Daniel Negreanu, who had been nursing a short stack for some time, has been eliminated.
In the first hand that crippled him, Negreanu opened to 1,000 from middle position and action folded around to the player on the button, who went all in for 8,650. It was folded back to Negreanu, who tanked and thought his decision through, as he normally does, out loud.
"I just don't believe you," Negreanu said. "The problem is I don't have much either."
"Ehh, I gotta go with my gut," Negreanu said as he committed calling chips.
Negreanu: 
Opponent: 
"Ha, I knew you didn't have a super strong hand."
Unfortunately for Negreanu, the board ran out 
- leaving his opponent with treys-full of jacks and knocking Negreanu down to his last 500.
On the very next hand, a player in early position raised and Negreanu called all in for less directly behind him. Everyone else got out of the way and hands were revealed.
Negreanu: 
Opponent:
The 
board sealed the deal for Negreanu and he was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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. Coren was in a flip holding pocket eights and the board ran 
.
and Parker had 
, while his all-in opponent had 
out in front of him. The player was all in for over 20,000 and apparently was caught bluffing on the flop. Parker's opponent was screaming for an eight (giving him the straight), but the 
on the turn and the 
on the river were not what he was looking for. Humble in defeat, the player shook Parker's hand and Parker continued stacking his new chips.
and Duhamel led out for 5,750. Favia was deep in the tank deciding what to do, eventually opting to make the call.
landed on the river, Duhamel slowly checked and his opponent quickly checked behind. Duhamel turned over his 
. Despite losing this hand, Duhamel still has plenty of chips.
