A player in middle position moved all in for his last 70,500 chips. John Hemme made the call from his hijack position and players went off to a runout.
Middle Position: A♣8♣ 
John Hemme: A♠K♣
Needing to fade an eight and clubs, Hemme did on 5♠4♠5♦10♣A♥ eliminating his opponent and adding to his table leading stack.
On the first hand, Sammartino opened from the hijack and Joel Shackelford, who was in the small blind, went all in for 65,000. Sammartino called.
Joel Shackelford: A♣9♥
Dario Sammartino: 10♠10♦
Shackelford failed to catch an ace or anything better on J♦3♦6♥4♠9♣ and his tournament was over, while Sammartino picked up his first bounty along with Shackelford’s chips. Shackelford’s official comment on the tournament was: “It was fun.”
Just a couple of hands later, three players saw the flop of A♥3♠6♥. Small blind was first to act, he checked. Dario Sammartino was under the gun and also checked. Peter Rouviere was on the button and bet 20,000. Small blind called. Sammartino now raised to 50,000. Rouviere now decided to go all in. Small blind took some time but decided to fold, later saying he had queens. Sammartino called.
Peter Rouviere: A♦6♣
Dario Sammartino: 3♥3♣
Rouviere flopped top two pair, but Sammartino was ahead with bottom set. The turn was the Q♣, no help to Rouviere, and the river 3♦ sealed his tournament and gave Sammartino a win with quads.
Action folded around to a player in middle position who open-jammed his 44,000-chip stack into the middle. Shannon Shorr re-raised all in for 105,000 from the hijack and the rest of the table folded.
Middle Position: 10♣7♣
Shannon Shorr: 5♥5♦
The board ran out 6♦6♥5♣A♥A♦ and Shorr flopped a full house, earning him the pot and a knockout.
Phil Hellmuth raised from middle position to an amount that covered Ayaz Mahmood's stack. When action folded to Mahmood on the button he went all in for 15,000 and was called by both the under the gun player and Hellmuth.
The flop came out A♣8♣J♥ and after Hellmuth bet 10,000, the under-the-gun player quickly folded and surrendered the side pot to Hellmuth. "I think you got me" Hellmuth said to Mahmood.
Ayaz Mahmood: A♦Q♠
Phil Hellmuth:2♥2♦
The board ran out clean for Mahmood with 8♦9♥ and he was able to triple up.
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
John Hemme opened the action with a raise to 8,000 from the cutoff. Christoph Vogelsang moved all in from the small blind for 15,000 before the big blind re-raised all in, covering Hemme. Hemme called all in, and players went off to a full board.
Christoph Vogelsang: A♦3♣
John Hemme: J♠J♦
Big Blind: 2♣2♥
The board ran out A♣K♣3♦7♠4♥ and Vogelsang caught an ace to triple up while Hemme dragged in the main pot.
Laurent Manderlier opened to 8,000 from the button and he was called by the defending champion Phil Hellmuth in the big blind.
Manderlier continued for 5,000 on a flop of 10♦K♣A♦ but Hellmuth quickly check-raised to 10,000. Manderlier called to find the J♠ turn where both players checked.
Hellmuth threw 10,000 in front of him when he discovered the J♣ river. Manderlier folded and Hellmuth revealed A♠J♥ for a full house.
Action folded around to the player on the button who moved all in for 51,000. Dale Roesel in the big blind woke up with the best possible starting hand in poker and showed his opponent the bad news.
Button: K♣Q♠
Dale Roesel: A♥A♦
The board ran out 10♦Q♥J♣2♠6♦ and after a sweaty flop, Roesel held on to eliminate the button and chip up.
Nick Marchington raised all in from the small blind and got one caller in Ben Lamb from late position.
Nick Marchington: A♣10♣
Ben Lamb: 5♦5♣
The board ran out J♥7♣A♠9♠K♣ and Marchington received a double up.
That didn't last long as Marchington was eliminated by Cary Katz shortly after.
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