Following a hijack open to 480,000 from Allan Le, as had been the trend from the table's big stack for the last orbit, Gary Friedlander shoved from the big blind, for 2,510,000. After a lengthy tank, and a count, Le made the call.
Gary Friedlander: A♥9♠ 
Allan Le: 10♥10♠
It was looking bleak for Friedlander, but a miracle ace on the turn of the 6♥5♥J♣A♠4♥ runout kept him alive, still to be playing after break.
Action was joined with a large majority of Jeremy Becker's 815,000 stack already in the middle, with a little left behind in consideration of the pay jumps. Xia Wang was the only other player in the pot.
The flop came K♦J♣Q♣, and Becker moved his remaining chips into the middle, only to be met with a snap call.
Jeremy Becker: A♦3♦
Xia Wang: A♥10♥
Wang had flopped Broadway and was a long way ahead. Becker called for the ten of diamonds, but the turn came down the 9♥ instead.
The river A♠ was no help to Becker, who said his goodbye and stepped away from the feature table.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feature | 1 | Jack Maskill | United Kingdom | 5,440,000 | 22 |
| Feature | 2 | Ignacio Sagra | Argentina | 4,010,000 | 16 |
| Feature | 3 | ||||
| Feature | 4 | Matthieu Rodriguez | France | 5,760,000 | 24 |
| Feature | 5 | Jeremy Becker | United States | 815,000 | 3 |
| Feature | 6 | Xia Wang | Macao | 3,405,000 | 14 |
| Feature | 7 | Kelley Slay | United States | 3,920,000 | 16 |
| Feature | 8 | ||||
| Feature | 9 | Srivinay Irrinki | United States | 4,740,000 | 19 |
| 630 | 1 | Gregory Pearson | United States | 3,550,000 | 14 |
| 630 | 2 | Sebastiaan De Jonge | Netherlands | 2,150,000 | 8 |
| 630 | 3 | ||||
| 630 | 4 | Wei Chen | China | 2,200,000 | 9 |
| 630 | 5 | Gary Friedlander | United States | 1,750,000 | 7 |
| 630 | 6 | Hakeem Mashal | United States | 8,000,000 | 33 |
| 630 | 7 | Joseph Roh | United States | 4,300,000 | 17 |
| 630 | 8 | Farid Moshirbahram | United States | 3,500,000 | 14 |
| 630 | 9 | Allan Le | United States | 6,800,000 | 28 |
A double knockout just saw both Simon Kaiser and Ruoxiao Shi hit the rail.
First, Shi shoved from the small blind for 1,850,000 and Allan Le called in the big blind with 1,840,000.
Allan Le: A♠9♣
Ruoxiao Shi: 9♦5♦
Shi was dominated and despite flopping a gutshot on 6♠K♠7♣, he couldn't catch up as the runout of 7♠3♦ kept the ace-high of Le in the lead.
In the very next hand, Shi called for his last 10,000 on the button, Le shoved the small blind, and Kaiser called off his stack of around 2,500,000 from the big blind.
Ruoxiao Shi: Q♥5♥
Simon Kaiser: A♣J♠
Allan Le: J♦10♦
Kaiser was poised to score a big double-up, but the 8♣10♠6♥ flop had other ideas as Le took the lead. An 8♦ on the turn put Shi and Kaiser one step closer to elimination, and the 4♣ river confirmed it.
The action folded to Kenneth Kim on the button who open-shoved for a stack worth 1,540,000. Hakeem Mashal made the call in the big blind and they revealed their cards:
Kenneth Kim: J♦9♦
Hakeem Mashal: A♣Q♠
The board A♦3♣8♥2♣7♠ improved Mashal's hand into a pair of aces and Kim made his way to the payout desk right before the two tables redraw.
Action folded to Tanupat Punjarojanakul in the hijack, who moved all in for 730,000. The action then folded all the way to Ignacio Sagra, in the big blind, who made the call.
Tanupat Punjarojanakul: Q♦9♠
Ignacio Sagra: A♦4♠
Punjarojanakul needed to find some help to survive, but the 7♣A♠9♥ flop was a bad start.
The turn 10♥ was no help, and the 5♣ river sealed his fate.
Sagra pulled in the pot as Punjarojanakul headed for the exit.
Richard Langdon shoved his remaining 1,600,000 from the hijack, and action got all the way round to Xia Wang in the big blind. She thought for a while before reluctantly making the call, only just covering her adversary.
Richard Langdon: K♦10♠
Xia Wang: 8♠8♣
The runout was a huge sweat for Wang, but she managed to hold on the 9♣A♦2♥J♠6♥ runout, to send Langdon home.
Joseph Roh raised to 550,000 and Tim Bray decided to shove on the button for 710,000. Matthieu Rodriguez tanked in the big blind and reshoved, which made Roh fold his hand.
Tim Bray: A♦2♠
Matthieu Rodriguez: 6♣6♥
Bray had the dominated hand and found no help through a board K♠8♥5♦8♦5♣ to be eliminated in 21st place.
Kelley Slay open-jammed all-in in the small blind to be called by Preston Willier in the big blind.
Kelley Slay: Q♦J♦
Preston Willier: A♥4♦
Willier was ahead pre-flop but the board ran 10♥9♦7♣J♥2♦ giving Slay a pair on the turn for a double up leaving Willier with only 170,000 behind coming into the small blind.
The very next hand, Wilier shoved all-in with his remaining chips after Ruoxiao Shi opened for 400,000. Big blind Wei Chen called the raise creating a side pot of 460,000.
All players saw the flop drop 4♣6♦8♥. After a check, Shi continued with a 300,000 bet which was enough to take the side pot down and taking Willier to showdown.
Preston Willier: K♣6♥
Ruoxiao Shi: A♦8♦
Shi had top pair against Willier's middle pair. The turn 3♣ didn't change anything but the river 8♣ improved Shi's hand to trips sending Willier to the payout counter.
Action folded round to Sebastiaan de Jonge in the small blind, who moved all in for exactly 1,000,000. Tim Bray slowly peeled his cards in the big blind and once he had seen both of them, called immediately.
Sebastiaan de Jonge: J♥2♥
Tim Bray: 7♣7♦
The flop brought de Jonge plenty of hope, coming out 8♥4♠6♥.
The turn 9♣ was no help, but the river 9♥ gave him a flush and a full double-up deep into the tournament.
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