The tournament is on a five-minute break with play having moved into Level 17 with blinds of 3,500/7,000 and an ante of 875. Moments after the elimination of "GiantGenius", "ScarletRaptor" was also eliminated to bring the number of players in the field down to nine.

With one elimination needed to reach the money, hand-for-hand play is now in effect across the two remaining tables. Updated counts have been provided below for the nine remaining players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken	1,581,020	555,111
l23weeeeeeeee	452,566	37,986
RiverMan	406,425	2,175
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty	317,309	132,530
dadadada	301,270	177,548
Alex "JinYang" Butcher	279,530	110,173
Cholie	212,130	-134,718
Angel "chromeking" Lopez	145,650	73,200
Daniel "leinad" Buzgon	104,100	-32,612
ScarletRaptor	Busted