Marcus Garza jammed for 1,000,000 from early position before Mikal Smith rejammed in the hijack.
Marcus Garza: K♥4♠ 
Mikal Smith: J♠J♦
Garza was behind but held one overcard as the 7♦6♥2♠ added backdoor straight potential. However, the board ran out 9♥6♠, and he was eliminated.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | Lam Nguyen | 6,000,000 | 20 |
| 27 | 2 | Michael Bennett | 8,200,000 | 27 |
| 27 | 3 | Moussa Haddad | 8,000,000 | 27 |
| 27 | 4 | John Phan | 6,100,000 | 20 |
| 27 | 5 | Brandon Conrad | 20,500,000 | 68 |
| 27 | 6 | Hill Kerby | 4,700,000 | 16 |
| 27 | 7 | Ronnie Bardah | 11,600,000 | 39 |
| 27 | 8 | Erik Gault | 9,300,000 | 31 |
| 27 | 9 | Phovieng Keokham | 5,300,000 | 18 |
| 28 | 1 | Marcus Garza | 1,000,000 | 3 |
| 28 | 2 | Matthew Adderly | 9,100,000 | 30 |
| 28 | 3 | Sergio Segura | 14,700,000 | 49 |
| 28 | 4 | Mikal Smith | 7,500,000 | 25 |
| 28 | 5 | Evan Sandberg | 19,600,000 | 65 |
| 28 | 6 | Jared Rogers | 9,250,000 | 31 |
| 28 | 7 | John Riordan | 7,400,000 | 25 |
| 28 | 8 | Jonathan Roeder | 6,350,000 | 21 |
| 28 | 9 | Charlie Diep | 3,250,000 | 11 |
Sergio Segura jammed from the button covering both the blinds and Christina Read called off her 4,600,000 stack from the big blind.
Christina Read: 9♠9♣
Sergio Segura: J♦J♣
Read needed some help with the dominated pair, but she could not find any improvement on the K♠7♠4♥5♥8♥ runout, ending her run in 19th place.
Read also finished in 18th place last year in this event, making another deep run.
Aaron Johnson was eliminated on the last hand before break, losing his chips to Brandon Conrad.
Level: 32
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
The remaining 19 players are taking a 15-minute break.
Play resumes in Level 32 with blinds of 150,000/300,000 and an average stack of 8,459,000 (28 bb).
Aaron Johnson opened to 500,000 from the hijack and Brandon Conrad called in the big blind.
Both the 7♦5♦3♥ flop and the 5♥ turn would check through.
On the 2♦ river, Conrad led for 650,000 and Johnson called after a minute's tank.
Brandon Conrad: A♠9♥
Aaron Johnson: A♥J♥
Johnson held the better ace-high as he picked off a bluff to pad his stack.
Evan Sandberg opened to 480,000 in the hijack before John Riordan jammed for 3,655,000 from the small blind, and Sandberg called.
John Riordan: 9♥9♣
Evan Sandberg: A♥J♣
The 10♠7♦6♠ flop kept Riordan in the lead until the J♦ turn paired Sandberg. Riordan needed an eight or nine to stay alive, which he found on the 9♦ river to make a set and survive.
Norman Nelson was all in for his final 2,900,000 from the big blind, at risk against the slightly covering stack of Mikal Smith in the hijack.
Norman Nelson: J♥J♣
Mikal Smith: A♦K♥
Nelson was flipping for his tournament life as the K♦9♠7♣ flop paired Smith, and Nelson needed to find a jack. Unfortunately for him, the board ran out 7♦4♣ and he was eliminated in 21st.
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