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In a battle of the blinds, both Chris DeMaci and Alan Geohring saw a 
flop. When the 
landed on the turn however, the remainder of DeMaci's chips entered the pot.
DeMaci: 
Goehring:
There would be no river saviour for DeMaci as he was forced to the rail in 36th place for a $13, 368 payday while both Goehring and Adam Junglen are now playing heads up.
We are being told Joseph Elpayaa opened for 8,000 and that Jean Francois Talbot went all-in for his last 40,000.
Elpayaa: 
Talbot's 
Apparently Talbot hit a on the flop to take the lead, but a landed on the river, sealing his fate and sending Talbot to the rail.
Both Matthew Berkey and Sean Getzwiller got in a preflop clash with both players having the same 63,200-chip stack.
Berkey: 
Getzwiller: 
The 
flop gave Getzwiller the lead, but left Berkey with outs to a pair or a straight draw. The 
on the turn changed little, and when the 
landed on the river, Berkey was headed to the rail in 34th place as Getzwiller moves to 130,000 in chips and is now heads up against Ben Tollerene.
Chris Klodnicki has just been eliminated from the tournament.
Klodnicki was all in preflop holding against JP Kelly's 
, and once Kelly snagged both an ace and a queen, Klodnicki was left crippled.
A few hands later, Klodnicki was sent to the rail in 33rd place leaving his table three-handed.
Jeff Williams found himself all in for his last 92,000 against JP Kelly.
Williams: 
Kelly: 
Unfortunately for Williams, the board ran out 
to see Williams unable to snag a third eight and be forced to the cashier to collect his $13,368 payday.
Kelly and Tom Marchese are now heads-up with the chips evenly split at 300,000 a piece.
Alan Goehring has managed to find a double in his heads-up battle against Adam Junglen for his last 125,500.
Goehring: 
Junglen: 
The 
board would ensure Goehring's pocket pair hold true as he doubled through to 251,000 while Junglen slipped to just under 350,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
349,000
-146,000
|
-146,000 |
|
251,000
146,000
|
146,000 |
Joseph Elpayaa and Dan Smith got it all-in on a flop reading 
.
Elpayaa:
Smith:
Smith bricked his back-door draws and was sent to the rail.
Orson Young is the next casualty in today's tournament.
Holding 
against Nikita Lebedev's 
, the final board of 
saw Young weak ace unable to best Lebedev's superior hand, and consequently force him to the rail in 30th place as Lebedev moves to 375,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
375,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
Busted |
Gavin Smith and Dan Smith are now heads up. Dan currently has the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
375,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
225,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Yasuhiro Waki opened to 7,300 from the button with Mark Radoja making the call before Marc Inizan pushed all in from the big blind for 101,000. Waki tank-folded, but Radoja made the call.
Radoja: 
Inizan:
With Inizan in the lead and all in for his tournament life, the 
board would see his snowmen hold as he moves to 220,000 while Radoja crashes down to 135,000 in chips.
