Skip Wilson was in early position and raised to 2,200. A player in the hijack three-bet all in for roughly 13,100. Wilson called.
Wilson tabled 
and his opponent showed 
.
The board ran out 
, and Wilson eliminated his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
93,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
Joshua Steiner's stack was cut down in front of him with 
laid beside it. The board read 
, and Steiner's heads-up opponent was pushing a double up's worth of chips into the pot.
From the chatter around the table, it sounds like Steiner's opponent had flopped a set of queens when all the money went in.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
52,500
|
52,500 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
The 432 remaining players are now on their final 20-minute break of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
104,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
|
70,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
|
|
66,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
58,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
||
|
53,500
34,500
|
34,500 |
|
52,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
||
|
52,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
51,500
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
44,000
18,500
|
18,500 |
|
|
||
|
37,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
||
|
35,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
||
|
18,500
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
17,000
9,300
|
9,300 |
|
|
14,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
7,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Phil Hellmuth just had quite an orbit.
First, Hellmuth was all in with 
versus Scott Zhakim's 
. The board had already been killed, and the two got it in preflop for roughly 23,000 apiece. Zhakim got a full double-up, and Hellmuth was left with 650 chips.
Hellmuth folded the following hand, then was all-in for 500 in the big blind when this hand occurred: A player in middle position raised to 1,400. The small blind called, and Hellmuth was in for the main pot, while the other two players had built an 1,800-chip side pot. The flop was 
, and the small blind check-folded after the original raiser bet 1,700.
Hellmuth tabled 
, and his opponent showed . The board spiked the gutshot for Hellmuth on the turn when the 
hit, and the river bricked off a 
. Hellmuth was still alive.
Hellmuth folded his small blind the following hand.
In the next hand, the player under the gun raised to 1,400. Hellmuth moved all in on the button for 1,725 and was called by Zhakim in the small blind and Matt Milsna in the big blind. The original raiser also called.
The flop was , and Zhakim checked. Milsna moved all in for 12,375, and the under-the-gun player went all in covering him. Zhakim folded, and the hands were tabled.
Hellmuth
Milsna 
Under the gun 
The hit the turn, and the landed on the river, giving Hellmuth the nut flush, Milsna the king-high flush, and two pair for the player under the gun.
Hellmuth won the blinds and antes on the next hand and was close to 10,000 in chips again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
19,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
With registration officially closed, the total numbers are in. Today's event received a total of 1,739 entries, creating a prize pool worth $2,347,650.
The top 261 places will earn a prize, with the largest portion going to the eventual champion, who will be awarded a top prize of $391,960. Everyone who makes the money will take home at least $2,252.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $391,960 |
| 2 | $242,160 |
| 3 | $174,559 |
| 4 | $127,180 |
| 5 | $93,667 |
| 6 | $69,741 |
| 7 | $52,503 |
| 8 | $39,969 |
| 9 | $30,774 |
| 10-12 | $23,964 |
| 13-15 | $18,878 |
| 16-18 | $15,047 |
| 19-27 | $12,135 |
| 28-36 | $9,905 |
| 37-45 | $8,183 |
| 46-54 | $6,843 |
| 55-63 | $5,795 |
| 64-72 | $4,969 |
| 73-81 | $4,315 |
| 82-90 | $3,796 |
| 91-99 | $3,383 |
| 100-126 | $3,055 |
| 127-153 | $2,796 |
| 154-180 | $2,594 |
| 181-207 | $2,440 |
| 208-234 | $2,328 |
| 235-261 | $2,252 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
96,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
73,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
57,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
52,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
50,500
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
||
|
43,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
42,000
26,400
|
26,400 |
|
|
||
|
|
37,500
13,500
|
13,500 |
|
|
||
|
35,900
1,400
|
1,400 |
|
|
||
|
24,000
13,800
|
13,800 |
|
24,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
23,000
3,700
|
3,700 |
|
|
||
|
18,000
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
|
16,000
7,200
|
7,200 |
|
|
||
|
13,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
9,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
We caught the action as the cards hit their backs, but Denis Angelov had an opponent all-in and at risk holding ace-king to Angelov's pocket kings. Angelov had his opponent slightly covered and scored a near-double-up when the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000
40,500
|
40,500 |
