Herve Brajon played a heads-up pot on a flop of K♥Jx5x. Brajon bet and snap-called as the opponent raised all in with a small stack.
Opponent: A♥10♥ 
Herve Brajon: Q♠Q♣
Brajon's queens stayed ahead as the board finished out K♣10♣ to earn the tracksuit-wearing Frenchman a knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
The remaining 34 players have been sent on a ten-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
There were two Free Poker Network (FPN) champions at the Royal Court National Championship Main Event final table, but it was two new winners who emerged at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas as South Dakota's Glenn Schaefers and Minnesota's Steve Belland both won trophies and $12,000 packages to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event.
The two navigated a final table that included champion Wendy Adamczyk D'Andrea (4th - $1,200) and two-time FPN winner Joel Smith (7th - $800), as well as third-place finisher Larry Sundberg ($2,500) looking to bring Billy's Bar & Grill a fifth title.
There were 333 qualifiers who made their way to Las Vegas for the $50 buy-in Royal Court National Championship Main Event, which had a prize pool of $50,700 and $10,000 in mystery bounties.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glenn Schaefers | $12,000 Main Event Package |
| 1 | Steve Belland | $12,000 Main Event Package |
| 3 | Larry Sundberg | $2,500 |
| 4 | Wendy Adamczyk D'Andrea | $1,200 |
| 5 | Sam Romero | $800 |
| 6 | Aaron Miller | $800 |
| 7 | Joel Smith | $800 |
| 8 | Bonnie Bona | $800 |
| 9 | Suzzanne Barsaloux | $800 |
In 2013's The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway, played by Tobey Maguire, kicks reporters out of Gatsby's mansion. But it was Patrick McGuire who sent a player packing on the money bubble of today's championship.
Donna Dale was down to a stub of a stack and got it in with A♦10♦, managing to make a no-good flush as McGuire made a full house with Kx10x, according to those at the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Hand-for-hand play is underway with 37 players remaining and 36 spots paid.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
260,000 | |
|
|
140,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
100,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
25,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Tammy Quade raised in early position and Sue Liskunas called in the big blind with crumbs.
Sue Liskunas: 10♣5♦
Tammy Quade: A♥2♥
The flop of 2♣6♦2♦ was all she wrote as Quade made trips and the A♦ turn improved her to a full house before the 3♦ river confirmed Liskunas' elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
642,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
Busted |
