Vieira Eliminated by Blom
Level 17
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
In a battle of the blinds, Joao Vieira raised and Viktor Blom called. As they headed to the 9♣5♦2♦ flop, Vieira bet 280,000 and Blom moved all-in for Vieira to call with both players holding near even stacks.
Joao Vieira: A♠K♣6♥5♣ 
Viktor Blom: J♦10♠9♦4♠
The 3♠ turn kept Vieira with some hope but Blom improved to a flush on the 8♦ river. Both stack sizes were counted and the 630,000 by Vieira were covered by one blind only.
Shortly after the final five tables were reached, Phil Ivey was eliminated to reduce the field to the last 39 hopefuls.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,600,000
820,000
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820,000 |
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Busted | |
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