Steven Spratlen open-jammed for 110,000 from under the gun and Robert Renaud looked him up from the big blind.
Steven Spratlen: A♥10♥ [alling]
Robert Renaud: A♣Q♥
Spratlen was in rough shape against Renaud's hand and the A♦9♥7♥ flop offered no help. He failed to improve on the 7♦6♠ runout as he hit exit in 24th.
Walt Lustgraaf opened to 50,000 from under the gun and Thomas Houston called in the small blind. In the big blind, Nick Hall three-bet to 210,000. Lustgraaf deliberated for a moment and he folded before Houston snap-jammed for 420,000 total and Hall called.
Thomas Houston: A♠K♣ 
Nick Hall: A♦A♣
It was a cooler scenario with Hall having the best of it. Nothing changed on the Q♣5♥4♠3♣7♥ runout as Houston hit the rail in brutal fashion.
The action was recounted to PokerNews by the table as the hand was picked up with the cards on their backs as Ken Baime was all-in for 675,000 from the big blind against Mark Treinen in the small blind.
Ken Baime: AxKx
Mark Treinen: 8x8x
A king fell on the flop and Treinen failed to improve as Baime secured a massive double and left Treinen on fumes.
Level: 19
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 1 | Robert Renaud | 380,000 | 25 |
| 20 | 2 | Dalton Jones | 285,000 | 19 |
| 20 | 3 | Steven Spratlen | 160,000 | 11 |
| 20 | 4 | Nick Barksdale | 1,350,000 | 90 |
| 20 | 5 | Eric Kyle | 1,350,000 | 90 |
| 20 | 6 | Thomas Houston | 375,000 | 25 |
| 20 | 7 | Nick Hall | 275,000 | 18 |
| 20 | 8 | Walt Lustgraaf | 805,000 | 54 |
| 20 | 9 | David Hengen | 925,000 | 62 |
| 0 | ||||
| 21 | 1 | Nicholas Stille | 325,000 | 22 |
| 21 | 2 | Jack Do | 650,000 | 43 |
| 21 | 3 | Scott Jamison | 175,000 | 12 |
| 21 | 4 | Mark Treinen | 875,000 | 58 |
| 21 | 5 | Ken Baime | 575,000 | 38 |
| 21 | 6 | Jian Le Huang | 325,000 | 22 |
| 21 | 7 | Brantley Grace | 225,000 | 15 |
| 21 | 8 | Dan Moskowitz | 70,000 | 5 |
| 21 | 9 | Chris Willis | 160,000 | 11 |
| 0 | ||||
| 26 | 1 | Thomas Wikoff | 1,725,000 | 115 |
| 26 | 2 | Shawn Privat | 260,000 | 17 |
| 26 | 3 | Darin Miller | 725,000 | 48 |
| 26 | 4 | Corey Paggeot | 820,000 | 55 |
| 26 | 5 | Ryan Phan | 150,000 | 10 |
| 26 | 6 | Lakota Yeutter | 290,000 | 19 |
| 26 | 7 | Joshua Brower | 260,000 | 17 |
| 26 | 8 | David Ogden | 235,000 | 16 |
| 26 | 9 | Brad Cohen | 200,000 | 13 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
The remaining 28 players are going on a 15-minute break.
Play resumes in Level 18 with blinds at 10,000/15,000/15,000 with an average stack of 494,000.
Jordan Nelle opened the cutoff and was called by Eric Kyle in the small blind.
On the 9♠7♣5♠ flop, Nelle continued for 17,000 before Kyle check-raised to 50,000 and Nelle called.
Kyle fired again for 77,000 on the 7♦ turn. Nelle raised to 200,000, and Kyle immediately jammed for 650,000 effective as the covering stack, and Nelle quickly called.
Jordan Nelle: K♠7♠
Eric Kyle: 5♥5♣
It was a brutal cooler as Kyle made a boat on the turn against the trips and flush draw of Nelle. The 8♠ river changed nothing and Nelle collected the largest pot of the tournament this far.
Level: 17
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
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