Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Joseph Curcio opened to 12,000 from the lo-jack only to have Matt Stout three-bet the hi-jack to 28,000. Curcio deliberated for a few moments before making the call as the dealer fanned out a 
flop.
Curcio checked and Stout continued for 28,000 which was enough to prompt a fold from Curcio and see him awarded the pot to move his stack upwards of 250,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
, with Jennings covering.
was a brick. A meaningless 
hit the river, and Chada was finished.
and Phan checked. Malherbe put out a bet of 22,000. Action was back on Phan and he opted to check-raise to a total of 50,000. After about 10 seconds, Malherbe reraised to 90,000 and after just a few seconds more Phan folded.
to see Mueller knock out his opponent, moving up to 670,000 in chips.
for the nuts, knowing that he had won the pot.
turn and 
river, Sparacio was eliminated.
for Patel. The board ran out 
completed the board, sending Martinez to the rail.
landed on the turn. Ramirez checked again and Garcia fired out 10,000 only to have Ramirez check-raise again; this time making it 20,000.
, but it would be Ramirez's 
that would see him win the pot to move to 225,000 as Garcia slipped to 1,250,000 in chips.
