Shot stacked and up against a raise from Travis Erdman, Kevin Archbold committed his last 12,000 to the middle and made his stand holding . Erdman tabled and breathed easy a the door card was the , followed by . The aces held as the board rounded out . Erdman, already on the leaderboard, added to his stack, which sits at 172,000 currently.
While this hand played out, Preston Derden eliminated Tom Masinter on another table.