JK Kastner open-jammed preflop with 
but ran into Jeff Cormier holding 
. A sick cooler would spell the end for Kastner as the board ran out 
and he was sent to the payout desk to pick up a nice fifth place cash worth $43,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,589,000
377,000
|
377,000 |
|
Busted |
Jeff Cormier raised to 58,000 from under the gun and Francois Billard moved all-in for 295,000 from the cutoff. Cormier tanked for about half of a minute and eventually called.
Billard was risk and ahead with 
, up against Cormier's 
.
The flop came 
and Cormier flopped the nut straight. Neither player held a spade so Billard needed to back into a hand to survive. The turn was the and Billard was drawing dead to the 
on the river to finish for back-to-back High Roller min-cashes at Playground.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,212,000
581,000
|
581,000 |
|
Busted |
Ari Engel wasn't able to recover after losing the majority of his stack to Jonathan Karamalikis. With about five big blinds left, Engel got it in with 
at risk against David Ormsby's 
.
The board ran out 
and Engel was eliminated on the money bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
819,000
158,000
|
158,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level: 18
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
Action folded to Ari Engel on the button and he moved all-in for 396,000. Jonathan Karamalikis was in the small blind and thought for a moment before calling for his last 274,000.
Karamalikis was at risk and behind with 
, up against Engel's 
. Fortunately for him, the flop came 
and the Aussie paired his jack to take the lead. Engel needed to find a queen or running cards to burst the bubble, but the turn was the 
and the river was the to give Karamalikis the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
580,000
238,000
|
238,000 |
|
|
122,000
354,000
|
354,000 |
|
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,631,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
661,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
487,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
476,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
417,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
342,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
With 178,000 already in the middle of a 
board, David Ormsby check-shoved after Jonathan Karamalikis fired a second bullet worth 100,000.
Karamalikis quickly folded and Ormsby dragged in the pot boosting him to second in the counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
713,000
238,000
|
238,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
330,000
184,000
|
184,000 |
Action folded to partypoker Team Pro Kristen Bicknell on the button and she shoved for 193,000, about nine big blinds. Chip leader Jeff Cormier was in the small bind and re-shoved, while Francois Billard mucked his button.
Kristen Bicknell:
Jeff Cormier: 
Bicknell was at risk and needed to flop big for a chance to survive. The flop came 
and Bicknell paired her jack. The turn was the 
to give Bicknell a straight draw also, but the river was the 
and she was eliminated just two spots from the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,561,000
203,000
|
203,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level: 17
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 2,000
