Defeo opened to 5,100 from middle position. The player from one seat over called.
A flop reading 
was dealt. Defeo bet 5,200. His opponent called. The turn brought the 
and was checked through to the 
river. Again, both players checked. Defeo showed 
to win the pot. His opponent sent his hand to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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A player in early position raised to 5,500, a player in middle position three-bet to 11,000, Fatima Nanji called from the small blind, and the original raiser called.
The flop came 
and Nanji checked. The original raiser checked, the middle-position player bet 15,000, Nanji called, and the original raiser folded.
The fell on the turn and Nanji checked. Her opponent shoved for what looked like 24,000 and Nanji called to put him at risk.
Fatima Nanji: 
Opponent: 
Nanji had the best of it with the better pocket pair and her opponent needed to spike a ten on the river to survive. The was the final card and Nanji took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
157,500
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Maria Konnikova was facing off against one player from the big blind on a flop of 
with about 13,000 in the pot already. Konnikova checked her option to her opponent who put out a small bet of 4,500. Konnikova called.
Both players checked on the 
turn and the river and Konnikova was able to take down the pot by showing her 
.
With that pot, Konnikova moved over 200,000 chips, a good start from where she began the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
202,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
||
The board was down 
, and Manig Loeser was heads-up in middle position with the player on his direct left. There was around 33,000 in the middle at this point, and Loeser bet 30,000 on the river. His opponent stared at him for several seconds and counted the bet out before glaring once more. The call was made, and Loeser tabled 
for a flush and swooped in the pot after his opponent had mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
275,000
152,600
|
152,600 |
|
||
The flop read 
and both Joris Springael and Stefan Ivanov had checked their blinds. Martijn Gerrits bet 8,500 and was only called by Springael.
The turn brought them the 
on which they both checked to the 
on the river. Springael bet 30,000, Gerrits glanced at the board and then folded.
Michael Verhaaf lost a chunk of his stack in the last hand of the break when the board read 
and he had checked from under the gun. His opponent in mid-position had shoved for 41,000 in total. After going through all his options, Verhaaf called with 
for the rivered pair of sevens. Verhaaf's opponent tabled 
for the overpair to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
288,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
235,000
-86,000
|
-86,000 |
|
203,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
185,000
-67,600
|
-67,600 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000
218,500
|
218,500 |
|
403,000
59,800
|
59,800 |
|
310,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
||
|
195,000
83,600
|
83,600 |
|
127,000
-38,000
|
-38,000 |
|
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
81,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
||
|
45,000
3,600
|
3,600 |
|
||
|
41,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
|
||
Charles Hawkins opened to 5,200 from early position, and Jordan Cristos three-bet to 11,000 from two seats over.
The action folds round to Hawkins, and he called as the flop landed 
and both players checked.
The turn fell the , and Hawkins checked again to Cristos who very quickly bet out 10,000.
Hawkins folded, and Cristos showed the and gathered the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
|
125,000
47,800
|
47,800 |
The three ESPN feature tables in the second level of the day have started and the main stage belongs to Anatoly Filatov, John Smith, Jason Koon and Lacey Jones. Matthew Greenwald could only enjoy the experience for very few hands as he lost a flip for the last 15,800 with against the of Aaron Kweskin, the board came 
.
The secondary feature has Ray Romano, Timothy Lau and Eric Froehlich, among others, while Phil Hellmuth is on the outer table along with Kevin Killeen and Peter Eichhardt.
Chip leader of the three feature tables at the start of level 12 is Lau, narrowly ahead of Amir Parvizian.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
427,400
-14,700
|
-14,700 |
|
|
413,000
130,300
|
130,300 |
|
312,700
-2,300
|
-2,300 |
|
312,400
241,600
|
241,600 |
|
|
||
|
240,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
|
128,000
29,900
|
29,900 |
|
93,900
-26,100
|
-26,100 |
|
||
|
90,000
-26,800
|
-26,800 |
|
|
||
|
83,600
-41,400
|
-41,400 |
|
|
52,100
-19,300
|
-19,300 |
|
31,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
Busted | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
575,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
497,000
212,000
|
212,000 |
|
450,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
350,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
322,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
320,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
320,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
280,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
250,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
120,000
-110,800
|
-110,800 |
|
120,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
Artim Zhuta checked to Phil Ivey on an 
flop with about 12,000 in the pot. Ivey bet 5,000 and Zhuta called.
The fell on the turn and both players checked.
The river brought the and Zhuta bet 10,000. Ivey called and Zhuta turned over 
for a flopped wheel to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
305,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
|
225,000
65,100
|
65,100 |
