Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Daniel Thomas found himself down to just over 100,000 and open-jammed in early position. He received a taker in 2021 RGPS Council Bluffs Golden Ticket Main Event Champion Nate Steuer, who was in the cutoff.
Thomas: 
Steuer: 
Both payers paired their ace on 
and the situation remained unchanged as the runout completed 
to bring about Thomas's elimination from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,045,000
845,000
|
845,000 |
|
800,000
547,000
|
547,000 |
|
686,000
562,500
|
562,500 |
|
290,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
275,000
198,000
|
198,000 |
|
265,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
165,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
135,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
Busted |
.
, one at a time. 
did Smith no favors and he was sent to the payout desk as a result.
. Yusuf confirmed the answer to Vanier's question, showing 
completed the runout and the pot of roughly 1.3 million was shipped to Yusuf.
was not enough for Escareno to stay alive, and he was eliminated in 40th place as a result.
to bring about his elimination from the tournament.
and locked up the double by the turn 
, with the river 
took away two of his outs, and the river