Shuffle Up & Deal!

Level 20: 12,000-24,000, 3,000 ante

The final 24 players are seated and ready to go, so it's time to shuffle up and deal! 

The blinds are starting today in Level 21, at 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante. Play will continue today for five levels, or until we reach the final 10 players. They can't play further than that, because the WPT crew will be showing up tomorrow to tape the play down to the televised final table. 

Blue Diamond Almonds Bold Player of the Day - Eugene Katchalov

Level 20: 12,000-24,000, 3,000 ante

Andy Miller Doubles Through Scotty Nguyen

Level 20: 12,000-24,000, 3,000 ante

Andy Miller is all in preflop with AQ against Scotty Nguyen's 88. The board comes AKQJ6, and Miller wins the pot with two pair, aces and queens, to double up. 

Andy Miller  -  720,000
Scotty Nguyen  -  2,000,000

Six More Hands

Level 20: 12,000-24,000, 3,000 ante

With 20 minutes left in the last level of the day, a card is drawn to determine how many more hands each table will play, to avoid end-of-day stalling. 

It's a 6. 

So each table will play six more hands, and then wrap up for the day. 

Hyon Kim Eliminated in 25th Place ($49,025)

Level 20: 12,000-24,000, 3,000 ante

After a flop of Q76, Yevgeniy Timoshenko bets 100,000 under the gun, Hyon Kim raises from late position to 270,000, Timoshenko moves all in, and Kim calls with A9 (heart flush draw). Timoshenko shows 76 for two pair, sevens and sixes. 

The turn is the 8, the river is the 9, and Timoshenko wins the pot with two pair. Hyon Kim is eliminated in 25th place. 

Yevgeniy Timoshenko  -  2,400,000
Hyon Kim  -  Out in 25th Place ($49,025)

Steve Billirakis Eliminated in 26th Place ($49,025)

Level 20: 12,000-24,000, 3,000 ante

Scotty Nguyen raises under the gun to 95,000, Steve Billirakis moves all in for 540,000, and Christian Harder calls. Nguyen folds AK face up, and that's bad news for Harder, who has A-K. Billirakis shows JJ. 

The board comes A92902, and Harder pairs his ace on the flop to win the pot. Steve Billirakis is eliminated in 26th place. 

Christian Harder  -  2,795,000
Steve "MrSmokey1" Billirakis  -  Out in 26th Place ($49,025)

Nenad Medic Eliminated in 27th Place ($49,025)

Level 20: 12,000-24,000, 3,000 ante

There wasn't much action until the river on a board of QQ2J8, but that eight made hands for both players, and Yevgeniy Timoshenko and Nenad Medic are both all in. 

Medic shows 109 for a queen-high straight, but Timoshenko shows 88 to win the pot with a full house, eights full of queens. Nenad Medic is eliminated in 27th place. 

Yevgeniy Timoshenko  -  1,900,000
Nenad Medic  -  Out in 27th Place ($49,025)

Justin Young Doubles Through Steve Billirakis

Level 20: 12,000-24,000, 3,000 ante

Andy Miller raises to 80,000, Steve Billirakis calls from late position, Justin Young reraises from the button to 210,000, and Miller folds. Billirakis reraises to 510,000, Young moves all in, and Billirakis calls. 

Billirakis shows KK, but he runs into the AA of Justin Young. The board comes 1096QA, and Young wins the pot with a set of aces on the river to double up. 

Justin Young  -  2,110,000
Steve Billirakis  -  545,000

Nick Binger vs. Shannon Shorr

Level 20: 12,000-24,000, 3,000 ante

Shannon Shorr raises, Nick Binger moves all in for 334,000, and Shorr folds. Binger shows J-J as he takes the pot. 

Nick Binger  -  456,000
Shannon Shorr  -  850,000

Justin Young Shoves To Take a Pot

Level 20: 12,000-24,000, 3,000 ante

Justin Young raises from early position, Christian Harder calls from middle position, and Jennifer Harman calls from the cutoff. The flop comes 1083, Young checks, Harder bets 114,000, Harman calls, and Young check-raises all in for 450,000 more. Harder and Harman both fold, and Justin Young takes the pot. 

Justin Young  -  890,000