Level 5
: 600/1,200, 0 ante
| Player | vs. | Player |
|---|---|---|
| AP Phahurat | - | Faraz Jaka |
| Johannes Strassmann | - | Jim Willerson |
| Aaron Wilt | - | Melanie Weisner |
| Shawn Buchanan | - | Chino Rheem |
| Martin Staszko | - | Fabrizio Gonzalez |
| Charles Sylvestre | - | James Dambrosio |
| Martin Finger | - | Randy Lew |
| Goran Mandic | - | Byron Kaverman |
| Paul Volpe | - | Ryan Leng |
| Phil Galfond | - | Jacob Godshall |
| Giuseppe Sammartino | - | Brandon Davis |
| Brock Parker | - | Aaron Jones |
| Jeremy Ausmus | - | Ben Sulsky |
| David Peters | - | Steven Silverman |
| Jeff Gross | - | Michael Mizrachi |
| Evan Silverstein | - | Layne Flack |
| Micah Raskin | - | Andrew Lichtenberger |
| Craig Bergeron | - | Joel Gunnarsson |
| Jonathan McGowan | - | Nadar Kakhmazov |
| Gregory Pepin | - | Ali Eslami |
| Robert McVeigh | - | Jonathan [Removed:250] |
| Brian Hastings | - | Don Nguyen |
| Nick Peteange | - | Jan Kasten |
| Nick Schulman | - | Jamie Armstrong |
| Roger Sippl | - | Bryan Pellegrino |
| Ashton Griffin | - | Seth Berger |
| Markus Gonsalves | - | Brandan Zaucha |
| Leo Wolpert | - | Jonathan Jaffe |
| Cristiano Guerra | - | Keith Block |
| Houman Nikbakht | - | Raymond Dandrea |
| Sean Winter | - | Scott Baumstein |
after spiking a queen, Negreanu was forced to move all-in with a marginal holding once more, and despite his 
being a notch better than his previous winner, a final board of 
left him with a second-best bottom pair.
when we came upon Faraz Jaka and AP Phahurat staring down at the felt. Jaka had bet 12,000 into a pot of about 18,000 and Phahurat replied by moving all in. Jaka had no lammers behind and about 20,000 sitting in his stack so this was a bet for his tournament life.
for top two pair. Jaka mucked his cards and Phahurat became the next player to advance to the third round of play.
for a pair of queens. Rheem shot his hand at the muck and also flung forward his last lammer for his final 20,000-chip bullet.
, Hellmuth's ace-high was ahead, and when the final board rolled out 
, Hellmuth secured a ticket to the next round.
