Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Andrew Lauer announced that he was calling blind and said, "Now you need to raise!" to Maurice Hawkins in the big blind. Hawkins obliged and threw in a raise to 50,000. Lauer instantly moved all in for around 420,000 and Hawkins snapped him off.
Lauer tabled 
and Hawkins showed 
. The board ran out dry and Hawkins pulled in the pot with his jacks. Lauer was eliminated from the tournament and Hawkins moved over the million mark for the first time in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,445,000
970,000
|
970,000 |
|
Busted |
and both players checked to the 
river card. Carey pushed in 180,000 and Hawkins quickly called, tabling 
for a pair of aces. Carey turned over 
for two pair and more than enough to take down the pot from Hawkins.
and Vrabel's hand was still ahead but Plotkin picked up a flush draw. A devastating card landed on turn as an 
on the flop and Thomson's kings were still in the lead. A 
hit the felt as a turn card and Pho needed to hit a lady to stay alive. 
, cementing the pot for Thomson as Pho was sent out the door in 14th place.
and Ramirez held on with his snowmen to take down the pot for a complete double through the defending champ.
river card changed nothing and Nerenberg took down the pot, eliminating the defending champion from the tournament.
