Here are the chip counts as the action resumes:

Adam Gerber	$1,960,000
Louis Lee	$1,430,000
Ed Brogdon	$985,000
Matt Glantz	$560,000

The blinds are up, way up. From $10,000/$20,000 with a $3,000 ante we are now up to $15,000/$30,000 with a $5,000 ante, increasing the pressure on these players as the action gets back underway.

Louis Lee raises to $68,000 from the button and Adam Gerber re-ups to $180,000 total from the big blind. Lee gives the matter some heavy thought before finally laying it down and Gerber shows A-K as he rakes the pot.

We're now on a 10-minute level break.

Ed Brogdon gets all-in pre-flop for his last $436,000 against Adam Gerber, who turns up A T to Brogdon's A K. The board comes 9 7 7 6 4 and Brogdon has doubled through Gerber to bring his stack to almost $1 million.

Louis Lee raises to $68,000 on the button and Victor Ramdin comes over the top all-in for another $205,000 from the small blind. Ed Brogdon gets out of the way in the big blind and the action's on Lee, who ruminates for a few minutes, saying, "This would be the sickest thing in the world if I called this."

It is the sickest thing in the world, because Lee calls with K 7 and is way behind Ramdin's A K. The flop is cruel, coming Q 7 6, and after the turn is the Q the river is the 9 and Victor Ramdin, who yesterday told Lee he'd take every last one of his chips before the tournament was over, has been eliminated at the hands of the man he'd trash-talked.

Ramdin is out in fifth place and will take home $71,586 to add to the coffers.

Matt Glantz raises to $70,000 from the button and Jared Okun moves all-in over the top for $242,000 total from the small blind. The action folds back around to Glantz, who makes the call and turns up J J to Okun's A Q. The board comes 9 5 2 3 T and Jared Okun is out in sixth place, earning $55,678 in a losing cause.

Louis Lee raises to $68,000 from early position and Svetlana Gromenkova re-pops all-in for another $302,000 from middle position. Adam Gerber calls on the button and Lee goes into the tank, giving the matter plenty of thought before finally laying it down.

Gerber turns up 7 7 and Gromenkova A Q while Lee is clearly disgusted with his fold, claiming he laid down the best hand. Regardless, the board comes T 3 2 K 5 and Gerber gets the check mark while Gromenkova gets the boot, out in seventh place for $39,770. 

Jared Okun has open-shoved the last two hands from the button and cut-off respectively for over $210,000 both times. Neither time has garnered him a caller and he's picked up $51,000 with each all-in move.

Tommy Wang open-shoves all-in for his last $103,000 from the button and Svetlana Gromenkova comes over the top all-in from the small blind to isolate. Ed Brogdon lays it down in the big blind and Gromenkova turns up A T to Wang's K Q. The board comes 6 5 4 9 6 and Tommy Wang has been eliminated in eighth place. He'll take home $31,818 for his finish.

Victor Ramdin and Tommy Wang see a flop come 9 4 2 and Ramdin bets out $20,000. Wang puts him all-in and Ramdin obliges, calling with T 9 for top pair to Wang's piddly 3 2. The board finishes out 8 K and Wang is forced to ship $125,000 to Ramdin, leaving himself with about $110,000 behind.