Joakim Andersson opened for 150,000 from under the gun with just 69,712 left behind. Timothy Adams three-bet to 250,000 from the cutoff and Andersson called.
Joakim Andersson: 
Timothy Adams: 
Andersson's ladies held with on the 
board to double his stack.
Level 25: 25,000/50,000/6,000
Joakim Andersson raised to 100,000 from the hijack and was called by David Peters in the big blind.
Both players checked the 
flop before Peters fired out for 210,000 on the 
turn. Andersson called and the 
paired the board on the river. Peters bet 470,000 and Andersson called.
Andersson turned over 
and lost most of his stack after Peters showed 
for a better two pair.
Level 24: 20,000/40,000/5,000a
Chrisitan Rudolph jammed from the small blind and Joakim Andersson called off from the big blind for 523,356.
Joakim Andersson: 
Christian Rudolph: 
Rudolph didn't hit a piece of the 
board and Andersson staved off elimination and doubled his stack.
Blinds were increased after the hand to 25,000/50,000/6,000a for 15 hands before they increase again.
Level 24: 20K/40K/5Ka
Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb opened the cutoff to 80,000 and was called by David Peters from the big blind. Peters check-called a bet of 70,950 on the . Peters then check-folded to give Gottlieb the chip lead back facing a bet of 267,675 on the 
turn.
No major hands to report but Joao Vieira won two small pots while Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb lost one to give Vieira a small chip lead.
Blinds have increased to 20,000/40,000/5,000a for the next 15 hands. Here is a look at the chip counts to start the new blind level.
Level 23: 17,500/35,000/4,500a
The very next hand after Fabrizio Gonzalez hit the rail another player followed.
"QuantumKey" opened for 210,000 from middle position and called off for 409,510 after Joao Vieira put him in for the rest from the big blind.
QuantumKey: 
Joao Vieira:
Vieira's fishhooks held on the 
board and "QuantumKey" was eliminated in 8th place for $42,770.
Fabrizio Gonzalez opened for 82,000 from the hijack. Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb three-bet to 210,500 from the cutoff. Gonzalez four-bet shoved for 1,055,010 and Gottlieb called.
Fabrizio Gonzalez:
Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb:
Gonzalez was the first casualty at the final table and collected the ninth-place prize of $32,073 after the 
was unable to get him out of trouble.
Gottlieb took over the chip lead after the hand.
"QuantumKey" opened the cutoff for 70,000 and Shawn Daniels defended from the big blind. Both players checked the 
flop before Daniels check-called a bet of 136,500 on the turn.
The river was checked down and Daniels left his opponent short on chips when his top pair with 
was good enough to beat 
held by "QuantumKey".
The final nine players were guaranteed at least a prize of $32,073 with the winner slated to receive much more with a $320,729 top prize on the line barring any final table deals.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $320,729 |
| 2 | $240,513 |
| 3 | $180,359 |
| 4 | $135,250 |
| 5 | $101,423 |
| 6 | $76,057 |
| 7 | $57,035 |
| 8 | $42,770 |
| 9 | $32,073 |
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