Conley Doubles, Schnetter Triples, Haydt Eliminated
With some short stacks in the field, there was bound to be a lot of action early on. Benjamin Zamani raised to 25,000 from early position and Justin Conley shoved all in for 152,000 directly to his left. Christopher Haydt was in the big blind and moved all in over the top and Zamani folded. Conley held 
and Haydt showed 
. The board ran out 
and Conley doubled through, leaving Haydt with just 61,000.
In the next hand, the action was folded to Ulrich Schnetter on the button who raised all-in for 71,000. Haydt pushed his remaining 61,000 into the middle and Schuyler Thornton called from the big blind.
Schnetter: 
Haydt: 
Thornton: 
The board ran out 
and Schnetter nearly tripled up. Haydt, however, was eliminated and Thornton only took a small hit to his stack.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
335,000 | 155,000 |
|
213,000 | 112,000 |
|
Eliminé |