Chris Moore Doubles Through Freddy Bonyadi

Level 20: 4,000-8,000, 1,000 ante

After a flop of 1095, Chris Moore checks the big blind, Freddy Bonyadi bets 30,000 from the cutoff, Moore raises to 120,000, and Bonyadi moves all in. Moore calls all in for 298,000 with 109 (top two pair), while Bonyadi shows AK for an ace-high flush draw. 

The turn is the 10, the river is the 6, and Chris Moore wins the pot with a full house, tens full of nines, to double up. 

Chris Moore  -  715,000
Freddy Bonyadi  -  895,000

Steve "Chainsaw" Dempsey Eliminated in 15th Place ($30,000)

Level 20: 4,000-8,000, 1,000 ante

Steve "Chainsaw" Dempsey is all in preflop for 125,000 with A8 against Chau Vu's Q-Q. The board comes J7338, and Chau Vu wins the pot with his pocket queens. 

Steve "Chainsaw" Dempsey is eliminated from the tournament in 15th place, and fails in his quest for a WPT title to reclaim full rights of his nickname from Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler. (Dempsey now calls himself "The Real Chainsaw.")

Chau Vu  -  435,000
Steve "Chainsaw" Dempsey  -  Out in 15th Place ($30,000)

David Forster Doubles Through John Monnette

Level 20: 4,000-8,000, 1,000 ante

John Monnette raises to 21,000, David Forster moves all in for 110,000, and Monnette calls with KQ. Forster shows A5, and he'll need it to hold to stay alive. 

The board comes 954AJ, and Forster wins the pot with two pair, aces and fives, to double up. 

David Forster  -  225,000
John Monnette  -  540,000

Level 20: Blinds Increase to 4,000-8,000 (1,000 ante)

Level 20: 4,000-8,000, 1,000 ante

The final 15 players return from break to begin Level 20, with increased blinds of 4,000-8,000 and a 1,000 ante. 

The dinner break has been delayed until after this level (about 7:50 pm PT). 

Chatty Kathy

Level 19: 3,000-6,000, 1,000 ante

Vivek Rajkumar Eliminated in 16th Place ($30,000)

Level 19: 3,000-6,000, 1,000 ante

After a flop of AQ10, Vivek Rajkumar is all in with J5 (flush draw with a gutshot straight draw) against Mike Kamran's A7 (pair of aces, higher flush draw). Vivek is dominated, and his best hope is to catch a non-heart king to make his straight.

The turn is the 7, the river is the 2, and Mike Kamran wins the pot with two pair, aces and sevens. Vivek Rajkumar is eliminated in 16th place.

Michael Kamran  -  1,220,000
Vivek Rajkumar  -  Out in 16th Place ($30,000)

Taylor Raines Eliminated in 17th Place ($30,000)

Level 19: 3,000-6,000, 1,000 ante

Taylor Raines raises from the cutoff to 17,000, Dan O'Brien reraises from the small blind, Raines moves all in, and O'Brien calls with 99. Raines shows 22, and he's dominated as he faces elimination.

The board comes K8610J, and Dan O'Brien wins the pot with his pocket nines. Taylor Raines is eliminated in 17th place.

Dan O'Brien  -  450,000  
Taylor Raines  -  Out in 17th Place ($30,000)

Vivek Rajkumar vs. Michael Kamran

Level 19: 3,000-6,000, 1,000 ante

Vivek Rajkumar has been steadily taking chips away from Michael Kamran, who hasn't won a pot in quite a while. Kamran was up over a million, but not anymore.

Vivek Rajkumar  -  430,000
Michael Kamran  -  720,000

Chris Moore Doubles Through Dan O'Brien

Level 19: 3,000-6,000, 1,000 ante

Chris Moore is all in from the big blind with 88 against Dan O'Brien on the button with AQ. The board comes Q2268, and O'Brien flops a queen to take the lead, only to have Moore river an eight to win the pot with a full house (eights full of deuces). Chris Moore doubles up.

Chris Moore  -  320,000
Dan O'Brien  -  335,000

Chris Moore Doubles Through David Fox

Level 19: 3,000-6,000, 1,000 ante

Chris Moore is all in preflop from the small blind with AK against David Fox in the big blind with QJ. The board comes J83J10, and Fox flops a pair to Moore's flush draw, then Fox turns trips, then Moore rivers a club flush to win the pot and double up.

Chris Moore  -  170,000
David Fox  -  425,000