Jason Mercier got his stack of 265,000 in before the draw against Galen Hall. Hall drew one card as Mercier stood pat.
Jason Mercier: 7x6x5x3x2x 
Galen Hall: 7x5x4x2x
Hall made an eight-low with his 8x, but it was no good against Mercier's pat seven, who doubled up.
Yuri Dzievelevski raised to 35,000 in the hijack and was called by Frederic Breton in the cutoff. Majid Yahyaei then three-bet to 98,000, leaving a T-1,000 chip behind.
Dzievelevski folded but Breton called and drew one once Yahyaei stood pat.
Breton then tossed in a chip after the draw and showed 8x5x4x3x2x, allowing Yahyaei to get away as he folded with a single chip behind.
Mike Watson raised to 35,000 on the button and Dan Smith put him all in from the big blind. Watson called off for his stack of 500,000 chips and drew one after Smith had done so first.
Mike Watson: 8x6x5x3x
Dan Smith: 6x5x4x2x
Smith turned over a Kx as his final card and Watson showed a 9x to make a nine-low and win the hand.
David Lin raised to 35,000 in the cutoff, before Mike Matusow three-bet to 135,000. When action folded back to Lin, he made the call.
Lin drew one, and Matusow stood pat.
After the draw, Lin put out 500,000 to put Matusow all in. Matusow quickly called and was shown 7x5x4x3x2x by Lin for a wheel. Matusow tapped the table and told Lin "Nice hand buddy" as he was eliminated in 20th place.
Scott Seiver had raised his cutoff, Billy Baxter jammed all in from the big blind for 84,000 and Seiver called. Both players drew one card and showed down.
Billy Baxter: 7x6x5x2x
Scott Seiver: 9x8x5x4x
Baxter turned over a 9x to leave Seiver drawing dead, and the latter tossed a Qx in the muck as he doubled up his opponent.
On another table, Yuri Dzivielevski had raised from the cutoff before Robert Mizrachi made it 100,000 to go in the big blind. Dzivielevski called and drew one after Dzievelevski had stood pat.
After the draw, Mizrachi bet 30,000 chips and Dzivielevski jammed all in. Mizrachi snap called for his 227,000 chips and tabled 8x7x5x4x2x.
Dzievelevski's 9x5x4x3x2x was no good and Mizrachi raked in the huge pot, leaving Dzivielevski with around 15 big blinds.
Naoya Kihara opened to 43,000 from early position, before being three-bet by Dan Smith in the cutoff to 175,000. After it folded back to Kihara, he made the call.
Kihara drew one, while Smith stood pat.
After drawing Kihara bet all in for 275,000. Smith threw his arms in the air and made the call. Smith tabled 9x8x4x3x2x but Kihara had the best hand with 8x7x5x4x3x and got the double up.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 672 | 1 | Jason Mercier | United States | 300,000 | 19 |
| 672 | 2 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 252,000 | 16 |
| 672 | 3 | Frederic Breton | Canada | 520,000 | 33 |
| 672 | 4 | Majid Yahyaei | United States | 210,000 | 13 |
| 672 | 5 | Robert Mizrachi | United States | 565,000 | 35 |
| 672 | 6 | Galen Hall | United States | 355,000 | 22 |
| 672 | 7 | ||||
| 671 | 1 | Billy Baxter | United States | 145,000 | 9 |
| 671 | 2 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | 1,100,000 | 69 |
| 671 | 3 | Jen Harman | United States | 750,000 | 47 |
| 671 | 4 | Jonathan Krela | Canada | 540,000 | 34 |
| 671 | 5 | Chris Hundley | United States | 260,000 | 16 |
| 671 | 6 | Scott Seiver | United States | 670,000 | 42 |
| 671 | 7 | Paul Volpe | United States | 160,000 | 10 |
| 670 | 1 | Bariscan Betil | United States | 495,000 | 31 |
| 670 | 2 | David Lin | United States | 1,570,000 | 98 |
| 670 | 3 | Mike Matusow | United States | 585,000 | 37 |
| 670 | 4 | Naoya Kihara | Japan | 362,000 | 23 |
| 670 | 5 | Mike Watson | Cananda | 415,000 | 26 |
| 670 | 6 | Aaron Kupin | United States | 510,000 | 32 |
| 670 | 7 | Dan Smith | United States | 1,190,000 | 74 |
Dan Shak was all in for his final 94,000 and was looked up by David Lin. Shak drew two cards and Lin stood pat.
Dan Shak: 7x3x2x
David Lin: 9x7x6x4x3x
Shak turned over 10x9x for a ten-low, and was subsequentially eliminated in 21st place before the final 20 players redrew across three tables.
Jeremy Ausmus raised to 35,000 before Max Kruse three-bet all in for 78,000. When it folded back Ausmus he quickly made the call.
Ausmus stood pat while Kruse drew one.
Max Kruse: 9x7x3x2x
Jeremy Ausmus: 7x6x5x4x2x
Kruse was drawing dead after Ausmus had a pat seven-six, and after he flipped over 10x Kruse was eliminated from the tournament.
Niveau: 18
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 24,000
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