In Level 17 with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and an ante of 500, "OMGnealpeart" open-shoved for their last 20,050 in the cutoff and received action from Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon in the small blind.

"OMGnealpeart":
Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon:

Buzgon wound up winning the coin flip as the runout came , ultimately giving him a straight and eliminating "OMGnealpeart" in 19th place.

In rapid-fire succession shortly thereafter, Steven "FadeOrHoldz" Madara then ran into the of "st0neydanza" to finish in 18th place and Angel "Chr0meKing" Lopez got his last chips in with to the of "NikkieBlueEyes". An ace on the flop spelled the end of his tournament life in 17th place.

"djjoelz" was then eliminated in 16th immediately thereafter, losing a coin flip with to the of "Dkornblau", and hand-for-hand play now is in effect with 15 players remaining and one more bust out needed to reach the money.