A short stacked Danny Alvarez moved all in preflop and Justin Truesdell was priced in. Truesdell called and the hands were tabled.
Alvarez: 
Truesdell: 
The board ran 
and the river sealed Alvarez's fate.
The race for the WSOP Circuit Harrah’s New Orleans Casino Champion is undetermined, but will likely come down between Jacob Naquin and Dominic Gabaldon, both of whom have had success in the preliminary events. Whoever captures that title, along with the eventual winner of the Main Event, will automatically qualify for the Second Annual $1 Million National Championship. Here's a look at the players who have qualified:
| Player | Qualified |
|---|---|
| David Nicholson | Horseshoe Bossier City Main Event Winner |
| Chris Gamboa | Horseshoe Bossier City Casino Champion |
| Robert Castoire | Horseshoe Southern Indiana Main Event Winner |
| Mark “Pegasus” Smith | Horseshoe Southern Indiana Casino Champion |
| Bob Chow | Horseshoe Hammond Main Event Winner |
| Drazen Ilich | Horseshoe Hammond Casino Champion |
| Gene Dudek | IP Biloxi Casino Champion |
| Jerry Monroe | IP Biloxi Main Event Winner |
| Michael Rosenbach | Lake Tahoe Casino Champ |
| Bryan Schultz | Lake Tahoe Main Event Champion |
| Tuan Phan | Harrah’s AC Main Event Winner |
| Hao Le | Harrah’s AC Casino Champ |
| Freddy Deeb | Bicycle Casino Main Event Winner |
| Huy Quach | Bicycle Casino Champ |
| Raja Kattamuri | Choctaw Casino Champ |
| Abraham Araya | Choctaw Main Event Champion |
| Gary Bolden | Caesars Palace Casino Champ |
| Kevin Calenzo | Caesars Palace Main Event Winner |
| Matthew Weber | Harrah’s Tunica Casino Champ |
| Kurt Jewell | Harrah’s Tunica Main Event Winner |
| Charles Flett | Palm Beach Casino Champ |
| James Harnden | Palm Beach Main Event Winner |
| Tuan Phan | Harrah’s AC Main Event Winner |
| Hao Le | Harrah’s AC Casino Champ |
| Joseph Kuether | Harrah’s Rincon Main Event Winner |
| Jonas Mackoff | Harrah’s Rincon Casino Champ |
| Scott Stanko | Council Bluffs Main Event Winner |
| Michael Nellis | Council Bluffs Casino Champ |
| Nikolas Stone | Harrah’s St. Louis Casino Champ |
| Tripp Kirk | Harrah’s St. Louis Main Event Winner |
| Kevin McColgan | Harrah’s Philadelphia Casino Champ |
| Christopher Bonn | Harrah’s Philadelphia Main Event Winner |
On the first hand back from break Andrew Nguyen opened for 50,000 on the button and Michael Hallen called from the big blind. The flop came 
, Hallen checked and Nguyen bet 68,000. Hallen called to see the 
come on the turn and checked again. Nguyen bet 145,000 and Hallen called after some thought. The river brought the 
and bother players checked.
Nguyen tabled 
and Hallen mucked, sending Nguyen the pot and pushing him over 1,000,000.
Level: 26
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
Time for another 15-minute break.
Shane Smith opened for 50,000 in the cutoff and Daniel Lowery popped it to 140,000 from the button. The blinds released and Smith called after some consideration. The flop came 
, Smith checked and Lowery cut out 160,000 to push into the middle.
Smith went deep into the tank, so deep that the rest of the field went on break while this hand continued to play out. Lowery kept an ice cold stare on Smith the whole time he was in the tank. After a good while Smith said, "If you've got ace-king you would have busted me," as he folded pocket queens face up.
Action folded around to Justin Truesdell in the small blind and he simply moved all in and put the pressure on short-stacked Blake “blakeb0921” Barousse. The latter made the call and tabled 
, which was ahead of Truesdell's 
.
Any excitement Barousse may have felt was short lived when the dealer put out the 
on the flop, giving Truesdell a pair of queens and the lead. Neither the turn nor 
river helped Barousse and he finished in 13th place for $12,535.
We had a preflop all in showdown between Blake Barousse and Danny Alvarez.
Alvarez: 
Barousse: 
The board ran 
and Alvarez's set of aces crippled Barousse down to 80,000.
Just before the level up, Cory Brinkman became the latest elimination after his 
ran into Daniel Lowery's in an all-in preflop confrontation. The board ran out a clean 
and Brinkman became the fourth elimination in less than ten minutes; meanwhile, Lowery chipped up to 1.7 million.
