Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Nghia Le saw action folded to him in the cutoff and opened to 36,000. James Lawrence defended his big blind and the two saw a flop of 
. Lawrence checked and Le made a continuation-bet of 35,000. Lawrence called.
Both players checked the turn 
to bring the river 
, where Lawrence checked to Le once more. Le put out a bet of 25,000 and Lawrence made the crying call.
Le tabled 
for second pair, top kicker and Lawrence sent his hand to the muck for Le to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
715,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
605,000
252,000
|
252,000 |
, leaving Thurlow's queens best to send Rockowitz to the payout desk in 16th place.
to result in his elimination in 17th place.
and Shimelfarb folded. Perpich called to take action heads up to the river 
where both players checked to go to showdown. 
and Torgerson tabled 
for kings and nines to earn the pot and take him just shy of 800,000 in chips.
to leave him with ace-king high to Ghanem's top two pair to result in Wright departing the tournament in 18th place.
fell in Hickerson's favor. However, Van Syckle regained the lead on the turn 
and kept it as the river fell 
