Heads-up on a flop of 5♠J♦7♣ with 1,600,000 in the pot, Dechang Zhang in the small blind found himself at risk for 700,000 against Harry Rubin in the big blind.
Dechang Zhang: A♣K♥J♣J♠ 
Harry Rubin : A♥9♣9♥8♠
Zhang flopped a set, and even though Rubin hit a set as well with the K♠9♦ runout, Zhang doubled up.
James Sedlacek raised to 600,000 from early position, Tony Cousineau called in middle position and the blinds folded.
The flop came 3♥4♣4♦, and Sedlacek fired out a bet of 600,000.
Cousineau took a brief moment before he decided to fold.
The nine remaining players have been moved to one of the feature tables for the final table of this event.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip count | Big blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sasha Guerin | United States | 2,150,000 | 7 |
| 2 | Tony Cousineau | United States | 3,800,000 | 13 |
| 3 | Roussos Koliakoudakis | Greece | 7,650,000 | 26 |
| 4 | Francois Scapula | France | 6,750,000 | 23 |
| 5 | Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu | Romania | 7,300,000 | 24 |
| 6 | Toby Joyce | Ireland | 4,050,000 | 14 |
| 7 | Dechang Zhang | Canada | 1,700,000 | 6 |
| 8 | Harry Rubin | United States | 28,900,000 | 96 |
| 9 | James Sedlacek | United States | 12,800,000 | 43 |
Cards went on their backs on a flop of 2♠9♣8♥ with Christopher Hannel on the button all-in and at risk for approximately 2,400,000 against James Sedlacek in the big blind.
Christopher Hannel: A♣10♥9♦8♦
James Sedlacek: A♦K♦9♠6♣
Hannel was on his way to double with two pair, but Sedlacek hit a better two pair with the K♠ turn followed by the 3♦ river to send him to the rail.
Dechang Zhang jammed for 775,000 from under the gun and he was called by Sasha Guerin in the small blind.
Dechang Zhang: K♣J♣J♦10♥
Sasha Guerin: A♠K♠J♠9♠
"Low cards," Zhang asked, and he was heard as the board ran out Q♦3♣3♠4♥3♦ to allow him to double up.
Level: 33
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
The 10 remaining players are now on a 15-minute break.
Bobby James opened to 500,000, Harry Rubin made it 1,600,000 on the button, the blinds folded and James made the call.
The flop came A♥9♦K♦, and Rubin fired out a bet of 1,800,000, James went all in for roughly 5,500,000 and Rubin snap-called.
Bobby James: A♦K♥K♠Q♣
Harry Rubin: A♠A♣10♠5♥
The board ran out 9♥ on the turn and the 10♥ on the river to eliminate James in 11th place.
Toby Joyce in the big blind was seen doubling up through Christopher Hannel in the small blind.
Toby Joyce: 10♣10♠7♣7♦
Christopher Hannel: A♥J♠5♣2♣
Joyce hit a set on a runout of A♣9♠4♣10♦Q♦ to double.
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