Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Jacob Phillips raised to 17,000 from the cutoff and action folded over to Duc Nguyen in the big blind. He three-bet all in for his last 119,000, sending Phillips into the tank. After roughly one minute, Phillips slid forward a call.
Phillips: 
Nguyen: 
Nguyen was in need of help and that's exactly what he found on the 
flop. He catapulted into the lead with top two pair and held that lead through the turn (
) and the river (
). Nguyen now sits on about 255,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
544,000
106,000
|
106,000 |
|
255,000
161,000
|
161,000 |
.
turn as well as the 
. The board ran out 
as Hall hit a queen on the river to score the double through Neff.
, giving Arani top pair on the turn but ultimately allowing Eyster to make a winning straight on the river. Arani hit the rail and Eyster boosted his stack to about 281,000.
turned and the 
and De Meulder was knocked out in 433rd place. This was De Meulder's second Main Event cash after finishing 645th in 2009.
for a flush, but it was second best as Daniel Sindelar held a better one in the big blind with the 
. Wilt still had a straight flush draw to fall back on, but it didn't come in as the 
