Sonny Franco of Team Franco jammed for 300,000 in the hijack and Samuel Phillips of Team Phillips called next to act.
Team Franco: 
Team Phillips: 
The dealer fanned a flop of 
, which missed both players. The 
hit the turn, giving Franco chop outs, but the 
on the river meant Team Franco was eliminated in 26th Place for $4,799.
On a three-way flop of 
, Jean Gaspard of Team Gaspard bet 250,000 into the 400,000 pot. Justin Barnum of Team Barnum then re-raised all in for 390,000, and Mackenzie Kraemer of Team Kraemer tank folded behind.
After a couple moments, Gaspard made the call and the cards were tabled, with Barnum at risk.
Justin Barnum: 
Jean Gaspard: 
The board completed with 
which meant Barnum's aces held for a massive win, which boosted his chip stack to over a million.
Jean-Pierre Besancon of Team Besancon got it all in preflop against Mackenzie Kraemer of Team Mackenzie, with Besancon at risk.
Jean-Pierre Besancon: 
Mackenzie Kraemer: 
Bescanon was ahead with his pair preflop but the board runout of 
was not kind as it gave Kraemer trip queens and eliminated Team Besancon was eliminated in 27th place for a payout of $4,028.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 655 | 1 | Jean Gaspard /David Kruger | 1,335,000 |
| 655 | 2 | Justin Barnum - DJ Buckley | 520,000 |
| 655 | 3 | Jason Lipiner - Dekel Balas | 350,000 |
| 655 | 4 | Jerod Smith - Melissa Bryne | 740,000 |
| 655 | 5 | Michael Savakinas - Satoshi Tanaka | 835,000 |
| 655 | 6 | Julian Rugna - Franco Gasparini | 825,000 |
| 655 | 7 | Esther Taylor - DJ MacKinnon | 530,000 |
| 655 | 8 | Jean-Pierre Besancon - Vincent Dupuy | 255,000 |
| 655 | 9 | Mackenzie Kraemer - Jon Schiller | 890,000 |
| 646 | 1 | Wagner Ripper - Walter Ripper | 555,000 |
| 646 | 2 | Brenton Gill - Ken Orvick | 630,000 |
| 646 | 3 | Nick Yunis - Reynel Hernandez | 1,530,000 |
| 646 | 4 | Ronald Denapoli - Seth Schikler | 600,000 |
| 646 | 5 | Hideki Takafuji - Roy X | 390,000 |
| 646 | 6 | Jeff Lennon/ Deborah Wall | 350,000 |
| 646 | 7 | Adam Russell - Ryan O'Grady | 1,140,000 |
| 646 | 8 | Corey Paggeot - Jamie Kerstetter | 405,000 |
| 646 | 9 | Uri Yochelman /Ran Ilani | 470,000 |
| 654 | 1 | Sonny Franco - Sarah Chakouli | 260,000 |
| 654 | 2 | Samuel Phillips - Mike Comisso | 1,025,000 |
| 654 | 3 | Renato Spahiu - Octavian Neascu | 230,000 |
| 654 | 4 | Zachary Vankeuren - Gabriel Ramos | 175,000 |
| 654 | 5 | Colin Robinson - Harry Lodge | 840,000 |
| 654 | 6 | Yutaro Tsugaru - Taochi Ichikawa | 820,000 |
| 654 | 7 | Curtis Knight - Chris Barnes | 1,100,000 |
| 654 | 8 | Franco Spitale - Martin Pochat | 630,000 |
| 654 | 9 | Patrick Leonard - Espen Jørstad | 775,000 |
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Team Yea got the last of their stack of about 200,000 in the middle and Michael Savakinas of Team Savakinas was the opponent.
Team Savakinas: 
Team Yea: 
The board ran out 
, giving both players a pair of aces, but Savakinas' king-kicker meant the end of Team Yea's run.
Three players had all their chips in the middle before the flop and Hideki Takafuji of Team Takafuji was the shortest with 140,000.
Team Canowitz:
Tewam Besancon:
Team Takafuji:
Takafuji was in great shape as both his opponents had the same hand. The rail pre-celebrated as soon as the cards were shown and the table chimed in, "uh-oh! Now a King is for sure going to come"
There was no jinx for Takafuji though as the board ran out 
and his pocket queens held for the triple.
On a heads-up board of 
, Jean Gaspard of Team Gaspard bet 115,000 into the pot of 200,000 and sent his opponent Brenton Gill of Team Gill into the tank.
After several minutes, the clock was called on Gill, and as the countdown reached zero he folded his hand. At that point Gaspard revealed his hand of 
for a whopping nine-high.
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