| Player | Chips | Progress |
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275,299 | 21,354 |
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269,980 | 41,421 |
Blinds: 2,500/5,000/500
Mack "MackGa" Ham moved all in for his last 64,064 and Kenneth "kdonarski" Donarski called from the button. The blinds got out of the way and Ham discovered the bad news.
Mack "MackGa" Ham: 
Kenneth "kdonarski" Donarski: 
After the board ran out 
Donarski was pushed the pot and Ham hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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In 2016, there was a rebranding of sorts as the National Championship, which had previously considered only US-based stops, became the Global Casino Championship after the introduction of the international circuit. That meant from players could earn qualifying points worldwide.
The Global Casino Championship was once again held at Harrah’s Cherokee and saw France’s Said El-Yousfi top a 126-player field to win the tournament for $343,256 and the gold bracelet. El-Yousfi had qualified after being crowned the Casino Champ at Casino de Marrakech in his native Morocco. He, therefore, became the first “Casino Championship” qualifier to win the title.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
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| 1 | Said El-Yousfi | France | $343,256 |
| 2 | Yasin Ahmady | USA | $212,150 |
| 3 | Josh Turner | USA | $150,851 |
| 4 | Joe Kuether | USA | $109,192 |
| 5 | Sean Small | USA | $80,483 |
| 6 | Cody Pack | USA | $60,427 |
| 7 | Alex Rocha | USA | $46,231 |
| 8 | Brian Green | USA | $36,054 |
| 9 | Blake Whittington | USA | $28,673 |
Blinds: 2,500/5,000/500
Eric "Stackattack5" Salazar raised to 10,000, Brian "JackBogle" Altman re-raised to 26,455, and Salazar made the call.
After both players checked to the turn on a board of 
, Salazar bet 21,955 and Altman called.
Salazar then checked the river and folded when Altman shoved his last 111,465.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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84,393 | 24,393 |
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Blinds: 1,700/3,400/340
After a min-raise, Brett "Metanemesis" Apter shoved his last remaining 69,114 and Faisal "desigolfer" Siddiqui reshoved over the top from the small blind. The original raiser folded and the hands were turned up.
Brett "Metanemesis" Apter: 
Faisal "desigolfer" Siddiqui": 
The 
flop gave Apter the lead, which was short-lived after the case 
hit the turn .The 
river was no help to Apter and ended his tournament run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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305,366 | 78,060 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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429,629 | 285,260 |
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368,045 | 137,575 |
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321,916 | 39,070 |
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277,733 | -23,120 |
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270,458 | 52,721 |
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263,811 | -23,373 |
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253,945 | 193,770 |
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245,680 | 51,160 |
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228,559 | 86,774 |
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227,306 | 167,306 |
Blinds: 1,700/3,400/340
After raising and taking down the blinds and antes in several straight hands, Jesse "PuntKing16" Jones finally got a little pushback, but unfortunately for Dan "FatDan44" Wach it was bad timing.
Jones raised to 6,800 in late position, Wach then three-bet to 30,515 from his big blind, and Jones made the call. Wach continued for 23,460 on the flop and Jones called.
Wach decided to shove his remaining 87,000 on the turn and Jones again made the call.
Dan "FatDan" Wach: 
Jesse "PuntKing16":
Jones had flopped top set, which meant that Wach was drawing dead before the 
hit the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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