In a battle of the blinds Stephen Kats moved all in from the small blind and Nick Binger called from the big blind.
Kats: 
Binger: 
The board ran 
and Binger doulbed to 123,000.
Kats moved all in preflop on the next hand and was eliminated by Mitch Schock.
Nikolas Stone raised to 9,500 from the cutoff and then called Ryan Eriquezzo's all-in shove for 65,000 from the button.
Showdown
| Eriquezzo |  |
| Stone |   |
A chop on such a hand was a good possibility, but not after the
flop delivered Eriquezzo a pair of treys. Neither the 
turn nor 
river helped Stone, and Eriquezzo smile and said, "I'll take it."
After Jamie Kerstetter's elimination, Amanda Musumeci is the last woman remaining in the field.
Jacob Naquin opened the hand for 8,500, Eugene Katchalov raised to 22,500 from the small blind and Chris Tryba moved all in from the big blind. Naquin folded and Katchalov called.
Tryba: 
Katchalov: 
The board ran 
and Tryba was eliminated.
From our desk we saw Jamie Kerstetter and Jerry Monroe make their exit.
Paul Sokoloff raised to 9,000 under the gun only to have Brian Rast, who was next to act, three-bet to 23,000. The rest of the field got out of the way, Sokoloff moved all in for 65,000, and Rast made a quick call.
Showdown
Sokoloff: 
Rast: 
Rast was in a bad spot, though the 
flop was about as good as he could have hoped for as it gave him a flush draw. "Wow," Rast exclaimed when the hit the turn and completed the said flush, leaving Sokoloff drawing dead. The meaningless 
was put out on the river for good measure and the stoic Sokoloff took his leave from the National Championship.
Arkadiy Tsinis raised to 8,500 under the gun and received a call from Nick Binger in the cutoff. Mitch Schock then three-bet to 25,000 from the button, Tsinis folded, and Binger moved all in. Schock had about 60,000 behind and called off.
Showdown
| Binger | |
| Schock |   |
It was a classic race, but Schock would ultimately win it as the board ran out 
.
We missed the preflop action but we caught Allen Kessler all in against Sam Stein preflop.
Stein: 
Kessler:
The board ran 
and Kessler doubled up with his set of treys.
Action folded to a short-stacked Dominic Gabaldon on the button and he moved all in for 14,000. Amanda Musumeci was next to act in the small blind and isolated with a three-bet.
Showdown
Gabaldon:
Musumeci: 
Gabaldon, who qualified for this event by winning the Harrah's New Orleans Casino Champion title, was up out of his seat and knew he was in a bad spot, especially after the flop delivered Musumeci a set. The on the turn left Gabaldon drawing dead, and after the was run out on the river, he joined his buddy on the rail and exited the Brasilia Room.
Nikolas Stone opened for 6,500 in late position and Fabrice Soulier raised to 17,500 from the big blind. Stone moved all in and Soulier called.
Soulier:
Stone:
The board ran 
and Soulier was eliminated.
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
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