All the chips hit the middle preflop between Renji Mao and Jerimiah Booher, who was the player at risk for his stack of roughly 4,000,000.
Jerimiah Booher: A♠A♣
Renji Mao: 10♥10♣
Booher was well ahead preflop, but when the board ran out 10♠9♦3♣7♠5♥, it was the flopped set for Mao to send Booher out in 20th place.
As dinner break neared, the bust outs continued at a torrid pace.
The next player to head to the payout desk was Sriharsha Doddapaneni, who was eliminated in 21st place.
Brian Stroh moved his short stack all in from the small blind and was called by Jesse Rosen in the big blind.
Brian Stroh: 8♠6♦
Jesse Rosen: K♥7♥
Stroh was looking for help, but the A♣Q♥3♥A♦7♦ runout left Rosen ahead with two pair. Stroh made his way to the payout desk in 22nd place.
The eliminations kept coming, with Osama Aweida the next to hit the rail.
Aweida earned $15,589 for his 23rd place finish.
Right after Jean-Philipp Sales was eliminated, two more all in pots were in play.
Po Wen Fang and Michael Zavoloka both lost their bids to double up, ending their runs in 24th and 25th place respectively.
After a flurry of all-ins on multiple tables, Jean-Philipp Sales found himself at risk as the cards were tabled.
Jean-Philipp Sales: 4♥3♠
Opponent: 6♣6♥
The board ran out 4♠K♠Q♣9♣Q♠ and Sales hit the rail in 26th place.
The action picked up right away as the players took their seats at the final three tables.
The first to be eliminated was Jason Kenney, hitting the rail in 27th place.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 676 | 1 | Dian Shi | China | 5,400,000 |
| 676 | 2 | Renji Mao | China | 11,100,000 |
| 676 | 3 | Qiwen Chen | China | 6,375,000 |
| 676 | 4 | Osama Aweida | United States | 1,375,000 |
| 676 | 5 | Ryan Riess | United States | 4,200,000 |
| 676 | 6 | Michael Younan | United States | 17,325,000 |
| 676 | 7 | Matthew Elsby | United States | 14,600,000 |
| 676 | 8 | Jerimiah Booher | United States | 4,425,000 |
| 676 | 9 | Michael Zavoloka | Russia | 1,250,000 |
| 677 | 1 | Vito Branciforte | Italy | 8,000,000 |
| 677 | 2 | Xiang Lin | United States | 5,100,000 |
| 677 | 3 | Daniel Socorro | Venezuela | 3,600,000 |
| 677 | 4 | |||
| 677 | 5 | Sriharsha Doddapaneni | India | 7,800,000 |
| 677 | 6 | |||
| 677 | 7 | Brian Stroh | United States | 1,400,000 |
| 677 | 8 | |||
| 677 | 9 | Dinesh Alt | Switzerland | 13,100,000 |
| 668 | 1 | Cosmin Joldis | Romainia | 8,000,000 |
| 668 | 2 | J.J. Liu | Tiawan | 14,500,000 |
| 668 | 3 | Ta-wei Tou | Tiawan | 10,100,000 |
| 668 | 4 | Adrian Troya | Panama | 7,500,000 |
| 668 | 5 | Jean-Philipp Sales | France | 2,100,000 |
| 668 | 6 | Anthony Potis | United States | 5,400,000 |
| 668 | 7 | Catherine Valdes | United States | 6,100,000 |
| 668 | 8 | Ahmed Karrim | South Africa | 3,500,000 |
| 668 | 9 | Kelly Holes | United States | 8,200,000 |
With 28 players remaining, Dinesh Alt found himself covering John Sidensol's all in with the cards on their back.
John Sidensol: A♣J♣
Dinesh Alt: A♠K♣
The board ran out 5♣6♦Q♠9♦2♣ and Alt scored the knockout. John Sidensol's elimination left the field redrawing to the final three tables.
Level: 34
Blinds: 200,000/400,000
Ante: 400,000
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