With just 36 players remaining and play being stopped when 15 percent of the field remains, that means that just 8 more eliminations are needed to hit the night-ending magic number of 28 survivors.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
With approximately 65,000 in the pot on a completed board of 
, after his opponent in the cutoff checked to him, Joseph Salvaggi shoved his remaining 65,000 into the middle.
After some deliberation, his opponent folded and Salvaggi proudly turned over 
for a missed straight draw turned bluff.
"For the blog!" Salvaggi declared as he dragged the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
139,000 | 54,000 |
After an under-the-gun raise from Ed Mogilnicki, Frankie Zeta moved all in from the small blind for 115,500. Connor Zhu re-jammed from the big blind, covering everyone in the room, and Mogilnicki folded to preserve his dwindling stack.
Frankie Zeta: 
Connor Zhu: 
The board ran out 
, and somehow, Zhu actually lost the pot, sending a large chunk to an opponent for the first time in several hours, with Zeta the rare beneficiary.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
590,000 | -165,000 |
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239,000 | 239,000 |
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37,500 | 37,500 |
Connor Zhu's table was recently broken, but a quick check-in on him saw a new table of opponents shaking their heads in disbelief at the chip leader.
On a 
flop, Anthony Carbone checked in middle position to Zhu in the cutoff who bet 10,000.
Carbone called, then checked again on the 
turn. Zhu quickly fired out another 15,000 which Carbone again called.
On the river, Carbone checked once more and Zhu quickly fired out 25,000 more.
Carbone thought briefly then pushed his cards to the dealer as Zhu dragged yet another pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
755,000 | 65,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
The PokerNews live reporting team arrived just as Connor Zhu was seen stacking more chips as his tablemates shook their heads at his continuing incredible run.
As told by his tablemates while Zhu arranged his now near 700,000 chips, after Zhu called his opponent's all in on a 
flop with 
versus 
, the 
runout gave Zhu a second pair on the river to eliminate yet another opponent and extend his massive chip lead further.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
690,000 | 160,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Emily Snow and Kyle Goodwin were both at risk preflop in a three-way pot totaling over 150,000, with Scott Carolus having the chance to eliminate both players.
Emily Snow: 
Kyle Goodwin: 
Scott Carolus: 
The flop came 
, keeping Snow's pair of eights in the lead. However, the turn brought the 
, putting Carolus on the verge of the double elimination.
Carolus called for a queen to give him a running Broadway straight, and the dealer obliged with the 
, bringing in an unlikely winner for Goodwin to triple him up to over 150,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
173,000 | 81,000 |
|
156,000 | 156,000 |
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Busted |
After losing the majority of her stack before the break after jamming her pair of sevens on the button into her opponent's aces in the cutoff, Aleeyah Jadavji got her last 7,500 chips in preflop against Joe Hage.
Aleeyah Jadavji: 
Joe Hage: 
The 
in the window put Jadavi in dire straits, and a runout without an eight sealed her day short of bagging for Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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37,500 | |
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Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
193,000 | 70,000 |
|
101,000 | -12,000 |
|
81,500 | 50,100 |
|
47,000 | 17,000 |
|
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12,500 | -57,500 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
