The first player to bust in the money was Tty Ly, who ended up second-best with 
versus 
. The chips went to big stack Michael Oscuro, who turned the better two pair on a 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000 | 95,000 |
|
Busted |
Steve Pappas shoved from the small blind for 23,500 and was called Andrew Miller in the big blind.
Steve Pappas: 
Andrew Miller: 
The board ran out 
for Miller to pair up on the flop but for Pappas to find the higher pair on the river to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
123,000 | -12,000 |
|
|
50,000 | 27,000 |
in the first hand of hand-for-hand play, Tu Tran raised from the cutoff and Rhyan Hong shoved in the big blind for 32,500 which Tran called.
Ryan Hong: 
Tu Tran: 
The board ran out 
for Tran to turn a pair of sixes to burst the bubble as Hong quickly made his way out of the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
152,000 | 57,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Rehman Kassam took a hit when a short stack doubled through him with and one table over, David Lim saw his stack reduced even more than that when Andrew Zhang doubled once more.
Right after those hands were completed, the tournament staff stopped the action as the field was down to the last 37 hopefuls and they will now play hand-for-hand on the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000 | 80,000 |
|
|
90,000 | -50,000 |
|
|
45,000 | -82,000 |
Andrew Zhang ended up all in for the last 46,000 with 
and Chris Moussa looked him up with the 
.
Moussa flopped best on 
, but the 
turn and 
river run out restored the preflop order and Zhang hit a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
124,000 | -46,000 |
|
|
100,000 | 55,000 |
The next big pot of the tournament resulted in the elimination of Luis Arrilucea and vaulted Guangyu Wang into a big stack. It was a setup hand, as both players made a full house on the board 
with Wang having the best of it holding the 
for kings full.
Arrilucea only had 
for aces full of queens and departed just shy of the money. Only a few minutes prior, Will Davies had also been eliminated and there are currently 38 players remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
345,000 | 110,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Steve Pappas shoved from the cutoff for 13,500 and was called by Andrew Miller on the button and Miray Badaoui in the small blind.
The flop came 
, both Badaoui and Miller checked.
The turn was the , Badaoui bet and Miller quickly folded so the cards could go on their backs.
Steve Pappas:
Miray Badaoui: 
They both held a flush but Babaoui had the nut flush.
The river completed the board with the 
for Pappas to cheer loudly and high five another player as the straight flush on the board meant that he and Badaoui would chop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000 | 27,000 |
|
|
135,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
23,000 | 8,000 |
Andrew White shoved from the small blind for 42,000 and was called by Steve Pappas in the big blind.
Andrew White: 
Steve Pappas:
The flop came 
for Pappas to stay ahead.
The turn was the for White to pick up the flush draw.
The river completed the board with the for White to find a pair of kings to stay alive and double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
87,000 | 1,100 |
|
|
15,000 | -42,800 |
Rehman Kassam defended the big blind against Andrew Zhang and check-called a bet of 4,000 on the 
flop. On the turn, Kassam check-shoved for 60,000 into a bet of 15,000 and Zhang made the call.
Rehman Kassam:
Andrew Zhang: 
The river secured the double for Kassam a few spots away from the money bubble, as only 39 players remain in contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000 | 60,000 |
|
|
45,000 | -95,000 |
