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After being crippled on an earlier hand, Jason Vanstrom was eliminated when his 
couldn't catch up to the 
of Sebastien Roy on a board reading 
.
We are now left with only 22 players. When we hit the final 18 the players will redraw for seats again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
740,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Seth Baker had virtually committed himself with a 150,000 bet on a 
flop against Matthew LaGarde, the latter finally moving all in and Baker shrugging and making the call. LaGarde flipped 
, ahead but mathematically behind to Baker's 
. The turn and river 
made LaGarde a full house though and he eliminated his opponent.
Max Lykov raised to 32,000 from under-the-gun and Alex Smith re-raised to 81,000 from the button. Action folded back to Lykov who went all in for a total of 559,000 and Smith called.
Lykov: 
Smith: 
The board ran out 
and Lykov doubled to over a million in chips while Smith was left with just 47,000. Smith was eliminated in a separate hand soon afterward.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,160,000
620,000
|
620,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Matthew LaGarde raised an unknown amount and Wilson Diaz moved all in for 120,000 more. LaGarde decided to call and their hands were revealed.
LaGarde: 
Diaz: 
The board ran out 
and kings and sevens were good for a double up for Diaz.
With the board reading 
, Stanislav Alekhin bet out 78,000 and was called by Matthew LaGarde. The came on the turn and Alekhin bet again, this time for 150,000, and was again called by LaGarde. The river brought the and Alekhin fired a third bullet into the pot, this one for 370,000. LaGarde decided he had had enough and folded and Alekhin showed his 
bluff as he raked in the pot.
Harald Olsen raised to 40,000 and Sebastien Roy flat-called before James Matteucci reraised all in from the big blind for around 260,000. Olsen folded quickly but Roy snap-called with dominating the short stac's .
The board was the death-sentencing 
followed by the and 
which made little difference. We're now one player away from breaking to just two tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,000,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
Busted |
Joshua Evans open shoved from early position for 148,000 and Jason Bigelow made the call in the big blind.
Evans:
Bigelow: 
The board came 
and Evans' solitary pair of deuces were enough to scoop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
420,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
320,000
-205,000
|
-205,000 |
Action folded to Matthew Leecy in the cutoff who raised to 50,000. Aaron Overton, who was on the button, re-raised to 130,000 and Leecy called. The flop came 
and Leecy check-called a bet of 113,000 from Overton. The turn brought the 
and both players checked and saw the come on the river. Leecy thought for a bit before firing out a bet of 425,000. Overton went into the tank before eventually saying "you've got it" and folding his hand. Leecy turned over his showing that he had nothing but king-high to which Overton frowned.
Wilson Diaz got the remainder of his chips in against Warren Wooldridge.
Diaz: 
Wooldridge: 
The board ran out 
and Diaz was sent to the rail. With Diaz's elimination we were left with only 18 players so they are now redrawing for seats at the final two tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
