MSPT Pro Nick Pupillo Eliminated in 21st place ($2,974)

Bill Rogers raised to 50,000 and Abhishek Yerra called. MSPT Pro Nick Pupillo shoved all in for his last 131,000. Bill Rogers reshoved all in for 436,000, putting pressure on Yerra. Yerra folded and Pupillo and Rogers were heads up.

Pupillo had and Rogers had . The board ran out and Pupillo was eliminated.

With his 21st place finish, Nick Pupillo is just 50 points behind Blake Bohn on this year's Player of the Year rankings. It was previously stated that he would need 27th place to take the lead, but the math was based on 600 entrants. Instead he needed to place 18th to take the lead, but fell just short.