Garry Gates raised to 35,000 from the hijack and Phil D'Auteuil called from the big blind.
The flop was 
and D'Auteuil check-called 30,000 from Gates.
The turn was the 
and both players checked.
The river was the 
, D'Auteuil bet 120,000 and Gates folded.
Qui Nguyen's table broke and after being moved to a new one he immediately opened to 37,000 and the button called.
The flop was 
. Nguyen continued for 65,000 and his opponent thought before raising to 175,000. Nguyen then moved all in, covering his opponent, who shrugged and called off his 575,000 stack.
Qui Nguyen: 
All-in Player: 
The turn was the 
and the river the 
as his opponent missed his flush draw and Nguyen sent him to the exit.
These players collected $27,390 for their respective efforts.
Qui Nguyen and Sean Mills were heads up going to a flop of 
. Nguyen led out from early position and Mills just called from the cutoff to see the on the turn.
Nguyen fired out another bet of 95,000 on the turn and Mills raised to 355,000. Nguyen called and the completed the board. Nguyen checked this time and Mills shoved all in for 1,279,000. Nguyen asked for a count and eventually made the call.
Mills tabled 
for a set of deuces while Nguyen held 
for an overpair. Nguyen was down to just 54,000 after that hand but managed to triple his stack in the next hand. He still has plenty of work to do in order to climb back into the tournament.
Ross Ward was spotted celebrating with his rail after he had just doubled. The cards were still tabled as his 
topped the 
of an opponent on a board of 
to see Ward jump over one million in chips.
Soon after, Ward defended his big blind against a button raise by Henning Wendlandt and check-called a bet of 40,000 on the 
turn. On the river, Ward check-called another 100,000 and mucked when Wendlandt tabled for jacks and eights.
There was around 150,000 in the pot on the turn with a board of 
and Joseph Cheong had a bet out of 125,000 from the cutoff. Thomas Parkes was in the big blind and put in a check-raise to 325,000. Cheong made the call.
The river fell and Parkes put out a bet. Cheong asked for a count and it was totaled to be 690,000. After a few moments of consideration, Cheong slid his cards forward, giving up his contention for the hand in the process as Parkes watched the dealer slide the pot his way.
These players pocketed $27,390 for their respective showings.
A player raised to 35,000 from under the gun and Adedapo Ajayi three-bet to 90,000 from middle position. Action folded back around and the original opener called.
The flop fell 
and the under-the-gun player checked. Ajayi made a continuation-bet of 75,000 and was called.
The turn came and Ajayi was checked to again. He fired 200,000 into the middle and got a fold after a few moments, taking down the pot and building his stack closer to the three million-mark.
There will be a first-time champion in this year's WSOP Main Event after 2016 champion Qui Nguyen was eliminated.
After Sean Mills trimmed Nguyen's stack to just 190,000 he managed to double up with 
through 
but got his last 400,000 or so chips in with 
against .
The board came 
and the last remaining former champion was eliminated shortly before the last break of the day.
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