Aaron Parsons was the next to hit the rail, leaving in ninth place ($3,600). Earl Levett had spent most of the night keeping himself out of trouble and watching other players get knocked out one by one.  Following Parson’s departure, Levett was next to bust, after he shoved A3 in the big blind after an open by Rimniceanu who had bet in early position holding 77. Levett didn’t hit and Rimniceanu’s pocket pair held to knock Levett out in eighth place ($4,860).  Marc Bourgeois, who played a solid game, fell victim to Rimniceanu and he went home in seventh place ($6,130).  Next was Philippe Boucher, who was short stacked at the final table but was able to ladder up and finally exited in sixth place ($7,410).

When play became five handed, Rimniceanu, who was second in chips, asked the other players if they wanted to look at the numbers for some sort of deal. In the end, the chip leader, Zhang, didn’t want to make a deal and the players told the dealer to deal the next hand.

A few hands later, Zhang and Rimniceanu got involved in a hand heads up that ended up sending a ton of chips to Rimniceanu, making him the new chip leader. With already over 3M chips in the middle, Rimniceanu went all in, putting Zhang on a decision that would have destroyed his stack if he lost. Zhang tanked for quite some time and used his time bank cards to allow more time again, while Rimniceanu was standing and pumping his fist and making it tough for Zhang to make his decision. Finally Zhang folded, and Rimniceanu became the new chip leader.