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| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 353 | 1 | Jonathan Duhamel |
| 353 | 2 | Tom Marchese |
| 353 | 3 | Oleksii Kovalchuk |
| 353 | 4 | Philippe Clerc |
| 353 | 5 | Daniel Merkus |
| 353 | 6 | Lasell King |
| 353 | 7 | Sean Dempsey |
| 353 | 8 | Rory Rees Brennan |
| 353 | 9 | Jared Bleznick |
| 347 | 1 | James Wiese |
| 347 | 2 | Johannes Strassmann |
| 347 | 3 | Michael Schwartz |
| 347 | 4 | Tony Cousineau |
| 347 | 5 | Gjergj Sinishtaj |
| 347 | 6 | Daniel Alaei |
| 347 | 7 | Alexey Rybin |
| 347 | 8 | Alex Kravchenko |
| 347 | 9 | Numit Agrawal |
Philippe Clerc opened with a raise to 30,000 from late position, then Daniel Merkus set out a raise to 80,000 from one seat over. It folded back to Clerc who sat for a few seconds, then declared he was reraising the pot, and Merkus quickly called with his remaining chips.
Clerc: 
Merkus: 
The first four community cards came 
, filling a wheel for Merkus although Clerc could still make a flush. The 
then fell on fifth street, and Merkus survived.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
125,000
-391,000
|
-391,000 |
Jared Bleznick raised to 35,000 in the cutoff, Jonathan Duhamel called on the button, and both blinds released. The dealer fanned 
, Bleznick tossed out 20,000, and Duhamel called.
The turn was the 
, Bleznick led out for another 65,000, and Duhamel called.
The 
completed the board, and Bleznick emptied the chamber, firing a third and final bullet worth 110,000. Duhamel called, and Bleznick sent 
spinning across the felt face up for quad sixes.
Duhamel dropped to 90,000 chips, while Bleznick is above two million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,100,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
90,000
-205,000
|
-205,000 |
|
||
Five players took a flop of 
, including Tony Cousineau who bet 85,000, and Alexey Rybin, his only caller.
The turn was the 
, the rest of the money went in after unknown action (Jonathan Duhamel had just called a river bet in the previous hand posted).
Cousineau: 
Rybin: 
Rybin had trip kings and a diamond draw, but Cousineau had turned a full house. Rybin could still score a knockout with a queen on the river, and the two could chop with an ace, but the bricked off.
Cousineau doubled to 680,000 chips, while Rybin slipped to 280,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
680,000
515,000
|
515,000 |
|
280,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante:
Jared Bleznick raised to 35,000 from middle position, then Jonathan Duhamel reraised all in for about 90,000 total behind him. Those in between stepped aside, and Bleznick called the reraise without much hesitation.
Bleznick: 
Duhamel: 
The flop came badly for Duhamel, rolling out 
to give Bleznick a queen-high straight. The then fell on the turn, which left Duhamel needing another nine to appear or a king to survive. But the river was the 
, and the 2010 WSOP Main Event champion was sent railward in 18th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,100,000 | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Shortly after Jonathan Duhamel's elimination, Philippe Clerc was all in with his short stack with 
and looking for a double versus Oleksii Kovalchuk who held 
.
Alas for Clerc, the flop came 
, immediately providing a flush for Kovalchuk, and by the 
turn Clerc's 17th-place finish had already been determined.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,230,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
1,620,000
-580,000
|
-580,000 |
|
||
|
1,450,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
755,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
750,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
615,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
610,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
520,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
|
|
405,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
365,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
|
|
280,000 | |
|
275,000
137,000
|
137,000 |
|
275,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
270,000
-350,000
|
-350,000 |
|
255,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
|
||
|
215,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Jared Bleznick raised to 55,000 from under the gun, Daniel Merkus three-bet the pot (140,000) from the cutoff, and Bleznick moved all in. Merkus quickly called for around 400,000.
Bleznick: 
Merkus: 
Merkus held two suits to Bleznick's one, but Bleznick flopped Merkus dead when the dealer fanned 
. The turn and river completed 
, , giving Bleznick a straight flush for kicks and giggles, and Merkus was eliminated in 16th place.
"Steel wheel," Bleznick said, grinning. "That's how good a poker player I am. He has two suits, I have one, and I make a straight flush."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,580,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Johannes Strassmann raised to 42,000 from the hijack seat, and Rory Rees Brennan three-bet the pot out of the small blind.
"One-eighty six," the dealer announced, sending Strassmann deep into the tank.
He said something about calling if it they were playing a cash game, and then he asked the dealer for the amount once more. She repeated the number 186. Tom Marchese lifted his head at this.
"How much?" he asked.
The two then worked out the math, and realized that it was 146,000, not 186,000.
"Oh," Strassmann said with an excited look on his face. "I'm calling."
He did, and the flop fell 
. It didn't even look like Brennan had bet before Stassmann sent his cards into the muck.
"Thanks for waking up down there," Brennan joked at Marchese.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
480,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
|
475,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
