Level 18 has begun and will mark the final level of the day. The remaining players will bag at the end of this level and return tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. local time for Day 2.
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Ramiro Petrone ended up getting his 110,000 chips in from the hijack and was at risk against Timothy Adams on the button.
Ramiro Petrone: 
Timothy Adams: 
The 
flop kept Adams ahead, although Petrone did pick up a backdoor straight draw. The 
turn gave him those additional outs, and the 
spiked the river to improve him to a straight and keep his tournament life alive as the table reacted at the unlikely result.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
235,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
90,000
-113,000
|
-113,000 |
Erik Seidel opened from under the gun and Damian Salas three-bet shoved a stack of 44,000 from the small blind. Seidel called with a bigger stack.
Damian Salas: 
Erik Seidel: 
"That's a pretty good hand against mine," Seidel said as he revealed his holding.
The flop of 
didn't change things, but the 
on the turn gave Seidel the lead with jacks and eights as those at the table gasped. However, the 
on the river was exactly what Salas needed as it gave the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion a flush to stay alive after the roller-coaster runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
201,000
-51,000
|
-51,000 |
|
||
|
103,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
Francisco Benitez opened to 12,000 in the cutoff, Tom-Aksel Bedell moved all in for 20,000 on the button, and action folded back to Benitez.
"Please fold, pleeease fold!" urged Bedell.
"No, I can't!" Benitez responded as he put in the chips.
Tom-Aksel Bedell: 
Francisco Benitez: 
It was a flip, and the 
flop put Benitez way ahead. However, the 
spiked the turn, and the 
confirmed Bedell's double.
"Okay, now I fold," joked Benitez.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
55,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
322,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
|
||
|
300,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
280,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
271,000
176,000
|
176,000 |
|
|
267,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
252,000
-63,000
|
-63,000 |
|
|
||
|
220,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
|
203,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
175,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
110,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
56,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
35,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
The 12 remaining players are now on a 15-minute break.
Erik Seidel was out of position in a heads-up pot against Tom-Aksel Bedell on a board reading 
.
Seidel checked on the flop and Bedell fired a bet of 10,5000. Seidel check-raised to around 70,000 and Bedell folded as he held onto his remaining stack of about 40,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
315,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
40,000 | |
Aleksejs Ponakovs jammed in middle position and Ramiro Petrone called for his 39,500 chips in the big blind.
Ramiro Petrone:
Aleksejs Ponakovs: 
Petrone was pipped by Ponakovs, but the 
flop was an interesting one. The 
hit the turn to give Petrone a flush, and the river confirmed the result to leave Ponakovs with only 8,500 chips.
On the next hand, Petrone moved in his remaining 8,500 chips under the gun, Stephen Chidwick raised to 13,000 in the hijack, and Adrian Mateos defended the big blind.
The dealer spread the flop and Mateos check-folded to a bet of 6,000.
Aleksejs Ponakovs:
Stephen Chidwick: 
Chidwick was ahead, and the turn and 
river changed nothing to eliminate Ponakovs from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
|
176,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
86,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
Busted | |
