James Schaaf Eliminated in 3rd Place ($164,823)
Timothy Adams raised to 48,000 on the button and Brendon Rubie folded his small blind. James Schaaf defended from the big blind and a 

flop hit the board.
Schaaf check-called 57,000 from Adams to see the
turn. A check from both players landed the
river which Schaaf bet 175,000 at. Adams took about 45 seconds before raising all in with the bigger stack.
Schaaf took a deep breath before calling for the rest of his stack, about 910,000.
Adams tabled 
, besting Schaaf's 
, to win the pot and take a commanding lead into heads-up play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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4,890,000
1,065,000
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1,065,000 |
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Busted | |
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