Down to 17 Players
"mandan1979" and "JoeGall" were involved in raising war in which the latter four-bet to 1,698,000 and then folded to a five-bet jam.
One hand later, "need2klonk" was ahead preflop with 
against the 
of "Kungfumonk" but the 
board sent him out in 19th place.
At nearly the same time, "copag holdem" had doubled through "pudelpower" with 
versus 
as the ace struck on the 
board.
"powelpower was left with crumbs and "Lassiole" opened to 334,400 the next hand. He picked up four callers including "pudelpower" on the button and the active players checked down the 
board. "ivan limeira" was first to show in the small blind and tabled 
but it was "Lassiole" that had the winning hand with and scored the bounty.
Both eliminations were just one minute apart and there was no pay jump as both received a cash prize of $3,258.16.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
14,147,846
3,336,946
|
3,336,946 |
|
12,135,846
5,582,678
|
5,582,678 |
|
|
10,017,555
4,099,321
|
4,099,321 |
|
||
|
5,310,730
145,600
|
145,600 |
|
3,818,807
-934,400
|
-934,400 |
|
3,806,922
-1,094,400
|
-1,094,400 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
. This time the dreadful ace didn't appear on a 
. The 
, which reduced the field to the last 15 players.
river to leave his opponent on a mere 10 big blinds for the new level that had just kicked off.
flop was check-raised by "mandan1979", who called it off for 8.2 million.
turn and 
river marked the third bounty in a row for the Dutchman and set up the nine-handed final table.