Andy Spears raised from early position, Matt Affleck three-bet shoved from the small blind for an additional 294,000, and Spears tanked for a bit before he called.
Spears: 
Affleck: 
The board came down 
, giving Affleck a scare initially but safe for him to double up.
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Directly after the redraw, [Removed:14] moved all in for 154,000 from under the gun. James Hughes reshoved all in from the small blind and Norberto Korn folded his big blind.
Harroch: 
Hughes: 
The aces remained in the deck on a 
rundown and Harroch was eliminated.
| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 722 | 1 | Sergio Cabrera |
| 722 | 2 | Pete Chen |
| 722 | 3 | Darren Rabinowitz |
| 722 | 4 | Ari Engel |
| 722 | 5 | Donis Agnelli |
| 722 | 6 | Thomas Boivin |
| 722 | 7 | Mark Zullo |
| 722 | 8 | Simon Lam |
| 722 | 9 | Pierre Neuville |
| 726 | 1 | Andy Spears |
| 726 | 2 | Mike Vanier |
| 726 | 3 | James Hughes |
| 726 | 4 | Norberto Korn |
| 726 | 5 | [Removed:14] |
| 726 | 6 | Mike Sowers |
| 726 | 7 | Matt Affleck |
| 726 | 8 | Marton Czuczor |
| 726 | 9 | Ravi Raghavan |
From early position, Pascal Hartman had opened and Thomas Boivin had three-bet him one seat over. Hartman four-bet nearly all of his chips, Boivin went all in, and with the pay jump in sight, Hartman took some time before committing his final chips.
Hartman: 
Boivin:
Hartman was behind and needed to catch up but failed to do so on a 
board.
With Hartman's exit in 19th place, all remaining players will redraw for the final two tables and are guaranteed at least $20,503.
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
Andy Spears opened in middle position, Mike Watson shoved 201,000 in late position, and Spears called right away.
Watson: 
Spears:
There was no help for Watson on 
and "SirWatts" was sent to the rail in 20th place.
Donis Agnelli raised to 45,000 from under the gun, Ari Engel called from the next seat over, Yaron Zeev Malki raised all in for about 375,000 to Engel's left, Agenlli folded, and Engel called.
Engel tabled 
, but was trailing Malki's pocket aces.
The board came down 
, giving Engel a set of jacks to score the elimination.
Pierre Neuville opened the action to 48,000 from the cutoff. Barny Boatman shoved 414,000 on the button, Norberto Korn reshoved from the small blind, and Neuville folded.
Norberto Korn: 
Barny Boatman:
Boatman had decent equity in the hand but needed to improve to stay alive. The 
flop wasn't very forthcoming for the two-time WSOP bracelet winner.
"One more time," he asked the dealer, who failed to oblige by turning the 
.
"One more time," Boatman asked again.
Once again, help for Boatman didn't arrive as the landed on the river. Boatman finished in 22nd place and received $16,889.
With two big hands in a row, Korn is now the overwhelming chipleader with 3 million in chips.
Barny Boatman opened to 42,000 from under the gun, Norberto Korn called from the next seat over, Simon Lam three-bet to 160,000 from the cutoff, Yaron Zeev Malki four-bet to 425,000 from the small blind, and Pierre Neuville tanked in the big blind for quite a while before he folded.
Boatman took some time as well before he folded, Korn five-bet shoved for 1,049,000, Lam folded, and Malki called.
Korn: 
Malki:
The board came down 
, giving Korn a king-high flush to double up into the chip lead.
Neuville said he folded , Boatman said he folded 
, and Lam said he folded 
.
A short-stacked Mike Sowers shoved from under the gun for about 90,000 and received three callers.
The final board read and Sowers took down the main pot with 
for a king-high flush.
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