There are 20 players remaining in Event #29 of the 2014 World Series of Poker, a $2,500 No Limit Hold’em tournament. What started as a field of 1,165 has been whittled down to a quaint group that has Jamie pokerjamers Armstrong (pictured) at its helm with a stack of 765,000.

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Armstrong Tweeted late in the day that he had come out on the short end of a race, but still managed to hold the chip lead entering the tournament’s final scheduled day: “Lost a big flip A-Q vs 9-9 for 450K. FML. Ended with 765K, come back to 5/10K with 20 left. Goodnight.”

Armstrong has a half-million dollars in WSOP earnings, about half of which came after a runner-up finish in a $1,000 No Limit Hold’em event in 2012. He finished fifth in a $5,000 No Limit Hold’em Eight-Max tournament last year for $112,000.

Isaac mr. menloBaron (pictured) was the final player eliminated on Saturday after calling all-in on a board showing 5-9-K-5-J and tabling J-5 for what seemed to be an unbeatable full house. However, David Benefield showed K-5 for a better full house and scooped the pot, simultaneously sending Baron to the rail.

Also shown the door late in the day on Saturday was Daniel DeoxyriboStrelitz, who called all-in before the flop with K-9 of hearts and was up against the K-J of spades belonging to Andy Pham. The board ran out 5-4-8-2-7 and Strelitz was sent packing in 26th place after Pham’s kicker played.

Here’s how the field looks with 20 players remaining:

1. Jamie pokerjamersArmstrong – 765,000
2. Barry Hutter – 731,000
3. Chris Johnson – 665,000
4. Sam Cohen – 654,000
5. Andy Phan – 603,000
6. Daniel Laming – 561,000
7. Thad McNulty – 520,000
8. Scott Davies – 474,000
9. Yong Lu – 474,000
10. Rep Porter – 463,000
11. Matt Salsberg – 447,000
12. David Benefield – 432,000
13. Richard Kirsch – 315,000
14. Justin Oliver – 284,000
15. Pierre Milan – 273,000
16. Justin Kindred – 260,000
17. Marius Pospiech – 249,000
18. William Reynolds – 223,000
19. Joseph Brattole – 181,000
20. Grayson the_dean22 Nichols – 167,000

Also at the Rio on Sunday is the conclusion to Event #30, a $1,500 Seven Card Stud High-Low Eight or Better tournament that began with 588 entrants. There are a dozen players remaining, including former #1 ranked PocketFiver Cal cal42688Anderson (pictured), who already has a pair of top-14 finishes at this year’s WSOP. He’s in second place behind chip leader Eric Kurtzman and the field that remains consists of a variety of poker stalwarts and up-and-coming Mixed Game players:

1. Eric Kurtzman – 490,000
2. Calvin cal42688Anderson – 356,000
3. Sanjay Pandya – 307,000
4. Joe Tehan – 285,000
5. Melissa Burr – 222,000
6. Jimmy gobboboy Fricke – 216,000
7. Ted Forrest – 183,000
8. David Brooker – 176,000
9. Robert Goldfarb – 170,000
10. Levon Torosyan – 92,000
11. John Myung – 76,000
12. Matthew Kelly – 73,000

Chris FoxWallace, who won a bracelet last week in a $10,000 HORSE event, finished 16th in Event #30. David Brooker had trip sixes when the Stud hand had finished, while Wallace, drawing to a wheel, whiffed when he picked up a queen.

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