Nghiahiep Nguyen opened for 25,000 from the cutoff and Brandon Garrity responded by moving all in from the button. The blinds both folded and Nguyen opted to call.
Garrity: 
Nguyen: 
Garrity ran his pocket pair into one slightly better, and he paid the ultimate price after the 
board failed to help him.
Jeff Smith opened for 25,000 under the gun only to have Dylan Linde three-bet all in from the hijack. Sean Giesbrecht then called off from the button, the blinds folded, and Smith got out of the way.
Giesbrecht: 
Linde: 
It was a bad spot for Giesbrecht, and things weren't looking good on the 
flop. The turn was kind as it gave him a flush draw, but the 
river would fail to complete it.
Giesbrecht will take home $11,645 for his 16th-place finish.
With around 50,000 in the pot and a flop of 
, a raising war between Vinny Pahuja and Sean Giesbrecht resulted in the former getting his stack of 334,000 in the middle.
Pahuja: 
Giesbrecht" 
Pahuja decided to go with his open-ended straight draw, which he needed to hit to overcome the aces of Giesbrecht. The dealer burned and turned the , which was gin for Pahuja. Giesbrecht was clearly distraught and sent the vast majority of his stack over to Pahuja after the 
was put out on the river.
Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
It was an elimination in two chapters. First Bog Bounahra three-bet shoved with 
into the open raise of Frank Patti and the latter was priced in to call the 50,000 with 
. Bounahra could not improve on the 
board.
One hand later, he three-bet shoved again, this time for 120,000. Sean Giesbrecht had raised to 22,000 and called with 
, it was a flip against 
. Bounahra was only five cards away from a possible comeback story, but the 
board completed the four-card-flush for his opponent instead.
Rene Angelil opened the action with a min-raise to 20,000 and one seat over, Troy Baker moved all in. Angelil quickly called the 63,000 and showed . Baker was doomed with 
and could not improve anymore as the board ran out 
. A great result for "Toby" though in his very first WSOP event.
| Table | Seat | Player | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 406 | 1 | Chris Haugo | 140,000 |
| 406 | 2 | Jorge Vergara | 1,050,000 |
| 406 | 3 | Rene Angelil | 210,000 |
| 406 | 4 | Troy Baker | 150,000 |
| 406 | 5 | Nghiahiep Nguyen | 355,000 |
| 406 | 6 | Brandon Garrity | 100,000 |
| 406 | 7 | Cornel Medes | 240,000 |
| 406 | 8 | Brad Libson | 185,000 |
| 406 | 9 | John Fontana | 220,000 |
| 407 | 1 | Dylan Linde | 185,000 |
| 407 | 2 | Chris Hunichen | 595,000 |
| 407 | 3 | Sean Giesbrecht | 270,000 |
| 407 | 4 | Vinny Pahuja | 360,000 |
| 407 | 5 | David Inselberg | 485,000 |
| 407 | 6 | Jeff Smith | 490,000 |
| 407 | 7 | Frank Patti | 240,000 |
| 407 | 8 | Simeon Naydenov | 213,000 |
| 407 | 9 | Bob Bounahra | 77,000 |
Cornel Medes was all in at the same time as Jerry DeNicholas, though on the secondary table. He had 133,000 left and flipped for his tournament life with against the of Nghiahiep Nguyen. The latter hit a set but the 
board also gave the Romanian a flush.
Chris Hunichen raised to 22,000 and Sean Giesbrecht called before Jerry DeNicholas moved all in for 57,000. Both opponents called and checked down the 
flop. Hunichen then bet 57,000 on the turn and the isolation worked.
Hunichen:
DeNicholas:
Only a jack could save DeNicholas but the 
river was a blank. Redraw shortly for the last two tables.
The board was already complete and Jorge Vergara bet 20,000. David Inselberg re-raised to 120,000 and Vergara was somewhat surprised about the bet-size. He eventually folded and Inselberg showed him and the whole table .
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