Ben Yu moved all in from middle position and Alan Bittikofer called all in for his last 199,000.
Ben Yu: 
Alan Bittikofer: 
The board came 
with both players making pairs, but Yu's was biggest and he eliminated his opponent.
Evan Lipshultz raised to 60,000 from the hijack and Jake Balsiger shoved from the cutoff. Action folded back to Lipshultz who called.
Jake Balsiger: 
Evan Lipshultz: 
The board ran out 
for Balsiger's pocket tens to hold for the double-up.
Juan Carlos Martin raised to 75,000 from the cutoff and was met by a shove of Richard Kirsch in the small blind. Martin checked how much Kirsch had and Kirsch replied he had around 400,000. Martin called.
Richard Kirsch:
Juan Carlos Martin: 
The board ran out 
for Martin's kicker to count with the flopped pair of aces they both had to take Kirsch out of the running.
Rhody L Heureux shoved from the small blind for 115,000 and Richard Kirsch called in the big blind.
Rhody L Heureux:
Richard Kirsch: 
The board ran out 
for Kirsch's high card to hold and eliminate Heureux in 18th place for $7,280.
| Seat | Table | Name | Chip Count | Big Blinds | Table | Name | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 415 | Evan Lipshultz | 1,900,000 | 63 | 423 | Denis Timofeev | 500,000 | 17 |
| 2 | 415 | Jake Balsiger | 260,000 | 9 | 423 | Rhody L Heureux | 125,000 | 4 |
| 3 | 415 | Jason Johnson | 820,000 | 27 | 423 | Richard Kirsch | 300,000 | 10 |
| 4 | 415 | Ben Yu | 365,000 | 12 | 423 | Hien Nguyen | 1,100,000 | 37 |
| 5 | 415 | Eli Loewenthal | 640,000 | 21 | 423 | Thiago Nishijima | 1,050,000 | 35 |
| 6 | 415 | Sean Troha | 830,000 | 28 | 423 | Viktor Lavi | 300,000 | 10 |
| 7 | 415 | Justin Young | 1,575,000 | 53 | 423 | Leo Margets | 300,000 | 10 |
| 8 | 415 | Alan Bittikofer | 220,000 | 7 | 423 | Michael Gallagher | 720,000 | 24 |
| 9 | 415 | Mitchell Bowles | 300,000 | 10 | 423 | Juan Carlos Martin | 655,000 | 22 |
Thiago Nishijima shoved on the button for 620,000 and DJ MacKinnon did the same for about 400,000 in the small blind. Mitchell Bowles quickly folded his big blind.
DJ MacKinnon: 
Thiago Nishijima: 
The board ran out 
to give Nishijima a set of treys on the flop to eliminate MacKinnon.
Niveau: 26
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 5,000
Jerry Mouawad moved all in for 290,000 from the button and Hien Nguyen called in the small blind.
Jerry Mouawad: 
Hien Nguyen: 
The board ran out 
and Mouawad became the latest elimination.
Eric Taylor shoved from mid-position for about 220,000 and Jason Johnson did the same with the bigger stack from the hijack. Nobody called.
Eric Taylor: 
Jason Johnson:
The flop came to give Taylor two pair and Johnson a straight draw.
The on the turn gave Johnson the straight and Taylor now needed another jack or king to double up.
The river completed the board with the and Taylor was sent to the payout desk in 22nd place.
When we got to the table there was already over 450,000 in chips in the middle between overnight chip leader Evan Lipshultz and Jake Balsiger on a 
flop.
The turn was the 
and both players checked. The river was the and again both players checked. Lipshultz turned over for two pair, jacks and eights, and that was good enough to take down the flop.
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