaimed and then he called.
Sameer Aljanedi:
Javier Zarco: 
The board ran out 
to give Aljanedi a set on the flop for the double-up.
Picking up the action on a flop of 
, Mike Addamo checked over to Matthew Davidow who put out a bet of 120,000. Addamo called.
The turn was the 
and Addamo checked over to Davidow again. Davidow put out a bet of 240,000 this time. Addamo took his time before calling. The river was the which prompted checks from both players.
"I have a five," Addamo said, not revealing his hand. Davidow revealed his 
and it was good enough to take the pot away when Addamo mucked.
Bryden Baxter raised to 27,000 from the hijack and Terry Fan called in the small blind.
The flop came 
and both players checked. The turn brought them the 
, and Fan check-called the 34,000 bet of Baxter. The river completed the board with the and both checked again.
Fan tabled 
and was beaten by the of Baxter.
The board showed 
and Yin Wu was holding for a flush. Christian Pham's stack was being counted out and Wu had him covered by just a bit, so Pham was eliminated from the tournament.
According to players at the table, all the money went in on the flop with Pham holding 
for a flopped set and Wu caught up, making his flush.
Pham, the former bracelet winner, hits the rail in 58th place and will collect, $9,616 for his run.
Lee Markholt raised on the button to 27,000. Jiandog Xu was in the small blind and he moved all in for 51,000. Action folded back to Markholt who called.
Lee Markholt: 
Jiandog Xu:
The board ran out 
which flopped a straight draw for Markholt, but it was Xu who ended up with the straight to double up.
Meanwhile, on a nearby table, Sean Eichendorf just lost the last of his stack to be sent to the rail.
Martin Jacobson raised to 26,000 from the cutoff and Peter Rosenblum three-bet to 75,000 from the button. Terry Fan and Scotty Nguyen quickly folded their blinds. Jacobson four-bet to 210,000 and Rosenblum called quite easily.
The flop came , Jacobson continued with a bet of 150,000, Rosenblum raised to 325,000. Jacobson responded with a shove and Rosenblum snap-called.
Martin Jacobson:
Peter Rosenblum:
The rest of the board was completed with the 
on the turn and the 
on the river to let Jacobson hold with his aces for two pair, aces and sevens, for the double-up. When the dealer counted out Jacobson's stack, he confirmed Jacobson had 557,000 in front of him. After paying Jacobson, Rosenblum was left with about 380,000.
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