| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 410 | 1 | John Alexander |
| 410 | 2 | Nicolas Fierro |
| 410 | 3 | Griffin Benger |
| 410 | 4 | Richard Dubini |
| 410 | 5 | Chad Eveslage |
| 410 | 6 | Garry Gates |
| 410 | 7 | Jeffrey Izes |
| 410 | 8 | David Nicholson |
| 410 | 9 | Peter Hengsakul |
| 415 | 1 | Kara Scott |
| 415 | 2 | Jorge Breda |
| 415 | 3 | Allan Vrooman |
| 415 | 4 | Joao Dorneles Neto |
| 415 | 5 | Matt Berkey |
| 415 | 6 | Allen Cunningham |
| 415 | 7 | David Tran |
| 415 | 8 | Fred Berger |
| 415 | 9 | Jared Hamby |
Griffin Benger raised it up under the gun, and it folded around to John Alexander in the small blind. He moved all in for his last 230,000, and when it got to Benger, he made the call.
Benger: 
Alexander: 
The 
was in the window, but it would prove to be part of an action flop of 
. Benger had picked up the nut flush draw, and the 
on the turn gave him that flush. Alexander could still win if the board paired, but it didn't, as the 
hit the river.
After collecting that pot, Berger is now up to 820,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
820,000 | 210,000 |
|
Busted |
Allen Cunningham made it 40,000 to go from early position, and it folded to Jared Hamby. He tanked for about 45 seconds before moving all in for his last 180,000, and when it got back to Cunningham, he made the call after thinking for half a minute.
Cunningham: 
Hamby: 
Hamby was in great shape to secure the double up, and he held through the board of 
. Hamby secured the double up to 420,000, while Cunningham dropped to 540,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
540,000 | -157,000 |
|
440,000 | 236,000 |
Garry Gates opened the action in early position to 32,000, and Griffin Benger called from the small blind. Both players checked the 
flop, and the turn brought the 
. Benger fired out 48,000, and Gates raised it up to 110,000. Benger made the call, and both players checked the scary looking 
on the river.
Benger tabled 
for top two pair, and Gates said "nice hand" before mucking his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,150,000 | |
|
319,000 |
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David Tran opened to 40,000 from middle position only to have Allan Vrooman three-bet the button to 110,000. Tran made the call, but then mucked to Vrooman's 150,000-chip continuation-bet on the 
flop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000 | 421,000 |
|
380,000 | -154,000 |
Jared Hamby opened to 33,000 and Jorge Breda made the call along with Fred Berger from the big blind.
Hamby continued for 53,000 on the 
flop and won the pot uncontested.
Allen Cunningham opened the pot to 35,000 from middle position only to have Kara Scott three-bet shove for her last 135,000 from the button. Cunningham made the call and the cards were tabled.
Cunningham:
Scott: 
The board ran out 
and Scott was sent to the rail in 17th place for a $18,700 payday as Cunningham moves to 670,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
670,000 | 130,000 |
|
Busted |
Nicolas Fierro started the action by raising in early position to 32,000, and it folded around to David Nicholson in the small blind. He made the call, and then Peter Hengsakul shoved all in from the big blind for 262,000. Fierro got out of the way, but Nicholson made the call.
Hengsakul: 
Nicholson: 
Nicholson held the slight edge, but that all changed when the flop came 
. Hengsakul had paired up, and Nicholson was looking for a two outer. It never came, as the board completed and , giving Hengsakul trip kings and the full double up to 600,000, while Nicholson dropped to 450,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
600,000 | 328,000 |
|
450,000 | -330,000 |
Joao Dorneles Neto and Matt Berkey had already done battle in a big pot earlier today, so we thought they might butt heads again. Sure enough, they got in a huge all in confrontation preflop that saw Berkey score a huge double up.
Dorneles Neto started the action by raising to 32,000 in the cutoff, and Berkey three bet it to 100,000. It folded back around to Dorneles Neto, and he tanked for alittle over a minute before announcing all in. Berkey snap called.
Berkey:
Dorneles Neto:
Dorneles Neto let out a huge sigh when he saw the hand he was up against, and the board brought no miracle for him, coming down . Berkey hurdled the field up to 1.35 million, while Dorneles Neto plummeted to 305,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,350,000 | 704,000 |
|
305,000 | -845,000 |
Joao Dorneles Neto opened to 32,000 and both Matt Berkey and Fred Berger made the call to see a 
flop fall.
Neto checked and Berkey bet out 58,000 which prompted a fold from Berger but an all in from Neto for his 345,000. Berkey went into the tank for over a minute before eventually making the call.
Neto: 
Berkey: 
The turn and river landed the and 
and Neto doubled though to 790,000 as Berkey slipped to 990,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
990,000 | -360,000 |
|
|
890,000 | 585,000 |
