On blinds of 18,000/36,000, "Thrmiller55" opened and "Jerry85" shoved their stack of around 220,000 into the middle from the big blind. "Thrmiller55" snapped and the turned them up.
"Jerry85": 
"Thrmiller86": 
The community fell 
, failing to improve the hand of "Jerry85" who was eliminated by the suddenly red-hot "Thrmiller55".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,890,000
910,000
|
910,000 |
|
|
Busted |
On blinds of 16,000/32,000, "Thrmiller55" opened to 80,000 from under the gun and "Starshine" defended their big blind to see the 
flop. "Starshine" 239,944 and "Thrmiller55" instantly called.
"Starshine": 
"Thrmiller55": 
The flop had given "Thrmiller55" a monster with the sailboats leading the way. A 
turn brought a couple of outs for "Starshine" but the river was not one, eliminating them from the event as "Thrmiller55" secured the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,980,000
1,270,000
|
1,270,000 |
|
|
Busted |
On blinds of 14,000/28,000, action folded around to "DaFish24" in the small blind who shoved just under 4,000,000 and "TigOleBits" snapped from the big blind for less, putting in around 535,000.
"TigOleBits": 
"DaFish24": 
The board rolled out 
and the jack-kicker played for "DaFish24", sending "TigOleBits" to the curb.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,549,195
609,355
|
609,355 |
|
|
Busted |
On blinds of 14,000/28,000, Henry "hammerhank90" Zou shoved his remaining stack of around 300,000 in from middle position and only "Candle1er" wanted to party, putting Zou at risk.
Henry "hammerhank90" Zou: 
"Candle1er":
The big slick was in the lead and the 
flop was not hand-changing. A 
turn left Zou with one last chance but the river failed to hit him and he took an exit, sending all of his chips to "Candle1er".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,300,000
307,800
|
307,800 |
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,939,840
1,018,640
|
1,018,640 |
|
|
2,045,000
704,900
|
704,900 |
|
|
1,960,200
361,894
|
361,894 |
|
|
1,900,000
1,011,864
|
1,011,864 |
|
|
1,525,000
640,243
|
640,243 |
|
|
1,330,000
946,000
|
946,000 |
|
|
1,230,000 | |
|
|
1,170,000 | |
|
|
1,130,000 | |
|
|
992,200
584,300
|
584,300 |
|
|
950,000
-266,800
|
-266,800 |
|
|
900,500 | |
|
|
885,200
-188,800
|
-188,800 |
|
|
775,900 | |
|
|
740,000
-73,900
|
-73,900 |
|
|
720,000 | |
|
|
710,000 | |
|
|
682,000 | |
|
|
665,000
420,533
|
420,533 |
|
|
662,000
-1,096,500
|
-1,096,500 |
|
|
280,000 | |
|
|
160,000 |
On blinds of 10,000/20,000, "TinCap" opened to 40,000 from middle position and "BigCShep" called in the hijack. "Mmb1212" then shoved 615,726 from the button and "TinCap" instantly cold-shoved for 897,286 over the top. "BigCShep" ducked out and the two tabled their hands.
"Mmb1212": 
"TinCap": 
The flip had an uneventful 
flop hit the virtual felt. The 
turn left "TinCap" in need of a card to collect and the river did just that, hitting broadway to send "Mmb1212" to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,598,306
842,306
|
842,306 |
|
|
Busted |
On blinds of 10,000/20,000, "BigCShep" opened to 40,000 from the button and "Mmb1212" defended their big blind to see the 
flop. Action checked to "BigCShep" who continued and instantly "Mmb1212" check-shoved for around 270,000, "BigCShep" called.
"Mmb1212": 
"BigCShep":
The flopped flush of "Mmb1212" was in the lead and a 
turn sealed the deal as "BigCShep" was then drawing dead to the river. "Mmb1212" took down the pot with their flopped flush to double up after cracking aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
630,726
515,770
|
515,770 |
|
|
372,399
-469,601
|
-469,601 |
The remaining players will now be taking a five-minute break.
On blinds of 10,000/20,000, "BigCShep" opened from the cutoff and "mattdogg" shoved their stack of around 63,000 into the middle. "BigCShep" called and the two went to showdown.
"mattdogg":
"BigCShep": 
The board came down 
and the ace-high of "mattdogg" scooped the pot in for a double before the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
842,000
842,000
|
842,000 |
|
|
135,328
135,328
|
135,328 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,921,200
777,071
|
777,071 |
|
|
1,758,500
82,600
|
82,600 |
|
|
1,340,100
753,668
|
753,668 |
|
|
1,216,800
506,800
|
506,800 |
|
|
1,074,000
-378,000
|
-378,000 |